The complex socio-political conditions in Croatia have contributed to the development of political cartoons, a form of satirical artistic expression. The goal of this paper is to present the history and conditions of the development of political cartoons, and through the method of interviewing and content analysis of the material, to confirm the assumption that the political cartoon is still equally developed and fruitful today as it was throughout history. The works of the most famous contemporary political cartoonists in Croatia: Reisinger, Voljevica and Puntaric, show how the political- economic situation is seen from the perspective of an ordinary citizen, thus depicting the mentality of the Croatian people and documenting the everyday and wider historical reality. The assumption about the importance of political cartoons in the Croatian media and its documentary and broader role was investigated through an interview with cartoonist Puntaric and an analysis of the contents of his daily cartoons in Vecernji list. The results show that caricature does closely follow daily events, but along with properties of documenting also has a profoundness of universal themes.