提起美国,映入人们脑海的是这样一幅政治漫画:一个高个子男人,留着山羊胡子,头戴大礼帽,上身穿星星点缀的马甲,下身穿条纹裤子。125年来,“山姆大叔”一直是美国的象征,他扛着星条旗加入了每一场较大的战争。有时候他欢迎移民,有时候他又把外国人拒于境外。历史学家奥尔顿·凯彻姆在1959年写道:“美国没有了山姆大叔,就如同圣诞节没有了圣诞老人。”尽管今天的美国人已变得玩世不恭,但不管是在国内还是国外,政治漫画家们仍在借用山姆大叔 Mentioning the United States and reaching people’s minds is such a political comic: a tall man with a goatee, a top hat, vest dotted with stars, and striped pants. For 125 years, “Uncle Sam” has always been a symbol of the United States, he carried a stars and stripes to join every major war. Sometimes he welcomes immigrants, and sometimes he rejects foreigners outside. Historian Alton Ketchum wrote in 1959: “There is no Uncle Sam in the United States, just as Christmas did not have Santa Claus.” Although today’s Americans have become cynical, whether at home or abroad , Political cartoonists are still borrowing Uncle Sam