Clifford K. Berryman

Drawing the Line in Mississippi, Washington Post, November 1902 On a Mississippi hunting trip that month, Theodore Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear that had been captured and tied up for him, and Clifford Berryman drew the President turning away from the helpless animal. The cartoon's afterlife is extraordinary: the Brooklyn toy and candy maker Morris Michtom made a small stuffed bear in response, and the teddy bear was born. It is the gentlest entry here, a cartoon that flattered its subject rather than wounding him, and a useful reminder that some of the form's lasting influence has come through affection rather than attack.