America's "free press" isn't as free as you think. That's especially true for editorial cartoonists and illustrators.   As members of a profession enshrined in the Constitution, visual journalists feel they have a responsibility to tell the truth as they see it.   But in this age of fearful editors, government censorship, and media consolidation. controversial editorial art is frequently killed before publication.

And the situation has only gotten worse since 9-11.

Now, however, cartoonists—and the reading public—will get a second chance. In KILLED CARTOONS: CASUALTIES FROM THE WAR ON FREE EXPRESSION (W.W. NORTON), which features nearly 100 cartoons and illustrations, editor David Wallis gives you the chance to see what major magazines and newspapers tried to suppress. The collection, heralded by cartoonist Gahan Wilson of the New Yorker as "amazing in its range," includes spiked art about everything from the Iraq War to teen fashion trends. Works by renowned contemporary artists such as Garry Trudeau , Steve Brodner, Edward Sorel, Doug Marlette, Ted Rall, Paul Conrad, Matt Davies and Anita Kunz are displayed alongside unearthed gems by legends like David Low, Herblock and Norman Rockwell.