Newspaper editors love nothing more than a general call to action for readers to vote. Cartoons urging readers to vote are among the most reprinted of all the cartoons. Here’s my new “vote cartoon.”
People like for me to post my rough sketches, so here you go.
I wasn’t happy with Uncle Sam so I drew him over twice. Lincoln and Liberty needed to be taller, but I didn’t redraw them, I just made an indication to remember to make them taller on the final line version. I looked at some photos of Lincoln and his dark, little eyes, so I changed Abe’s eyes, but I like the bigger eyes in the sketch better; I should have gone with the bigger eyes.
This Dave Granlund cartoon from last week is our most reprinted cartoon since we started keep these stats at the beginning of the year.
These “VOTE” cartoons are also among our most reprinted cartoons this year. This one is by John Darkow.
My recent VOTE cartoon is our 6th most popular cartoon of the year. (Here’s my archive.)
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