Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year

A yearly anthology from Pelican Publishing Company, Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year ran from 1972 through 1980, collecting the sharpest political and social commentary from newspaper cartoonists across the United States. Each volume served as a vital time capsule of the era’s most pressing issues, preserving the work of dozens of syndicated artists whose single-panel cartoons captured the national mood. While not a traditional comic series, it remains a significant reference for the art of visual satire and the editorial cartooning craft of the 1970s.