Humor's Edge Pulitzer Prize-winning Cartoons by Ann Telnaes

Checklist of Objects

All drawings are gifts of the artist and are preserved in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress. They are protected by copyright.

Reproduction Numbers

Library of Congress reproduction numbers, beginning either with the prefix “LC-USZ62” (black and white negative), or “LC-DIG” (digital scan), are provided here for the reader's convenience in obtaining reproductions from the Library's Photoduplication Service. Reproduction of works in this exhibition is restricted by copyright law. Reproduction numbers refer only to original drawings (black and white), not color prints produced from digital files not held by the Library.

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  • We Interrupt Our Regularly Scheduled Programming to Bring You Reality, September 13, 2001. Brush and ink and opaque white over blue pencil and graphite on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-1968; LC-USZ62-134306. © Ann Telnaes (1)
  • You kids stop fighting, April 28, 1996. Brush and ink, tonal overlay, and opaque white over blue pencil on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04620; LC-USZ62-134257. © Ann Telnaes (6)
  • Americans of the Decadence, August 9, 1997. Brush and ink and paste on over violet pencil on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04675; LC-USZ62-134258. © Ann Telnaes (8)
  • Future Campaign Confessions To Look Forward To . . . , February 8, 1998. Brush and ink, opaque white, and paste-ons over blue and violet pencil on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04676; LC-USZ62-134259. © Ann Telnaes (9)
  • “The End Is Not Yet In Sight,” April 17, 1998. Brush and ink and opaque white over violet and blue pencil on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04677; LC-USZ62-134260. © Ann Telnaes (10)
  • Clinton Legacy, July 7, 1999. Brush and ink and opaque white over violet pencil on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04679; LC-USZ62-134261.
    © Ann Telnaes (12)
  • Senator Byrd displays his well known oratorical skills, November 12, 1999. Brush and ink over violet pencil and graphite on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04717; LC-USZ62-134262. © Ann Telnaes (13)
  • We're Dead Meat, December 30, 2000. Brush and ink and opaque white over blue pencil and graphite on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04684; LC-USZ62-134263. Courtesy of Tribune Media Services (19)
  • Mississippians Are Proud of their Heritage, April 18, 2001. Brush and ink over blue pencil and graphite on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04685; LC-USZ62-134264. Courtesy of Tribune Media Services (20)
  • Guide to identifying people by their headgear, September 26, 2001. Brush and ink and opaque white over blue pencil on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-01971; LC-USZ62-134307. Courtesy of Tribune Media Services (23)
  • It's Time We Put Religion Back Into Our Institutions, September 28, 2001. Brush and ink and opaque white over pink pencil on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04689; LC-USZ62-134265. Courtesy of Tribune Media Services (25)
  • For the New Year I've Decided to Give Up Smoking, Drinking, and My Civil Rights, December 6, 2001. Ink brush over pink pencil and graphite underdrawing with opaque white. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04690; LC-USZ62-134266. Courtesy of Tribune Media Services (66) Color print from digital scan
  • [FBI, child, library bookdrop], June 25, 2002. Brush and ink and opaque white over pink pencil on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04691; LC-USZ62-134267.
    Courtesy of Tribune Media Services (31)
  • Supersizing, February 19, 2003. Ink brush over pink pencil underdrawing with opaque white. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04785; LC-USZ62-134268. Courtesy of Women's eNews (67) Color print from digital scan
  • $480 Billion Deficit, August 28, 2003. Color print from digital scan. Courtesy of Women's eNews (65)
  • The FCC Lady Sings, June 2, 2003. Brush and ink, collage, and opaque white over pink paper and graphite on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04706; LC-USZ62-134269. Courtesy of Tribune Media Services (41)
  • Silicone Implants, July 22, 2003. Ink brush over pink pencil underdrawing with opaque white. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04787; LC-USZ62-134271. Courtesy of Women's eNews (68) Color print from digital scan
  • Dean (The Mouth Will Rise Again), November 4, 2003. Brush and ink and opaque white over pink pencil and graphite on bristol board. Courtesy of Tribune Media Services (69) Color print from digital scan
  • The “Partial Birth Abortion” Ban Signing Ceremony, November 6, 2003. Brush and ink and opaque white over graphite, pink and blue pencil on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04712; LC-USZ62-134274. Courtesy of Tribune Media Services (46)
  • “So, which of you gets to endure centuries of 2nd class status and being legally considered the property of your husband?” November 21, 2003. Brush and ink and opaque white over pink pencil and graphite on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04713; LC-USZ62-134275. Courtesy of Tribune Media Services (47)
  • Resolution for 2004: Lose the Dead Weight, January 4, 2004. Brush and ink and opaque white over graphite on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-05501; LC-USZ62-134276. Courtesy of Tribune Media Services (48)

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Pulitzer Prize-winning Cartoons

  • The Choice, September 31, 2000. Ink brush over blue pencil and graphite underdrawing with opaque white. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04783; LC-USZ62-134299. Courtesy of Tribune Media Services (70) Color print from digital scan
  • [Bush and Gore Racing], November 8, 2000. Brush and ink over blue pencil and graphite on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04680; LC-USZ62-134256. Courtesy of Tribune Media Services (15)
  • Florida Legislature, December 7, 2000. Brush and ink and opaque white over blue pencil and graphite. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04681; LC-USZ62-134300. Courtesy of Tribune Media Services (18)
  • The Bush Decision, December 13, 2000. Brush and ink and opaque white over blue pencil and graphite on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca- 04682; LC-USZ62-134297 (16) [left side]. Brush and ink and opaque white over blue pencil and graphite on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca- 04683; LC-USZ62-134298. Courtesy of Tribune Media Services (17) [right side]

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The World According to W

  • Afghan Radicals, September 10, 1996. Brush and ink, opaque white, and paste on over violet and blue pencil on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04674; LC-USZ62-134277. © Ann Telnaes (7)
  • The World According to W, June 14, 2001. Brush and ink over blue pencil and graphite on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04696; LC-USZ62-134250. Courtesy of Tribune Media Services (21)
  • We Can Do It, September 25, 2001. Brush and ink and opaque white over blue pencil on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04686; LC-USZ62-134249. Courtesy of Tribune Media Services (22)
  • “Aim Carefully Please,” October 2, 2001. Brush and ink and opaque white over blue pencil on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-01970. Courtesy of Tribune Media Services (24)
  • I Want Your Civil Liberties, December 18, 2001, for The American Prospect. Brush and ink and opaque white over pink and blue pencil on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04718; LC-USZ62-134251. © Ann Telnaes (27)
  • Saudi Response To Islamic Radicalism, December 27, 2001. Brush and ink and opaque white over blue pencil and graphite on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04698; LC-USZ62-134279. Courtesy of Tribune Media Services (28)
  • Man of a missing piece, April 20, 2002. Brush and ink and opaque white over pink and blue pencil and graphite on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04720; LC-USZ62-134281. Courtesy of Tribune Media Services (30)
  • “Good—I see you're not using condoms,” July 5, 2002. Brush and ink and opaque white over blue and pink pencil and graphite on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04699; LC-USZ62-134282. Courtesy of Tribune Media Services (32)
  • [Arafat in hangman's noose yoked with Hamas], August 4, 2002. Brush and ink and opaque white over pink pencil on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04692; LC-USZ62-134283. Courtesy of Tribune Media Services (33)
  • “We reject legalizing same sex unions—,” July 30, 2003. Brush and ink and opaque white over pink pencil on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04784; LC-USZ62-134248]. Courtesy of Tribune Media Services (77)
  • Miss Sharia, November 11, 2002. Ink brush over blue pencil and graphite underdrawing with opaque white. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04701; LC-USZ62-134284. Courtesy of Tribune Media Services (71) Color print from digital scan
  • I Don't Kiss and I Don't Tell, February 11, 2002, for The American Prospect. Brush and ink and opaque white over pink pencil on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04719; LC-USZ62-134285. © Ann Telnaes (36)
  • “He is a brutal dictator,” February 3, 2003. Brush and ink and opaque white over pink pencil and graphite on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04702; LC-USZ62-134286. Courtesy of Tribune Media Services (37)
  • Network sheep and war, February 14, 2003. Ink brush over pink pencil and graphite underdrawing with opaque white. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04703; LC-USZ62-134287. Courtesy of Tribune Media Services (72) Color print from digital scan
  • U.S. War Coverage, April 1, 2003. Brush and ink and opaque white over pink pencil and graphite on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04704; LC-USZ62-134288. Courtesy of Tribune Media Services (40)
  • Rumsfeld, Needing a Cultural Interpreter, April 3, 2003. Ink and opaque white over pink pencil and graphite on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04705; LC-USZ62134289. Courtesy of Tribune Media Services (51)
  • “Is an Immediate Threat to Americans . . . Has Ties to Al Qaida . . . Has Weapons of Mass Destruction,”. May 25, 2003. Ink brush over pink pencil and graphite underdrawing with opaque white. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-05502; LC-USZ62-134309 [left side]. LC-DIG-ppmsca-05503; LC-USZ62-134310 [right side]. Courtesy of Tribune Media Services (78) Color print from digital scan
  • Patriotic surveillance, June 13, 2003. Ink brush over pink pencil and graphite underdrawing with opaque white. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04707; LC-USZ62-134291. Courtesy of Tribune Media Services (73) Color print from digital scan
  • “The CIA Had Cleared The President's Speech In Its Entirety,” July 11, 2003. Ink and opaque white over blue pencil and graphite on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04709; LC-USZ62-134292. Courtesy of Tribune Media Services (54)
  • You can see these guys wrapped in the flag on TV . . . but you can't see this guy, October 23, 2003. Ink over graphite and pink pencil on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04710; LC-USZ62-134293 (top) Ink and opaque white over pink pencila and graphite on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04711; LC-USZ62-134294 (bottom--casket only) Courtesy of Tribune Media Services (74) Color print from digital scan
  • Putin's Soul, November 11, 2003. Brush and ink and opaque white over pink pencil and graphite on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04794; LC-USZ62-134295. Courtesy of Tribune Media Services (57)
  • Queen Elizabeth and King George, November 19, 2003. Brush and ink over pink pencil and graphite on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04795; LC-USZ62-134296. Courtesy of Tribune Media Services (58)

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Happily Ever After?

  • “Why, yes. . . It's easy to see what attracted you to each other. . . ,” in Six Chix, September 7, 2000. Brush and ink and opaque white over pink pencil and graphite on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04714; LC-USZ62-134255. © Reproduced with special permission of King Features Syndicate (2)
  • I Didn't Touch Him. . . , in Six Chix, September 20, 2000. Brush and ink and opaque white over blue pencil and graphite on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04625; LC-USZ62-134252. © Reproduced with special permission of King Features Syndicate (3)
  • Snow White and Sex in the City, in Six Chix, April 25, 2002. Brush and ink and opaque white over pink pencil and graphite on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04716; LC-USZ62-134253. © Reproduced with special permission of King Features Syndicate (4)
  • Fix Your Own Power Breakfast, March 8, 2001. Brush and ink over blue pencil and graphite underdrawing with opaque white. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04626. © Reproduced with special permission of King Features Syndicate (60)
  • When Fairy Tale Princesses get together, in Six Chix, October 8, 2000. Color print from digital scan. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04715; LC-USZ62-134254. © Reproduced with special permission from King Features Syndicate (75)
  • “And What's A Nice Little Girl Like You Going To Be . . . ,” in Six Chix, September 10, 1999. Brush and ink and opaque white over violet pencil on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04628; LC-USZ62-134303. © Reproduced with special permission of King Features Syndicate (62)
  • “First you get an education, then you can marry your Prince Charming,” in Six Chix, November 13, 2003. Brush and ink and opaque white over pink pencil and graphite on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04790; LC-USZ62-134302. © Reproduced with special permission of King Features Syndicate (61)
  • “Don't Feed the Models, Honey,” in Six Chix, May 31, 2001. Brush and ink and opaque white over blue pencil and graphite on bristol board. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04629; LC-USZ62- 134304. © Reproduced with special permission of King Features Syndicate (63)
  • Katherine Hepburn, 1907-2003. July 2, 2003. Ink brush over blue pencil underdrawing. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04722; LC-USZ62-135305. Courtesy of Women's eNews (76) Color print from digital scan

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