History of Editorial Cartooning Part I

     Editorial Cartoon is a political cartoon and was originated from caricature. it is said that caricature comes from Mediterranean and is known because of Da Vinci.

     It was Da Vinci's medium in finding an ideal form of deformity. But for the reason that during that time, canvass were the most displayed arts, caricature was taken as a 'fanciful exercise' and has no artistic value on the market.

     In result, caricature was boxed in 'portraiture'. Artists like Agostino and Annibale Carraci fought against this portraiture and come up with a caricature they called 'counter art'. Counter art is a fast and expression base drawing where in prominent body parts and characters of a person is exaggerated which results in being funny and laugh stock of the people.

      As the time passed, cartoons in editorial became existent in Europe- in the time of Protestant Reformation in Aleman. the said reform movement used many visual propagand to reach the people of Aleman.

     Some of the reasons why political cartoons became widely accepted was because of deep rooted oppositions of artists on the field of wood cutting and metal engraving and because of high level of illiteracy.