For the past decade--ten eventful, epochal years--the Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year series has become the definitive compendium of leading cartoonists ' views of major national and international issues. Started in 1972, the series has been widely acclaimed as a concise yet far-ranging pictorial history of each year's events. As Publisher's Weekly said, "its a great way to get the gut feeling of a year's history".

This, the second volume of the series, features the graphic commentary of virtually every major editorial cartoonist working in North America today, including twelve Pulitzer Prize winners. Topics range from Watergate, the energy crisis, and America’s returning POWs, to a score of other events and issues.

The third volume of this acclaimed series offers a sobering look back at the history-making events of 1974. Often humorous- sometimes poignant- and always interesting- these cartoons are guaranteed to tickle your funny bone and tug at your heartstrings as you turn the pages.

The heroism of Desert Storm, the disintegration of a once-fearsome Soviet Union, a seemingly unending economic recession, the sinking fortunes of the Bush White House, and rising hopes on the Democratic campaign trail were among the issues that fueled the pens of editorial cartoonists during 1991.