Part 1 (M2001-173): Original Collection, 1987-1998
Physical Description: 0.6 cubic feet (2 archives boxes) 
Scope and Content Note: Original political cartoons created by Joe Heller for the Green Bay Press-Gazette representing local, state and national issues including politics, the economy, sports, agriculture, and the media. The collection is arranged chronologically, with the title of each cartoon taken from the author's title itself, from a description of the content, or from a caption.

Summer of Love, Summer of Fear, 1987 June 9

In the palm of Bill Proxmire's hand, 1988 October 9

George Bush: “I want a kinder, gentler America,” 1988 October 21

The torch is passed, 1988 November 15

Indian treaty rights and racism, 1989 May 7

Moral majority to disband, 1989 June 14

U.S. - China relations, 1989 December 13

More official state symbols, 1990 March 25

AIDS victim Ryan White dies, 1990 April 10

Earth Day 1990, 1990 April 13

Tax rebate, 1990 April 28

Wisconsin's Scarlet Letter, 1990 May 10

Cigarettes as suicide machine, 1990 June 10

Presidents and mideast crisis, 1990 August 26

“You're right! The pollen is really bad this year!” , 1990 September 5

Green Bay Packers momentum, 1990 October 16

Richard Matty, 1990 October 24

Loftus mud wrestle, 1990 November 7

A cartoonist talks to an anti-treaty protester, 1990

Play the lottery, win a tank of gas, 1990

Timber rights issue, 1990

The future of biotechnology as discussed in Wisconsin, 1990 December 6

War in Kuwait, 1991 January 12

Drunken snowmobilers, 1991 January 22

“What's going on in there, Governor?” 1991 February 7

State regulations of locker rooms - Rep. Marlin Schneider, 1991 March 2

Lottery TV ads - fine print, 1991 March 6

Building prisons, 1991 March 17

Take a bite out of crime, 1991 March 22

Drinking and driving, 1991 April 30

Dan Quayle question, 1991 May 7

Terry Kohler on UW System Board of Regents, 1991 May 14

Family dairy farms, 1991 May 15

Terminator 2 - Budget judgement day, 1991 July 14

Clarence Thomas and filling Thurgood Marshall's legacy, 1991 July 15

New state slogan, 1991 July 25

David Duke, 1991

China and Most Favored Nation trading status, 1991

German yellow jacket plague, 1991 August 31

Federal dollars for highways, 1991

President Bush gets sick in Japan, 1992 January 8

One year anniversary of the U.S. bombing of Iraq, 1992 January 12

Chipping away at Roe vs. Wade, 1992 January 24

Democratic front runner, 1992 January 28

Japanese government official insults U.S. workers, 1992 February 5

Ozone hole, 1992 February 21

Elvis stamp parody, 1992 February 26

March madness, 1992 March 1

Congressional bungee jumping, 1992 March 8

Duke and Buchanan, 1992 March 10

Check bouncing scandal hits congressional bank, 1992 March 13

A guide to local TV stations, 1992 March 15

Wisconsin bill boards, 1992 March 18

Gadflies, Bush and Clinton, 1992 March 20

Problems facing children, 1992 March 24

High schools struggle with changing names, 1992 April 10

Bingo/modern buffalo, 1992 April 29

A new dietary pyramid is introduced, 1992 April 29

Police found not guilty in Rodney King beating case, 1992 May 1

The spotted owl, 1992 May 12

Ross Perot on the issues, 1992 May 14

Steroids claim another victim, 1992 May 17

The primaries end with Ross Perot leading the polls, 1992 June 3

More women join the race for Congressional seats, 1992 June 4

Legalized gambling, 1992 June 21, 1992

Transportation of hazardous materials, 1992 July 2

“Welcome to...“ The Balkans, 1992 July 8

Ross Perot quits the campaign, 1992 July 18

George Bush, James Baker, 1992 July 24

The Flying Republicans, 1992 July 30

Roth against bilingual voting, 1992 August 5

Conservatives call for Bush to quit, 1992 August 7

Free trade agreement with Mexico, 1992 August 14

GOP convention, 1992 August 16

Art is in the eye of the beholder: Guy Zima, 1992 August 20

Another football season start, 1992 September 8

Deficit dodgers, 1992 September 21

Ross Perot jumps back into the race, 1992 September 22

Family values, Murphy Brown, Monday Night Football, 1992 September 23

George Bush against cable regulations, 1992 September 24

Sports Illustrated publishes “The Incredible Bust” story on Mandarich, 1992 September 25

Abuse and mistreatment of children, 1992 September 27

Wisconsin becomes the center of attention, 1992 October 2

Wisconsin now accepting positions for DNR secretary, 1992 October 3

Mudslingers, 1992 October 6

Time out from the election, 1992 October 8

Vice Presidential debates, 1992 October 14

Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic, 1992 October 15

Madonna, 1992 October 22

Clinton in Brown County, 1992 October 23

Ross Perot campaign gets stranger, 1992 October 28

Galileo, Catholic Church, children molested by priests, 1992 November 3

The day after election day, 1992 November 4

City budget, green eggs and ham cartoon, 1992 November 11

Homosexuals in the military, 1992 November 12

City Council and ambulance fee, 1992 November 17

Bill Clinton and Congress: “Let's Jam,” 1992 November 18

Marketable Malcolm X, 1992 November 19

Hillary Clinton, Nancy Reagan, 1992 November 24

Queen Elizabeth, 1992 November 26

Senator Packwood, 1992 December 4

Trying to fix the economy, 1992 December 17

City budget, Guy Zima, 1992 December 9

The U.S. goes to Somalia, 1992 December 11

Lawrencia Bembenik is freed after pleading guilty to a lesser charge, 1992 December 13

President-elect Clinton holds and economic summit in Little Rock, Arkansas, 1992 December 16

Les Aspin, 1992 December 24

Rapper Ice T comes to Green Bay, 1992 December 30

A new year and a new administration, 1993 January 1

Come celebrities boycott Colorado resorts due to anti-gay rights legislation. But many do not, 1993 January 6

Saddam as Energizer Rabbit, 1993 January 12

Pete Peshek quits DNR secretary due to his past affiliations, 1993 January 14

The U.S. bombs Iraq days before Bill Clinton's inauguration, 1993 January 15

The torch is passed, 1993 January 20

President Clinton's First Day, 1993 January 21

Zoe Baird, 1993 January 23

Gordon Kropp and Guy Zima, Brown County Board, 1993 January 25

Former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall dies, 1993 January 26

Have to give up “wish book,” 1993 January 27

Promises... promises..., 1993 January 28

Lifting gay ban, 1993 January 29

Right to bear arms, 1993 January 31

Hillary Rodham Clinton is put in charge of solving the health care crisis, 1993 February 2

Furious over Bill Clinton, 1993 February 3

Lottery, 1993 February 4

Call-in radio seems to react to issues rather than discuss the issues, 1993 February 5

Tommy Thompson and budget, 1993 February 7

Nanny-gate, 1993 February 8

Economic indicators take off before Clinton can enact a stimulus program, 1993 February 9

Child's view of the future, 1993 February 10

NBC datelines ignites a GM truck and controversy, 1993 February 11

Clinton calls for a tax increase in the state of the union address, 1993 February 12

Students and weapons, 1993 February 14

Wisconsin tribes get nervous over a state referendum to limit gambling, 1993 February 16

Costs of drugs and vaccines, 1993 February 17

Deficit cutting, 1993 February 18

Fixing deficit, 1993 February 19

Sports Illustrated annual swimsuit issue is released, 1993 February 21

Suicide increase as Michigan prepares to ban the likes of Kevorkian, 1993 February 23

The sheriff gets caught trying to boost the morale of his staff with free lunches, 1993 February 25

Congressional committee for “C.U.T.S” (Continued Unrestrained Tax & Spending), 1993 February 27

Legislature adds five more questions to the gambling referendum, 1993 February 26

President Clinton begins airlifting food into Bosnia, 1993 March 1

Winning 60 million powerball jackpot could allow winner to “afford to buy health insurance,” 1993 March 2

Terrorists bomb the World Trade Center in New York, 1993 March 3

In reference to the stand-off with the religious cult in Waco, Texas, 1993 March 4

Cults and fundamentalists, 1993 March 7

Les Aspin proposes more military base closings, 1993 March 9

Cigarette tax increase proposed, 1993 March 10

3 out of 4 people born in Wisconsin stay, 1993 March 11

The first killing of a doctor in the abortion battle, 1993 March 12

Wisconsin vs. California as dairy state, 1993 March 14

Vote, 1994 September 11

UW basketball program, 1995

Donor dining, 1995 July 12

Dallas stomps Green Bay, 1996

Toby Roth campaign contributions, 1996

State of the state, 1996 February 1

Crandon Mine, 1996

Pay raise for state officials, 1997

“Mind if I hitch up?” , 1997

Mine field, 1997

Mining moratorium bill, 1997

Plastered guys on the road, 1997

Wisconsin Lottery, 1998

Happy Birthday Wisconsin, 1998

Congress - reckless spending, 1998

Dairy Farmers, undated

Part 2 (M2002-014): Additions, 1987-2001
Physical Description: 0.4 cubic feet (1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 1987-2001, of original political cartoons created by Joe Heller for the Green Bay Press-Gazette representing local, state and national issues including politics, the economy, sports, agriculture, and the media. The collection is arranged chronologically, with the title of each cartoon taken from the author's title itself, from a description of the content or from a caption.

Armed Service Committee-Les Aspin, 1987 January 9

Homelessness opposed to American Dream, 1987 February 18

“Little league refuses to play on reservation,” 1987 March 16

Tourism slogan “among friends,” 1988 January 20

Economic anxiety, 1988 January 27

Mass cabin fever, 1988 February 14

Door county unemployment, 1988 April 8

Gov. Thompson and closed-door practices, 1988 May 12

Race betting, 1988 May 27

Minimum wage for college graduates, 1988 June 5

“Hitchhiking in Wisconsin just isn't the same with the deer road-kill policy...” , 1988 June 7

Greedy defense contractors, 1988 June 21

Wisconsin lobbies, 1988 July 16

Legislative spending preventing tax refund, 1988 October 7

“'The twelve daze of Christmas' shopping,” 1988 November 27

Duke-Bentsen and Tex-Mass, 1988

Government and property tax relief, 1988

Complaints of “fish slaughter by Indian spearers,” 1988

Results of school budget cuts, 1988

“Shades of Joe McCarthy,” 1988

Disregard of nuclear facilities and results, 1988

Reagan's budget deficits, 1989 January 10

Cold winters, 1989 February 3

Taxpayers desire for pay raise, 1989 February 8

“50-50 vote on property tax referendum,” 1989 April 6

Ethics and lobbyists, 1989 May 14

Spearing riots, 1989

Holperin and northern Wisconsin, 1990 February 28

Treaty Rights dispute, 1990 March 7

“1993 Referendum on Limiting Gambling in Wis,” 1990

AIDS concerns, 1991 June 25

Lack of democratic presidential candidates, 1991 August 9

Gov. Thompson and Bert Grover, 1991 September 13

BGH Argument, 1991 November 27

Peace with Israel and Palestine, 1991

Tavern lobby greediness, 1991

Wisconsin lottery board, 1992

Amtrak expansion vs. revenue shortfall, 1992

BGH and '92, 1992

Saddam and Clinton popular support, 1992

Dog tracks, 1993 September 8

EPA and drinking water regulations, 1993

Effects from property tax, 1993

Bosnian “holocaust,” 1993

Japanese trade mission, 1993

Brewers “67 million from state not enough,” 1993

Rodney King and “video evidence in courts,” 1993

“Work-not-welfare proposal,” 1993

Oneidas and P.R., 1993

“Milwaukee. A great place with a great ache,” 1993

Milwaukee and lawsuits, 1993

“Apparently when consumer confidence went up, consumer compassion went down,” 1993

Les Aspin and defense cuts, 1993

Republican state senators and budget, 1993

Congress and Clinton budget, 1993

Excessive U.W. Athletic Department spending, 1994 October 29

School funding and property taxes, 1994

Congress and morals, 1994

State budget surplus and “tax hell,” 1994

Health care above Insurance company mess, 1994

Pro-life/Pro-choice debate

Perch shortage, 1994

Smoking bans, 1994

Air pollution, 1994

Brewers stadium, 1994

O.J. Simpson trial, 1994

Voter issues, 1995 February 21

Tribal casino profit, 1995

Winter weather, 1995

Deer hunting, 1995

Stadium funding, 1995

Plans of Thompson, 1995

Speed limits set by states, 1995

“Brillion teachers sign gun purchase forms in gun sale scheme,” 1995

Power of graduates, 1995

Green Bay “large city problems,” 1995

“Zima's political power” vs. Zima's constituent support,” 1995

Wisconsin presidential primary, 1995

Michael Jackson, 1996 January 23

“Brewer financial woes,” 1996

Continuing segregation, 1996

Lack of regulations on personal watercrafts, 1996

Consequences of college binge drinking, 1997 October 2

Testing in schools, 1997

Brewer's stadium, 1997

State budget issues, 1997

Thompson as governor, 1998 June 2

Religious schools, 1998 June 12

“School violence gears,” 1998 November 20

Mining debates, 1998

“Changing constitution to boost lagging lottery tax credit,” 1999 January 19

Doyle for Governor, 1999 August 12

“NCAA Euphoria,” 2000

Scott McCallum, 2001

Japanese trade mission, undated

Part 3 (M2004-005): Additions, 2000-2003
Physical Description: 0.2 cubic feet (1 flat box) 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 2000-2003, consisting of 25 original political cartoons created by Joe Heller for the Green Bay Press-Gazette which represent local, state, and national issues including politics, the economy, and social issues.

“Symbol in Pieces”

“Juvenile, Partisan Behavior”

“Electric Bill”

“Budget Deficit”

“Tommy Thompson is in Over His Head”

“Museum Money Woes”

“Judge Halts Mourning Dove Hunt”

“Siren's Song”

Death of “Neighborhood Stability”

“Wisconsin Budget Deficit”

Wisconsin Budget Deficit

Mother on Cell Phone Looking for Parking

“State Legislative Control”

“Inept Brewers Management”

Deer Hunter Shoots a Cow

“CWD Problem”

Burial of “Crandon Mine”

“State Deficit”

“Perpetual Compacts with Tribes/Perpetual Deficits”

“Tobacco Settlement Money”

“The Sounds of Silence”

“Tommy Thompson's Deficit Legacy”

“Harley-Davidson 100th Anniversary”

“Property-Tax Freeze”

Statue of Liberty Weeping, 2001 September 11

Part 4 (M2005-020): Additions, 2000-2004
Physical Description: 0.2 cubic feet (1 archives box) and 4 drawings 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 2000-2004, of original political cartoons drawn by Joseph L. Heller for the Green Bay Press-Gazette and four sketches made during a program given at the Wisconsin Historical Society Museum on February 2, 2004.

Jack be nimble, 2000

“This is: …” , 2001

“This is the equation used to determine…” , 2001

“Fairly smooth trop so far, huh?” 2001

“Hey Kid! The government plans to mandate tests for public school” , 2001

“Mr. Zima, If this behavior continues,…” 2002

White County Board of Supervisors, 2002

“I'm on a working vacation” , 2002

On making a case for …, 2002

“Chronic wasting disease will forever…” , 2002

Bishop Banks Boston, 2002

Shadow Government, 2002

“I've got so many new wrinkles..” , 2002

Creatures that go nowhere, 2002

“Good thing I've got a free hand” , 2002

Concerned Weapon, 2003

The only person in the nation not to put his name on the Do-Not-Call list, 2003

If the internet were really an information superhighway…, 2003

“I can't believe you people survived this long...” , 2003

The Great Lakes Water Diversion Map, 2004

It's a lot of hard work going on in Iraq” , 2004

“Flush!” , 2004

Meanwhile at the other famous golf course in Wisconsin…Dire Straits, 2004

“If you want a raise..” , 2004

I can't believe they took away my state-owned airplane!, 2004

“So, how does it look on me”, 2004

“Losing one title to California was enough”, 2004

The inconceivables, 2004

“Yeah…Why Haven't We?” , 2004

“Whew! I feel better already!” , 2004

Butcher paper drawings, 2004 February 2

Part 5 (M2006-003): Additions, 2003-2005
Physical Description: 0.1 cubic feet (1 folder) 
Scope and Content Note: Additions, 2003-2005, consisting of 12 original political cartoons created by Joe Heller for the Green Bay Press Gazette which represent local and state issues including politics, the economy, and social issues.

“First things first...”, 2005

Wisconsin's Feral Cat Hunting, 2005

Legislative Joint Finance Committee, 2005

County Board Chambers, 2005

Needle Controversy, 2005

Wisconsin Fonduehead Hats, 2005

“Earth Day Founder Gaylord Nelson, 1916-2005”, 2005

Prescription Drug Discount Cards, 2004

Crandon Mine, 2003

“Re-elect Mary Panzer”, 2004

CWD-”Confrontation with Deer Hunters”, 2004

Deer Crossing?, 2005

Brett Favre pushing “G” up a hill, 2005