If a cartoon can sometimes say more than an editorial, then Giorgio Forattini was one of the sharpest interpreters of twentieth-century politics. The artist, who with his razor-sharp wit and unmistakable style could portray power better than many words ever could, died on Tuesday in Milan at the age of 94.
His drawings, published in newspapers such as Paese Sera, La Repubblica, L’Espresso, La Stampa and Il Giornale, became part of Italy’s collective imagination, striking across party lines. A single drawn joke was enough for him to pin a leader on his contradictions.
