Cartooning the Convention

Editorial cartoonists weigh in on the GOP's love affair with Sarah Palin: (From left to right, art by J.D. Crowe, Michael Ramirez, and Walt Handelsman)After Republican Presidential candidate John McCain ended his acceptance speech, C-SPAN was on the floor of the Xcel Center asking convention-goers what they thought of the Arizona senator's speech. Most responded that it was good, but that Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin knocked it out of the park, making claims that she may be the party's next Ronald Reagan.

And from the point-of-view of editorial cartoonists, the love-fest didn't go unnoticed.

Click on the image to view Kevin 'KAL' Kallaugher's latest series of sketches from the Republican National Convention for The Economist.

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Rob Rogers, the editorial cartoonist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, was forced to leave Minnesota today before the end of the Republican National Convention to spend time with his hospitalized father, who died at 1 a.m. this morning after battling cancer.

Our prayers go out to Rob and his family.

Click on the image to view sketch galleries from the Republican National Convention by Steve Bell, a cartoonist for The Guardian in England.

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Click on the image to view New Yorker illustrator Steve Brodner's thoughts on Peggy Noonan's unfortunate gaffe today on MSNBC.

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Detail of Daryl Cagle's cartoon that is causing a stir among readers and newspaper editors.: (click image for full cartoon)Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's announcement that her 17-year-old unmarried daughter is five months pregnant opened cries from both sides of the aisle about what news is legitimate to cover in a presidential campaign.

Daryl Cagle, the editorial cartoonist for MSNBC.com and owner of the Cagle Cartoons syndicate, entered the fray unintentionally with a cartoon he filed yesterday.

"The cartoon isn't about the daughter, it is about the Palin's opposition to birth control and sex education in schools, and her 'abstinence only' stance," Cagle says on his blog, in response to some editors claims that he was "over the line" by including Palin's pregnant daughter in the cartoon.

A convention cartoon by Jimmy Margulies, editorial cartoonist for The Record.: (www.northjersey.com)Several cartoonists from throughout the country converged upon the Democratic National Convention last week in Denver, and many more will attend this week's Republican National Convention in Minneapolis.

But their New Jersey comrades won't be joining them.