Sir Edward Carson played a key role in encouraging anti Home Rule support in Britain.

BBC: Northern Ireland

Forbes's last cartoon was dated 15 November 1924 and depicted Edward Carson and the Northern Irish unionists.

BBC: Cartoons that courted controversy

The devastating cross-examination by fellow Dubliner and contemporary Edward Carson destroyed Wilde, leading to his later prosecution and imprisonment.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Northern Ireland | Wilde play casts light on Carson

They provided hard-hitting commentary on events during one of the most troubled periods in Irish history and included original caricature portraits of politicians like Michael Collins, Eamon de Velera and Edward Carson.

BBC: Artistic bombs..Irish history in cartoon form

They provided hard-hitting commentary on events during one of the most troubled periods in Irish history and included original caricature portraits of politicians like Michael Collins, Eamon de Valera and Edward Carson.

BBC: Cartoons that courted controversy

An incomplete list: Joy Williams, Stuart Dybek, Anne Carson, Alice Munro, Mary Gaitskill, Lydia Davis, Bhanu Kapil, Deborah Eisenberg, Edward P.

NEWYORKER: Sarah Shun-lien Bynum