An editorial cartoon, inserted in a regular publication is an editorial supplement.
An editorial supplement is a resource that is treated like an article in a periodical. The supplement will usually have a title but often does not have an author. One of the important aspects to remember when citing an editorial supplement is to include the word "editorial" just after the title of the supplement. This allows readers to know what type of resource it is. You can cite an editorial using APA (American Psychological Association) style, MLA (Modern Language Association) style or the Chicago Manual of style.
Instructions
1. Cite in MLA by writing the title, editorial, the name of the paper, the date, the page number and the medium. For example: "Flight or Fancy." Editorial. The New York Times 12 April 2002: B3. Print. Cite in-text with MLA using the author's last name and the page number in parentheses. You need to use the title of the editorial if there is no author. For example: (Jones, B3) or ("Flight or Fancy" B3).
2. Cite with APA style by using the author's name and the date the editorial supplement was published in parentheses for the in-text citation. For example: (Jones, 1998). If you don't have an author, list the title of the supplement in the text of the paper, followed by the date in parentheses. Cite the APA bibliography as the author, the date, the article's title, the periodical's title and the page number. For example: Jones, D. (2002). Flight or Fancy (Editorial). The New York Times, B3.
3. Cite an editorial supplement with a footnote or endnote for Chicago style. Editorials usually appear in a newspaper or magazine. If your source is from a newspaper, you can document it in the footnote and leave it out of the bibliography. Magazine based editorial supplements need a bibliography citation. Magazine footnotes need the author, the title, the name of the magazine, the date and the page number. For example, David Jones, "Flight or Fancy," Allure, March 2002, 72. In the bibliography, list the last name first. For example: Jones, David. The newspaper footnote needs the paper's title, the supplement's title, the author, the paper's location and the date. For example: David Jones, "Flight or Fancy," The New York Times (New York City, NY), March 3, 2002.
