This week in 1863, Thomas Nast drew Santa Claus for Harper's Weekly. The German immigrant from Bavaria had arrived in New ...

I’ll bet most fans of editorial cartoons don’t even know who Thomas Nast was. As a young cartoonist in 1990s Iran, I discovered this German-born American genius and found myself captivated. If the ...

IN THE wake of a bloody and protracted war, Americans turned their attention to the most intractable of their social problems. Influential media of news and opinion and a major political party ...

Those who know U.S. history or the “legend” behind the creation of Santa Claus will recognize the name Thomas Nast. Without going into too much background, Thomas Nast was a German-born American ...

Many people have depicted Santa Claus. Many have described him. But only one person ever saw him face to face. Thomas Nast, the Morristown artist who gave us our definitive image of Santa, saw him ...

From five points to Frank Leslie's -- Early work and training -- Travel to Europe and Sallie -- Compromise with the South -- Falling in love with Grant -- Tweed --The campaign of 1872 -- Redpath and ...

Re “Lalo Alcaraz’s La Cucaracha comic strip must go. It is blatantly political.” (May 9): Chicano artist Lalo Alcaraz is the parallel to U.S. political cartoonist Thomas Nast from the 1800s. Readers ...

Have you ever heard of Thomas Nast? If you have, you probably know he was Boss Tweed's worst nightmare in New York City in the late 1800s. Perhaps you are thinking he was a criminal or a policeman?

Thomas Nast may be known as “The Father of Modern Political Cartoons,” but history teacher Halloran’s thorough biography of the 19th-century journalist is much more than mere caricature. The author ...