Former President Jimmy Carter as depicted by a political cartoonist in an issue of In These Times from the 1970's. IN THESE ...

Luckovich prepared an obituary cartoon: Carter arrives at the pearly gates welcomed by tool-bearing angels who present him with the “Habitat for Jimmy” home they’ve built for him.

He used an animated version of the exploding peanut in a Carter campaign video. “Jimmy’s smile, country farmer, the longshot — all made for good cartoons,” Rafshoon said in an interview.