newspaper cartoons

Newspaper cartoons are drawings published in newspapers, typically either single-panel editorial cartoons commenting on politics and current events, or multi-panel comic strips telling jokes or serialized stories.

Editorial cartoons use caricature and visual metaphor to make pointed arguments; comic strips like *Peanuts* or *Garfield* aim primarily to entertain.

The form has declined as print newspapers have shrunk: He grew up reading the newspaper cartoons every Sunday morning.