A hugely important release any year, but a timely one this election year With laser-like insight and rapier-sharp wit, the political cartoonist is alive and kicking in the 21st Century. Here 150 members of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, whose work has appeared in every major newspaper in North America and beyond, join in this celebration of the art form. The cartoonists collected here have won hundreds of journalism awards, including a dozen Pulitzer Prizes. More importantly, they do not suffer fools lightly - in politics, religion or culture - and are always the first to step forward to shout "The Emperor has no clothes " With an introduction by Arizona Senator John McCain. Just a few of the cartoonists contained within these pages (including a DOZEN Pulitzer Prize-winners) are: Mike Luckovich David Horsey Ann Telnaes Tom Toles Ted Rall Walt Handelsman Lalo Alcaraz Tony Auth Dick Locher Jack Ohman Bob Gorrell Ben Sargent Jeff Stahler Mike Thompson John Kovalic Mark Fiore Kirk Anderson Signe Wilkinson Joel Pett Steve Benson Clay Benett