Records of the White House Office of Press Secretary (George H. W. Bush Administration)

This series consists of a weekly packet of political cartoons assembled under the masthead "Friday Follies." Generally, the "Friday Follies" consist of cartoons that parody individuals in state and federal government and discuss other highly publicized leaders and controversial issues in the U.S. and abroad. These political cartoons are of an editorial nature intended to raise public consciousness of serious issues and are presented in a funny, somber, witty, or sometimes sarcastic manner. An occasional news summary may be found among the assembled photocopies.

Issues covered include government spending and the deficit, the conflict between recognition of Israel and Palestinian independence, the nuclear arms ban, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), U.S./Soviet relations, the Reverend Jim Bakker, embassy sex scandals, the savings and loan (S&L) crisis, Jack Kemp and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) mismanagement, the Exxon Valdez oil spill, Chinese democracy, ethics, the war on drugs, the Paris Economic Summit, abortion, and funding of the Nicaraguan Contras.

The political cartoons were taken from newspapers and journals, including the "Chicago Tribune," the "Cincinnati Inquirer," the "Atlanta Journal-Constitution," the "Baltimore Sun," the "Boston Globe," the "Washington Post," the "Miami Herald," and the "Los Angeles Times," among others.