In 1954 Herbert Block (Herblock) won a Pulitzer for his cartoon about the death of Stalin

[ThoughtCriminal]

Death has lost another friend.

[John1956PA]

1. I remember Mr. Block's caricatures of Nixon in the 1960s.

He always drew Nixon's face having a five o'clock shadow, symbolic of Nixon's shady character.

[ThoughtCriminal]

2. It was a golden age for political cartoonists

There are still many great talents, but we really are missing the daily printed newspapers.

[electric_blue68]

5. Yes! He often was the editorial cartoon for -the Then *Liberal* NY Post....

it's true, youngins! I as a teen; a liberal NYC'r read it in 1967 onward till it changed, and for the liberal columnsists: Hamel, McGrory, Breslin & Buchwald.

[Archae]

7. Block wrote and illustrated an entire book about Nixon...

Starting with his "anti-communist" leanings in the late 40's, and ending with his resignation.

[JanMichael]

3. So Death, the one thing that we all are subject to, is a Communist?

A fellow traveler? Hmm.

[Hekate]

6. No, that's not what Herblock means. By the time Stalin died, every adult in the world knew he was responsible for...

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…the deaths of 10s of millions of his own people. It wasn’t Western propaganda — it was real.

[Archae]

4. There's an animated movie, where Superman ends up in Stalin's Russia.

And he uses his heat vision to roast Stalin after Stalin shows how callous he was.

[JoseBalow]

8. Superman: Red Son

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman:_Red_Son

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[Archae]

9. That's the one.