Talk to Your Editorial Cartoonist
If your community has a newspaper with its own editorial
cartoonist, have him come in to discuss his art and approach to commentary.
If a visit won't work, perhaps you can conduct an electronic visit with
the cartoonist. Here are some questions, you may ask.
- How does he choose his topic? Totally his to decide? Editor's
suggestion?
- How much freedom does he have? Is this typical of smaller circulation
newspapers?
- Does he try to tie his topic to a major issue or to a minor concern
to draw attention to it? Any examples?
- Any suggestions he might offer a high school cartoonist?
- Did he draw for his high school or college newspaper?
Note: The generic "he" is used in this case.
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