Lucko' the draw: Behind one Luckovich toon

Mike's July 18 cartoon (shown at the end of this gallery) was about the New Yorker cover controversy over the Obama illustration. This gallery shows the variety of sketches that he drew before arriving at the final product shown in Slide 11. "Satire for Dummies" (shown) was one of the ideas he rejected. Mike Luckovich / AJC