Herblock dedicated his life to a profession of using cartoons as a vehicle to spread important information to the people.
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Early Years"We found his caricatures of faculty, cartoons about alumni, and depictions of campus life. What follows are two full-page drawings that ran in the 1929 Forester, and examples of his legendary wit. Notably, he signed his work 'H.L.B.,' which preceded the professional signature that he was known for — 'Herblock.'" [1] "From 1927 to 1929, Block studied English and political science and developed a strong interest in international affairs from Professor David Maynard. But when the Chicago Daily News extended a job offer to become the newspaper's cartoonist, Block couldn't refuse the opportunity of a lifetime. Before he left Lake Forest College for the newspaper, however, Block contributed artwork to the Stentor and Forester yearbooks from 1928 to 1930." [1]
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1929 Forester, page 30
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"Herblock poses in his office with some of his favorite cartoons in the early ‘60s." (FILE PHOTO/TWP)
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Herblock's Opinion“Herblock's cartoons were expressive of a distinct political view. Throughout his career, Block sided with those presidents whose policies favored government intervention on behalf of the 'underdog.' He embraced Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal; he was also an early supporter of U.S. intervention in World War II and remained a staunch internationalist. Block's political cartoons appeared in American newspapers for more than seven decades, but he achieved his greatest prominence as the editorial cartoonist of The Washington Post, where he worked from 1946 until his death in 2001." [2]
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“My father and mother felt that you should simply be a good citizen and think about the other guy.” - Herbert J. Block [3]
Cartoons and Images courtesy of The Herb Block Foundation