Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year #1988

The 1988 edition of this annual Pelican Publishing collection gathers the sharpest political cartooning of the year, edited by Charles Brooks. David Horsey's cover sets the tone perfectly: a rotund, reclining figure in a top hat lounges in a chair while small musicians play nearby, with the speech bubble quipping "Not too much swing, boys…we don't want him to start tapping his feet!" — a wonderfully wry piece of visual satire. It's a fitting preview of the wit and pointed commentary packed inside from editorial cartoonists across the country.