"Herblock's Presidents: 'Puncturing Pomposity'" exhibition, interview with Sid Hart, NPG senior historian

Summary: The political cartoons of Herbert Block (1909-2001) appeared in American newspapers for more than seven decades under the pen name Herblock. He achieved his greatest prominence as the editorial cartoonist of the Washington Post, where he worked from 1946 until his death in 2001. The exhibition contains Block's original drawings of presidential cartoons from Franklin Roosevelt through Bill Clinton. The exhibition ran from May 2-November 30, 2008. Recorded at NPG, November 2008. See the online exhibiton at http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/herblock . Image info: "Look-Nice Tapes-Okay, Boy? Okay?"/ Herbert Lawrence Block, October 24, 1973 / Pencil on paper Herbert L. Block Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C./ Copyright The Herb Block Foundation