Argus #2019

René Leisink's cover for this Dutch annual sets the satirical tone perfectly: a self-satisfied, heavyset figure reclines in a chair while a determined woman in blue saws away at its legs — sawdust flying, growls filling the air — a wonderfully sharp visual metaphor for the political tensions of 2019. Argus collects more than 200 cartoons surveying that year's news landscape, and if this cover is any indication, the commentary inside is anything but subtle. A treat for anyone who followed the headlines of 2019 and appreciates editorial cartooning at its most pointed.