It’s OK to Laugh

Political cartoons by Steve Kelley ’81

“I really enjoy making people laugh,” says Kelly, whose work appears online and in hundreds of newspapers nationwide. “A good cartoon can inspire a lot of interaction among people. If only we had minds that weren’t already made up about everything,” he recently told DAM. Here's some of his recent work. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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