I t was the summer of 2015 when former president Jimmy Carter revealed a dire diagnosis: melanoma had spread to his liver and ...

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.

Cartoonists for the Chicago Tribune and Time magazine depicted Carter as Planters snack company’s dapper advertising character, Mr. Peanut. Others depicted Carter himself as a smiling peanut, along ...

ATLANTA — Across the country, people are recalling how former President Jimmy Carter ... first cartoon I drew in high school got me sent to the principal's office," Ramsey said with a smile.