Publisher's Synopsis
What do the Regan administration, the U.S. Budget,
National Defense, the Soviet Pipeline, and the Pro-Football Strike all
have in common? They're all subjects that were up for grabs in 1982 for
the nation's leading editorial cartoonists.
Started in 1972, the series has been widely acclaimed
as a concise yet far-ranging pictorial history of each year's events. As
Publishers Weekly said, it's "a great way to get the gut
feeling of a year's history."
The 1984 edition continues the standard of excellence
established in previous editions. More than 350 editorial cartoons reflect
the best work of 140 cartoonists who focused their sights on the Middle
East, Poland, Latin American, Great Britain, Pope John Paul II, the
economy, and an array of other issues that made the headlines in 1982.
Editor Charles Brooks is past president of the
Association of American Editorial Cartoonists and for 38 years was a
cartoonist for the Birmingham News. He has been the recipient of 13
Freedom Foundation Awards, a national VFW Award, two Vigilante Patriot
Awards, and a Sigma Delta Chi Award for editorial cartooning.
