The Boston Globe: Cartoon Books of 1945

To help readers in 1945 with their holiday book buying, the Boston Globe published a number of capsule reviews on Wednesday, November 28. Subjects on the book page included "For Sportsmen," marketed to returning soldiers hoping to turn their energy to leisure activities, and "Dream House," as those same soldiers would very soon need a place to live with their growing families. Then there was "Visual Fun: Collected Cartoons Drawn for Laughter." Five current cartoon books were mentioned. Four of them collected work by New Yorker artists, something the Globe failed to note. The great war was over. It was time to sit back and have a good laugh.

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We the People

On July 4, we celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It is the Constitution, though, ratified in 1788, that establishes the framework of our government, and the Bill of Rights that guarantees many of our basic freedoms. Freedom of Speech is just one of the fundamental rights enumerated in the First Amendment.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Freedom of Speech includes the freedom to criticize the government and to disagree with the majority view. Peter Kuper created the illustration Dissent for the Boston Globe Magazine where it was published in 2005. It is a powerful graphic image although the specific context of the commission is not readily apparent. The original illustration art is available from the Scott Eder Gallery for $1,800.

Peter Kuper

http://www.scottedergallery.com/kuper/kuper_show.htm#prettyPhoto

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