Jessie Kelly: She saw him in the morning. She saw him at night. She saw him at his worst. She knew. She knew more than anyone else knew

Born beneath a loaf of ‘wry’ bread that took time to rise, Dag Barkley came into the world on the Fourth of July. A long-time patriot of the American flag-waving sort, his cartoons are about opening the eyes to what is happening in the world, one panel of sadly-true humor at a time.