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Renault, Dennis : Original Political Cartoon - Dennis Renault. The Sacramento Bee. February 11, 1985

McClatchy Newspapers, Sacramento, CA?, 1985

Original hand-drawn political cartoon by Dennis Renault for The Sacramento Bee newspaper. Signed "Renault" in black ink at the lower-left corner of the panel. Also inscribed in black ink at the upper-left corner is the following: "For Morgan - with Thanks for your good work!, Dennis R., 2/11/85." Original black ink and blue crayon on white paper with white pigment for original corrections and editing and screentone sheets for texture and shading. Original white piece of paper says, "Sacramento Bee," in the lower-left corner. February 11, 1985. 11" x 14." Art is very clean and intact with minimal age wear. Dennis Renault (b. 1936) was an American political cartoonist at The Sacramento Bee and other newspapers. Beginning in 1972, he worked for the McClatchy Company and was the political cartoonist for three of its newspapers, The Sacramento Bee, The Fresno Bee, and The Modesto Bee. Renault retired in 1998 and currently lives in Monterey County. Don Sebastiani (b. 1953) is a vintner and former California state assemblyman from Sonoma. He represented the 8th District from 1980-1986. After serving in the State Assembly, Sebastiani returned to Sonoma to run his family's wine business, Sebastiani Vineyards, which was established in 1904. In 2008, he sold Sebastiani Vineyards but had opened his own wine company with his sons, Donny and August, in 2001. Don Sebastiani & Sons still operates to this day under Sebastiani family ownership. This is a single-panel political cartoon that lampoons Sebastiani. He is identified with "Sebastiani" on his suit jacket. It shows him rummaging through trash in a back alley and retrieving one of his finds, a bottle of an alcoholic beverage with a label that says, "State Reapportionment." Sebastiani exclaims, "Ah, my favorite brand!," which is shown as a caption at the bottom. The bottle and caption could refer to Sebastiani's connection with the wine industry, but the critique seems to be strictly about his policies in office. Sebastiani was a Republican politician. This cartoon refers to his state reapportionment initiative that would have redrawn district lines to benefit Republican politicians and potentially give them control of Congress. However, the California Supreme Court struck down the initiative before it could reach voters deeming it unconstitutional under the rule that only one reapportionment is allowed per decade after the federal census.. Comic. Book Condition: Collectible-Fine. Binding: No Binding

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