[1]
Tony Auth |
[3]
Pat Bagley |
[5]
Marcela Brane |
|
Cartoonist at The Philadelphia Inquirer
"In an age when people got their news primarily from newspapers, he appeared in most of them. He drew for a mass audience which no longer exists. There will never be another Herblock.” [2] |
Cartoonist at The Salt Lake Tribune
“Herblock was a tireless critic of President Nixon and a promoter of good government." [4] |
President of The Herb Block Foundation
“I felt he was a genius, an incredible person.” [6] |
[7]
Matt Bors |
[9]
Richard Doak |
[11]
Prof. Charles M. Dobbs |
|
Editor at The Nib
“Herblock used his platform at one of the paper's largest and most respected papers to push for civil rights and economic justice in an era when they were even less popular than they are now.” [8] |
Former Editorial page editor at
The Des Moines Register "Anyone who lived through the last half of the 20th century would have been touched in some way by his [Herblock's] work." [10] |
Iowa State University
“ I think Block was a rare voice in the wilderness of this consensus era, willing to speak out, to puncture the balloon of ‘everything is going well’ and to make fun and draw attention to what one should note.” [12] |
[13]
|
[15]
|
[17]
|
Sara DukeCurator at Library of Congress
"As a cartoonist, he was allowed to express his opinion as a cartoonist more then other print journalists. He was pretty influential in shaping public opinion in Washington." [14] |
Prof. Maura LyonsDrake University
“..cartoons are not meant to make people comfortable, validate established views, or maintain the status quo. Instead they raise difficult issues that are the subject of public debate. In a way they function as a public conscience." [16] |
James MorinCartoonist at The Miami Herald
“He maintained a high standard of quality in his work. That is what inspires me most about him, even today.“ [18] |
[19]
Jean RickardVice President of The Herb Block Foundation,
Former Secretary to Herbert Block "He had a passion for cartooning, and a passion for life." [20] |
[21]
John SherffiusCartoonist at The Boulder Daily Camera
“His powerful work influenced not only many cartoonists from a single generation, but many, many cartoonists from several generations.” [22] |