Holbert told Chabot and Battenfeld that the idea to use “watermelon” instead of “peppermint” or another common toothpaste flavor in the text of the cartoon came after he looked through a ...

Critics quickly pounced on the watermelon aspect of the cartoon, arguing the cartoonist was playing off a stereotype that African Americans are particularly fond of the fruit. The cartoonist ...

BOSTON -- Governor Deval Patrick weighed in on the Boston Herald's controversial cartoon featuring President Barack Obama and watermelon flavored toothpaste that took the internet by storm on ...