Embedded war correspondents
"Has Dougal sent any war reports from the front lines yet?" "No. Just the usual 'Wish y...
Date: 2003
From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0001148
Description: 'The politician' cartoon strip. The editor asks the mailman whether there have been any war reports from the front lines yet. The mailman replies that there have only been the usual 'Wish you were here' postcards. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"What was it like being embedded with the military?" "Plenty of shouted orders and chao...
Date: 2003
From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0001160
Description: 'The politician' cartoon strip. Dougal says that there were lots of shouted orders and chaotic conditions when he was embedded with the military just like his usual work in the newspaper room. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"Dougal, I'm having you embedded with a front line army unit." "What does embedded mean...
Date: 2003
From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0001147
Description: 'The politician' cartoon strip. The editor tells his ace reporter that he is having him embedded with a front line army unit. He says that embedded means unable to run away. Reporters were often 'embedded' in US army units for the purpose of reporting back to the United States the Iraq war from a US marine's point of view. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
"Why are there little piles of sand all over the newsroom floor?" "Dougal's back from t...
Date: 2003
From: Fletcher, David, 1952- :Digital cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0001159
Description: 'The politician' cartoon strip. Dougal, the embedded journalist, is back from the Gulf and is leaving little piles of sand all over the floor. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Hubbard, James, 1949- :"What do you say in a cartoon". 22 August 2014
Date: 2014
From: Hubbard, James, 1949-: Digital caricatures and cartoons
By: Setford News Photo Agency
Reference: DCDL-0029181
Description: Four panels showing a silhouette of the cartoonist at his drawing board, contemplating how to create a cartoon about "an event like the beheading of a U.S. journalist... when it's just too shocking... and barbarous to comprehend..." Cartoon references the death of James Foley, who was kidnapped in Syria in 2012. A video showing his corpse was released on 19 August 2014 by the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).