{"id":9058,"date":"2023-07-31T14:46:40","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T18:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/?p=9058"},"modified":"2025-12-06T10:15:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T15:15:36","slug":"spotlight-cartoons-from-25-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/spotlight-cartoons-from-25-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Cartoons From 25 Years Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we revisit cartoons published in August of 1998, <em>25 years ago<\/em>. It&#8217;s always fascinating to see how much (or how little) has changed over a quarter of a century. Some cartoons simply no longer make sense, but others really demonstrate just how slow progress can be. As always, I&#8217;d like to take a moment to acknowledge the growing number of cartoonists no longer with us: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/cartoonists\/jbhandelsman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">J.B. Handelsman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/cartoonists\/charlesbarsotti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charles Barsotti<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/cartoonists\/leocullum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leo Cullum<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/cartoonists\/dannyshanahan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Danny Shanahan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/cartoonists\/gahanwilson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gahan Wilson<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/cartoonists\/jackziegler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jack Ziegler<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/cartoonists\/williamhamilton\">William Hamilton<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/cartoonists\/edwardkoren\">Ed Koren<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/cartoonists\/michaelcrawford\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Crawford<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/cartoonists\/robertweber\">Robert Weber<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/cartoonists\/samgross\">Sam Gross<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>1998 was a simpler time when Russia was near collapse and American presidents were embroiled in sex scandals. The Dow Jones passed 9,000, Viagra was introduced, Michael Jordan could still dunk and Google was founded. Also, Bob Mankoff was cartoon editor and selected this Leo Cullum cartoon to poke some fun at a terrible fashion trend, cargo pants.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9064\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC40012_Sharing-300x264.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC40012_Sharing-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC40012_Sharing-768x677.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC40012_Sharing.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"smfont\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/cartoon?searchID=CC40012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BUY THIS CARTOON<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Bob Mankoff, here is one of his cartoons that make absolutely no sense unless you were watching cable news in 1998. I&#8217;m fairly surprised <em>The New Yorker<\/em> ran it.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9065\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC40018_Sharing-300x248.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC40018_Sharing-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC40018_Sharing-768x635.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC40018_Sharing.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"smfont\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/cartoon?searchID=CC36880\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BUY THIS CARTOON<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is another cartoon a young person would have to Google.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9075\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC39943_Sharing-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC39943_Sharing-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC39943_Sharing-768x586.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC39943_Sharing.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"smfont\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/cartoon?searchID= CC39943\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BUY THIS CARTOON<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is a Bruce Eric Kaplan cartoon that caught me off guard. It seemed just this summer that the ultra rich dying in a submersible was novel but apparently not.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9066\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC39936_Sharing-300x251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC39936_Sharing-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC39936_Sharing-768x642.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC39936_Sharing.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"smfont\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/cartoon?searchID=CC39936\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BUY THIS CARTOON<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sam Gross seems prescient with what could be a take on the current Writers Strike with the below cartoon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9067\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC40034_Sharing-300x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC40034_Sharing-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC40034_Sharing-768x648.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC40034_Sharing.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"smfont\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/cartoon?searchID=CC40034\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BUY THIS CARTOON<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The progressive future and the stalled efforts at reaching it are present in this batch. This Ed Koren cartoon could have been published last week or appeared in the Barbie movie.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9068\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC39969_Sharing-300x283.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC39969_Sharing-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC39969_Sharing-768x724.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC39969_Sharing.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"smfont\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/cartoon?searchID=CC36913\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BUY THIS CARTOON<\/a><\/p>\n<p>One evergreen theme, just how cute and wonderfully exasperating children can be, is well covered here-<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9069\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC39977_Sharing-300x260.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC39977_Sharing-300x260.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC39977_Sharing-768x664.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC39977_Sharing.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"smfont\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/cartoon?searchID=CC37036\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BUY THIS CARTOON<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9070\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC40041_Sharing-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC40041_Sharing-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC40041_Sharing-768x544.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC40041_Sharing.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"smfont\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/cartoon?searchID=CC37036\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BUY THIS CARTOON<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8230; (I could go on)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9072\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC40010_Sharing-271x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"452\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC40010_Sharing-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC40010_Sharing.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"smfont\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/cartoon?searchID=CC37036\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BUY THIS CARTOON<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two things I will never tire of reading, Roz Chast&#8217;s Theories and Dog Cartoons (even if the cell phone is unrecognizable).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9076\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC39972_Sharing-300x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC39972_Sharing-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC39972_Sharing-768x683.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC39972_Sharing.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"smfont\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/cartoon?searchID= CC39972\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BUY THIS CARTOON<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9077 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC40042_Sharing-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC40042_Sharing-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC40042_Sharing-768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC40042_Sharing.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"smfont\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/cartoon?searchID=CC40042\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BUY THIS CARTOON<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As always, this trip down memory lane brought up a few memories. Like they say, the more things change the more they stay the same.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9071\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC39938_Sharing-300x256.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC39938_Sharing-300x256.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC39938_Sharing-768x656.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/CC39938_Sharing.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"smfont\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/cartoon?searchID=CC36924\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BUY THIS CARTOON<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/search?publication_date_start=1998-08-01&amp;page=1&amp;publication_date_end=1998-08-31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VIEW MORE CARTOONS FROM AUGUST 1998<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"sign-up-box\">\n<h5><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ready or not, the news is always happening. 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