In a good cartoon the artist can tell in a few lines as much as writer can tell in half a dozen paragraphs. The cartoonist not only tells a story but he also tries to persuade the reader to his way of thinking. He has great influence on public opinion. In political campaign he plays an importhat part. Controversial issues in Congress or at meetings of the united nations may keep the cartoonist well-supplied with current materials.
A clever cartoonist may cause laughter because he often uses humor in his drawings. If he is sketching a famous person he takes a prominent feture and exaggeration of a person is called caricature. The artist uses such exggeration to put his message across.