Following up from Edutoons , his 2016 cartoon anthology debut, this new collection of Ron Hill’s editorial cartoons dips its toes into the messy, murky, and often entertaining and comical waters of politics in these United States.
Even before you read the book, you know “the usual suspects,” that collection of political characters who rule and rile us. The book features Hill’s work curated from the 3,000 or so cartoons Ron has published in Northeast Ohio newspapers since 1999.
“Ron positions local and national issues as two sides of the same coin,” Terry H. Gilbert states in his introduction. “The threat of fracking to our water supply in Bainbridge, Ohio, is linked to the Horizon oil rig spill in the Gulf of Mexico.”
Mr. Fish writes, “For decades, Ron has propagated hilarious and razor-sharp political commentary in the name of free speech and public dialogue on a plethora of local and global cultural issues.”
The book’s 140 cartoons are accompanied by Hill’s commentary on the creation of the cartoon, context of the issues involved, or specific reader reaction.