In 1963, President Kennedy spoke to members of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists.  Kennedy asserted that "what makes editorial cartooning such a wonder" is the ability to "entertain and instruct us ... and ... place in one picture a story and a message and do it with impact and conviction and humor and passion – all that ... makes [editorial cartoonists] the most exceptional commentators on the American scene." According to Randall P. Harrison, "there are a handful of basic techniques which the cartoonist manipulates to create a symbolic world of make-believe."  The first process, known as leveling, is when "the cartoonist radically 'levels' what we usually see in our perceptual field thus creating a cartoon which is 2-dimensional rather than 3-dimensional."  Then there is "sharpening," where "some items drop out so that the remaining items gather in importance."  Thus,...(Read Full Article)