We'll meet again? History Today readers select the greatest political cartoon of all time.(FRONTLINE)(Brief Article)

THE SCUM OF THE EARTH, I believe?' 'The bloody assassin of the workers, I presume?'. David Low's comment on the Nazi-Soviet Pact of August 1939 demonstrates one great truth about political cartoons: that when they cut to the heart of a situation, their power derives as much from the sharpness of their words as from the brilliance of their drawing. In a survey of readers of History Today magazine and website, Low's cartoon 'Rendezvous' won more than twice as many votes as any of its rivals.

The whole idea of selecting the best cartoon of all time was questioned by Nicholas ...

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