German-born political cartoonist Thomas Nast gave America some of its most enduring symbols: the Republican elephant, the Democratic donkey, and Uncle Sam. Publishing regularly in Harper's Weekly ...

Thomas Nast, the German-born editorial cartoonist for Harper’s Weekly magazine, came up with both of them — he introduced the donkey first, on Jan. 19, 1870: 155 years ago Sunday. And in case ...

THOMAS NAST, a German-born caricaturist, has been hailed as the “father of the American cartoon” by critics ... from a cup of soft soap. In March 1876 another ass-headed Democrat pins a ...