# Herblock passes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herblock-passes/86054>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 8, 2001, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herblock-passes/86054 "2001-10-08T04:46:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![JonScribe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3be4f8/32.png) [@JonScribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonScribe)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herblock-passes/86054/1 "2001-10-08T04:46:52Z")

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A moment of silence please for veteran editorial cartoonist Herbert Block (Herblock)who died today at 91.

Tnen a chuckle for any of his cartoons.

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**Author:** ![DPWhite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d26b3c/32.png) [@DPWhite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPWhite)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herblock-passes/86054/2 "2001-10-08T05:19:46Z")

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Greatest political cartoonist ever. When Nixon ran in 68 he drew a picture of Nixon oozing out of a storm drain.

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**Author:** ![JonScribe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3be4f8/32.png) [@JonScribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonScribe)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/herblock-passes/86054/3 "2001-10-08T05:30:46Z")

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Herblock had Nixon’s five o’clock shadow down to a T.