Herblock

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Herblock was a renowned American political cartoonist whose sharp, influential editorial cartoons shaped public discourse throughout the mid-20th century.

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instanceOf American cartoonist
editorial cartoonist
person
political cartoonist
awardReceived National Medal of Arts
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
Reuben Award
birthName Herbert Lawrence Block
causeOfDeath respiratory failure
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
surface form: United States
dateOfBirth 1909-10-13
dateOfDeath 2001-10-07
educatedAt Lake Forest College (attended, did not graduate)
employer Chicago Daily News
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Washington Post
surface form: The Washington Post
familyName Block
fieldOfWork journalism
politics
visual arts
gender male
genre political satire
givenName Herbert
hasInfluencedDiscipline editorial cartooning standards in U.S. newspapers
hasPartInCollection Herblock self-linksurface differs
surface form: Library of Congress Herblock Collection
hasSignatureStyle use of heavy black lines and strong visual metaphors
influenced American public opinion on mid-20th-century politics
later generations of editorial cartoonists
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement American political cartooning
notableFor commentary on civil rights
criticism of McCarthyism
criticism of the Vietnam War
environmental advocacy through cartoons
opposition to political corruption
notableWork Watergate-era political cartoons
cartoons criticizing Senator Joseph McCarthy
political cartoons for The Washington Post
occupation author
editorial cartoonist
political cartoonist
periodOfActivity late 20th century
mid-20th century
placeOfBirth Chicago, Illinois, United States
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
pseudonym Herblock
residence Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States

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Herblock pseudonym Herblock
Herblock hasPartInCollection Herblock self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Library of Congress Herblock Collection