Satire on Stone: The Political Cartoons of Joseph Keppler

From Publishers Weekly
Less appreciated than Thomas Nast, but often as deadly, political cartoonist Joseph Keppler (1838-1894) hurled witty, irreverent barbs at censorship, military jingoism, Bismarck, Thomas Edison's financial greed and a succession of presidents from Grant to Cleveland. A cynic, this Viennese immigrant was equally skeptical of Democrats and Republicans. In the pages of Puck , an American weekly humor magazine, his caricatures and beautifully tinted chromolithographs galvanized public opinion. He depicted a crucified Boss Tweed and, defending separation of church and state, portrayed the pope as a petty tyrant. With 172 reproductions of his cartoons, this handsomely produced biography demonstrates Keppler's relevance to our age. Though he belittled women's right to vote and sometimes promoted crude ethnic stereotypes, his best work is a bracing antidote to hypocrisy. West is director of publications for the peace group Sane/Freeze. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.


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This biography of America's leading satiric cartoonist of the 1880's & co-publisher of Puck, the country's first humor magazine, is a showcase for Keppler's political caricatures. 9" x 11 1/4". Over 170 color & b&w illus.


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