‘It’s a minefield’: Top political cartoonists on the challenges of caricaturing Kamala Harris

Every four to eight years or so, a new face vaults to the top of America’s political totem pole. Reaching the lofty status of presidential hopeful comes with many awesome responsibilities and singular burdens — perhaps none greater than being turned into a cartoon character.

Going back to our nation’s founding, our chief executives and presidential contenders have been subjected to caricature. (Just ask Donald Trump.) We get to tweak the noses of our would-be kings and queens — and they have to like it, or at least live with it. ...

The caricature of Kamala Harris, possibly our first Black, South Asian-descended, female president, isn’t just precedent setting. It’s a minefield for cartoonists — even more so because it’s a profession that’s overwhelmingly dominated by white men of a certain age. With that in mind, we checked in with some of the nation’s top political cartoonists to see how they’re homing in on the caricature of Kamala.

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