In a lecture and slideshow, Tim Kreider will discuss his own experience as a political cartoonist and polemicist in a time of reactionary politics and war, and the history and uses of political art and satire. The slideshow will featue some of his own political cartoons as well as those of artists like Ralph Steadman, George Grosz, Honoré Daumier, and Francisco Goya.
Tim Kreider's cartoon, "The Pain—When Will It End?" ran in the Baltimore City Paper for 12 years and is collected in three books by Fantagraphics. His essays have appeared frequently in The New York Times and other publications. His first collection of essays was We Learn Nothing (2012); the next, I Wrote This Book Because I Love You, is scheduled for 2017.