Cartooning Quotes

“The marginals in Mad, they have to be done in a very specific way. You have to be able to tell the story without any words.”

“Cartoons are a form of journalism, and I've always seen myself as a journalist.”

“Cartoons are a great way to get a message across quickly and powerfully.”

“Cartoons are pictures with ideas.”

“Cartooning is an art of protest.”

“You have to be a little bit crazy to do what I do.”

“Political cartoons are the last bastion of pure, unadulterated opinion in the mainstream media.”

“A good cartoon is a bit like a good joke. It has a punchline.”

“I've always said that if I can get a laugh out of a tragedy, I've done my job.”

“I've always been a storyteller. I don't draw pictures; I write pictures.”

“Once a month, I'd get a script from the office. I'd read it over and then I'd call a model.”

“You must have a point of view. You can’t be a fence-sitter. That’s the death of a cartoonist.”

“My advice to a young cartoonist is this: don't take advice from old cartoonists.”

“I think the whole point of political cartoons is to be irreverent.”

“You can't be a political cartoonist and be a good guy. You have to be a little bit of a bastard.”

“A cartoonist is a writer and a reporter in one. He is an artist, a caricaturist, a humorist, a philosopher, and a moralist.”

“When you're a cartoonist, you're a writer and you're a director.”

“The job of the editorial cartoonist is to be the catalyst, to be the court jester. He has to be the one to say 'The emperor has no clothes'.”

“I don't think you can be a good cartoonist unless you're a good draftsman.”

“You don't have to be a creative genius to be a cartoonist. You just have to be a genius.”