Historical histrionics

If journalism is the first rough draft of history, then maybe editorial cartoons are the initial hysterical histrionic scrawls in the margins. Rex Babin looked back six decades and generated a great greatest-generation-general idea. Scott Stantis expressed his cha-grin, using 20-’70’s hindsight to compare 39 and 44 (what, no cardigan?). And Stephanie McMillan’s sustainability piece had teeth too. Though if she’s right and history repeats itself, we could all be, well, history.

Joel Pett is the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist for the Lexington Herald-Leader in Kentucky. His work also appears in USA Today.