Satirical_Cartoons


 * What are satirical cartoons?........**
 * ......Well, read on to find out all you need to know.**

Satirical cartoons visually poke fun at different aspects of life. Most of the time, this is political. Satirical cartoons have not just been recently created- we have all seen examples of these in history textbooks. The cartoon below; for example, is a satirical cartoon of the Embargo Act prior to the American Revolution.

Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Ograbme.jp
 * Using satire in cartoons is not something new, and it is something that has appeared in papers from before 1776, and even now, in 2007.**

Source: http://skeptically.org/cartoonsatire/**So, this cartoon is generally poking fun at the idea of smoking.



Source: http://www.uiowa.edu/policult/bush/cartoons.html This cartoon is a politcial one which are very often created by satarists, they are quite popular, and this one is poking fun at the Bush family using a symbol from the reality show, Survivor.

Source: http://www.carabiner.net-a.googlepages.com/football-earthquake.jpg** This cartoon is making fun of how people care more about football than about what is going on in the world.
 * [[image:http://www.carabiner.net-a.googlepages.com/football-earthquake.jpg width="531" height="359" caption="http://www.carabiner.net-a.googlepages.com/football-earthquake.jpg"]]



http://www.americanprogress.org/cartoons/2006/11/images/061120_iran.jpg This cartoon is making fun of Bush by using a monkey as his face to imply that his intelligence is like a primate. Also, it makes fun of how he wanted to make a "change" in Iraq.

http://static.flickr.com/196/500474600_cf799d2d0f_m.jpg This cartoon makes fun of how blogging does not solve problems.



http://www.claybennett.com/pages This refers to the non-stopping number of recalls that come about young children's toys.**