come from Nast The word "nasty" is erroneously thought to derive from Nast's name, due to the cynical tone of many of his cartoons. In reality, the word's origins are unclear, but it is ancient, with written evidence that dates to the 1400s. Chief etymological theories prominently include derivation from Old Norse, Old French and/or some relation to a Dutch term. Notes References and further reading Adler, John, and Draper Hill. Doomed by Cartoon: How Cartoonist Thomas Nast and the New York Times Brought Down Boss Tweed and His Ring of Thieves (Morgan James Publishing, 2008) online. Barrett, Ross. "On Forgetting: Thomas Nast, the Middle Class, and the Visual Culture of the Draft Riots." Prospects. 29 (2005): 25-55. online Boime, Albert. "Thomas Nast and French Art," American Art Journal. 4#1 (1972), pp. 43–65 in JSTOR Dewey, Donald. The Art of Ill Will: The Story of American Political Cartoons. (NYU Press, 2007). online Halloran, Fiona Deans (2012). Thomas Nast: The Father of Modern Political Cartoons. Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press. . Scholarly biography online Orr, Brooke Speer. "Crusading Cartoonist: Thomas Nast, Reviews in American History (2014) 42#2 pp 292–95; review of Halloran (2012) Jarman, Baird. "The Graphic Art of Thomas Nast: Politics and Propriety in Postbellum Publishing." American Periodicals 20.2 (2010): 156-189. online Pflueger, Lynda. Thomas Nast: political cartoonist (2000), for middle schools online Vinson, John Chalmers. Thomas Nast: political cartoonist (University of Georgia Press, 2014). Wilde, Lukas RA, and Shane Denson. "Historicizing and Theorizing Pre-Narrative Figures—Who is Uncle Sam?." Narrative 30.2 (2022): 152-168. online Worth, Richard. Thomas Nast : honesty in the pursuit of corruption (1998) online. for secondary schools Primary sources Nast, T., & St. Hill, T. N. (1974). Thomas Nast: Cartoons and Illustrations. (New York: Dover Publications) online online External links Thomas Nast collection at Princeton University Library; 600 of Nast's original drawings and published wood engravings Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum at Ohio State U. National History Day Project about Thomas Nast Elections 1860-1912 as covered by Harper's Weekly''; news, editorials, cartoons (many by Nast) Nast cartoons from Ohio State University More work by Thomas Nast Nast cartoons focused on Chinese Exclusion. "Illustrating Chinese Exclusion" Thomas Nast Civil War Pictures Thomas Nast Caricatures of the Civil War, Reconstruction, Santa Claus, Napoleon, Catholicism, Boss Tweed, Tammany Hall and more. The Thomas Nast Collection--Morristown & Morris Township Public Library, NJ Thomas Nast on History