http://www.stevemendelson.org/stevemendelson/Illustrations.html When Steve was a sophomore at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), he had a cousin who lived in Washington, DC, and sold posters. It was a political year and Steve sent his cousin some copies of his work on the off chance that he might use them in a poster. His cousin showed the drawings to a neighbor who happened to work for The Washington Post. The neighbor showed them to an art director at the Post, and that’s how Steve started to freelance as a political illustrator for the paper. He became a full-time staff illustrator upon graduation. Steve was a political illustrator, not a political cartoonist. He would be given an article, and it was his assignment to read it and draw a sketch of his interpretation. With the editor’s approval, Steve would proceed to final art. The work of the political cartoonist on the other hand is different. He or she presents a free standing idea that does not depend on an existing article. Steve left the Post several years ago, but his work is timeless-though the cast of characters is different, many of the issues remain the same war, the Middle East, oil, pollution, and power struggles. Do you agree? http://www.stevemendelson.org/stevemendelson/Illustrations.html#0 a3c8cbb0-7f55-42db-9c6b-72953b2e3e49 http://www.stevemendelson.org/stevemendelson/Illustrations_files/Media/1reaganrocket/thumb.jpg http://www.stevemendelson.org/stevemendelson/Illustrations_files/Media/1reaganrocket/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2"><span style="line-height: 13px; " class="style_2">Ronald Reagan on a Cruise Missile Headed for USSR<br/></span></p></div></div> http://www.stevemendelson.org/stevemendelson/Illustrations.html#1 11612051-1717-424d-b1da-7bdf97079da0 http://www.stevemendelson.org/stevemendelson/Illustrations_files/Media/2socialservices/thumb.jpg http://www.stevemendelson.org/stevemendelson/Illustrations_files/Media/2socialservices/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2"><span style="line-height: 13px; " class="style_2">Caspar Weinberger and <br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2"><span style="line-height: 13px; " class="style_2">Ronald Reagan Pull Life Support from Social Services</span></p></div></div> http://www.stevemendelson.org/stevemendelson/Illustrations.html#2 f3174854-b99f-401a-8ed7-1f839bef1aee http://www.stevemendelson.org/stevemendelson/Illustrations_files/Media/3brezhnev/thumb.jpg http://www.stevemendelson.org/stevemendelson/Illustrations_files/Media/3brezhnev/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2"><span style="line-height: 13px; " class="style_2">Leonid Brezhnev and his Unibrow<br/></span></p></div></div> http://www.stevemendelson.org/stevemendelson/Illustrations.html#3 d75eeb7d-6c4c-4d50-b817-d667bdb57e19 http://www.stevemendelson.org/stevemendelson/Illustrations_files/Media/4onabarrel/thumb.jpg http://www.stevemendelson.org/stevemendelson/Illustrations_files/Media/4onabarrel/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2"><span style="line-height: 13px; " class="style_2">Oil Prices have us Over a Barrel<br/></span></p></div></div> http://www.stevemendelson.org/stevemendelson/Illustrations.html#4 142346dd-dcf5-4b59-a498-13334a6c46e4 http://www.stevemendelson.org/stevemendelson/Illustrations_files/Media/5walensa/thumb.jpg http://www.stevemendelson.org/stevemendelson/Illustrations_files/Media/5walensa/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2"><span style="line-height: 13px; " class="style_2">Lech Walensa Up<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2"><span style="line-height: 13px; " class="style_2">Solidarity Down</span></p></div></div>