Exhibitions

Cartooning Texas: One Hundred Years of Cartoon Art in the Lone Star State
 

Cover illustration, by Ben Sargent, from Cartooning Texas: One Hundred Years of Cartoon Art in the Lone Star State.

Political cartoons in Texas often focus on hotly contested, controversial, and colorful political campaigns—usually for the governor’s chair. In Cartooning Texas: One Hundred Years of Cartoon Art in the Lone Star State you will meet a fascinating array of flamboyant politicians, ranging from the controversial Governor Hogg to the remarkable Pappy O’Daniel.

Exhibition

Cartooning Texas: One Hundred Years of Cartoon Art in the Lone Star State is both a cartoon history of Texas politics and a history of political cartooning in Texas.  It tells the story of one hundred years of events in Texas from 1890–1990 in a form that is wonderfully visual and precise. This exhibition serves as a compilation of the visual commentaries of journalists about the issues and people most important to Texans during the one hundred year period. Cartooning Texas features political cartoons and informative text. Panel topics include:

• Perils and rewards of woman suffrage
• Governor vs. legislature
• Governors vs. University
• Opposition to labor unions
• Land speculators
• Insurance scandals
• Billie Sol Estes
• Sharpstown Bank Scandal
• No-pass/no-play
• Collapse of Texas banking industry
• Defense cuts
• Ann Richards

Cartooning Texas is an exhibition developed by Maury Forman and Robert A. Calvert for the Center for Texas Studies at the University of North Texas with support from Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Exhibition Format

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Print Materials

A specified number of print materials are provided with this exhibition at no additional cost. Additional copies of these materials may be obtained for a nominal fee:

• 1 book with a compilation of cartoons and explanations

Publicity Materials

Press release

Cartooning Texas press release.

Publicity image

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