Here's a glimpse inside N&O cartoonist Dwane Powell's sketchbook, where he writes cartoon ideas and where he doodles during editorial board meetings. It's the Where's Waldo edition. See whether you recognize any N&O columnists.

Though hypocrisy knows no party boundaries, S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford's indiscretion and overall weirdness put a
bulls-eye on the back of the GOP, at least when it comes to editorial cartooning. Here's a roundup of a few McClatchy cartoons, including one by The N&O's Dwane Powell, on the subject.

Studying how editorial cartoons can be used to influence societal discussions is a popular lesson in North Carolina high schools (maybe cartoons are part of the statewide curriculum?). My rising sophomore had to draw his own political cartoon last fall as part of his freshman civics class, in fact. As I recall, his cartoon involved Dick Cheney, Sarah Palin and a misfired rifle, but I can't for the life of me remember the punchline. You could probably create your own just imagining his picture.

Matthew Durkin, a World History teacher at Franklin Academy, sent in the two most creative and relevant cartoons from his most recent class. Because we are quite fond of editorial cartoons here at The N&O and want to see this particular form of comment succeed in the coming decades, we're going to post them here. Maybe the next generation will be inspired. The first is by Ashley Kabat, the second by Anna Brown.

A couple of more cartoon comments on the situation in Gaza. See what you think of Rex Babin's.

McClatchy editorial cartoonists offer up some more fodder on the financial crisis and on the election.