Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year #2002

The 30th Anniversary Edition of this beloved annual collection arrives with a cover by Mike Luckovich that speaks volumes without a word — a tearful Statue of Liberty, her face rendered in haunting black ink, stares out with wide, sorrowful eyes as tiny aircraft are reflected in her tears. Edited by Charles Brooks, this 2002 volume gathers the sharpest, most thought-provoking editorial cartoons published that year, a time when the nation's mood was unmistakably shaped by grief and reflection. It's a powerful snapshot of American political art at a genuinely charged moment in history.