Cartoons, Caricatures and Humerous Illustration

The common definition of caricature is:

A representation, especially pictorial or literary, in which the subject's distinctive features or peculiarities are deliberately exaggerated to produce a comic or grotesque effect.

A Cartoon on the other hand does not need to be recognizable as a known person. Cartoon characters can be purely fictional. They can be based on a certain person but they do not have to match the physical appearance of that person. For example Cartoons and Caricatures of Napoleon were bothe done but they all differ in style and likeness. Sometimes they are more about the political situation and issues, sometimes they are about his face and what was going on in his mind.

Here are some good books and resources about caricature, Illustration and cartoons