Series VI: Political Cartoons and The Art of Controversy, 1910-2013, inclusive

Research materials touch on the history of cartoons and caricature, scientific theories of the brain and its response to the content and images, and on individual cartoonists and their work. Specific controversial cartoons are included, such as the Mohammed cartoons published by the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten; New Yorker covers such as the Obamas' fist bump (Barry Blitt's "Politics of Fear"); and a Kissinger cartoon by David Levine that caused a great deal of discord at The Nation. Much of the research resulted in a Timeline of various cartoon and caricature controversies beginning in 1831 and continuing through 2012.

The writing process subseries contains drafts, edits, reviewer comments, notes, and many illustrations, some in color. Within the folders of illustrations, there are numerous duplicates. There are also illustrations that did not appear in the final book. Of interest are the many changes Navasky made to the structure of the book during the writing process. It should be noted that some of the drafts are incomplete. (The working manuscripts reflect the use of Microsoft Word's change tracking feature.)