Go, Read: Kevin Siers’ Year-In-Review

The area political cartoonist should be lauded whenever possible, so I'm glad to see a few "best-of-our-person" articles pop up at various newspapers, like this one for Kevin Siers in Charlotte. Siers is a recent Pulitzer winner, and they count on him for local/regional in additional to national commentary.

I think there's a combination of element that may make political cartooning far more important to 2016 than it has been in recent years. Politics is wonky enough now that a general rational-middle stance that looked cowardly and out of touch in the last decade looks aggressive these days. Visual elements have a great second life in social media when they begin to stick. Some of the free speech assaults worldwide over the last few years have been taken to heart. Certainly it's a profession which has burned off some of its fat in the last two decades. I think unlike 2012 where upon President Obama's re-election no on I asked could cite a memorable cartoon, this time there may be more than a few.
 
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