Cartoon Cartoons

and everyone is subject to the shows mocking wittiness. When the subject of religion surfaced, the episodes Cartoon Wars Part 1 and Part 2 were the most scandalous episodes when it came to the insulting of religion (Herrmann). This time though these episodes mimicked the religion of Islam. What made it so provocative was the representation of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (Bourguet) When “Cartoon Wars Part 1” aired, it was seen with some disagreement, since it indirectly implied that Muhammad…

Birds and the Bees”, “Boyhood Dreams”, “ The Evolution of the Species”, and “The Modern Mother.” The fact that he is using his art to express the shift in society shows the evolution of art. His collection of work could be described as political cartoons; they are very opinionated and the writings accompanying the drawings are emotional. The overall tone of his representation of the people and events of the…

this assignment I decided to look for an editorial cartoon. As I began my intriguing search, I started to realize that there were so many subjects to choose from. With Thanksgiving having been just last week and all of the discussions regarding Black Friday and whether or not Christmas shopping should officially begin on the evening of Thanksgiving or the early morning hours of Friday, I thought it would be appropriate to find an editorial cartoon on this very subject. "Thanksgiving Through The…

“Why Are All the Cartoon Mothers Dead?” is an article in where author Sarah Boxer addresses inequality in gender by uncovering the anti-mother hidden message in the enigmatic trend of motherless kids’ movies. “The same pattern held, but with a deadly twist. Either the mother died onscreen, or they were mysteriously displaced of before the movie began: Chicken Little, Aladdin… The fox and the hound… Ratatouille… Mr. Peabody and Sherman.” By going over the number of kids’ movies with the same…

Steve Breen’s political cartoon discusses the income gap which is an economical issue of an increase in the one percent of Americans obtaining the majority of the wealth while the rest of the population approaches poverty. The image itself consists of a torn dollar with the words income gap written across the top and contains two men standing across from each other, where one man appears to be a successful businessman while the other appears to be in the working class. The cartoon is engulfed…

Join, or Die is a famous political cartoon; the picture was drawn by Benjamin Franklin and first published in his Pennsylvania Gazette on May 9, 1754. This original drawing that was published by the Gazette is the earliest recognized symbolic representation of the colonial unification produced by a British colonist in America. The cartoon above shows a snake dissected into eight pieces. Each piece is labeled with the name of one of the colonies. The position of each colony in the pictured snake…

techniques is a contemporary political cartoon. Illustrated is a man sweating profusely, donned in a sweater with the American flag, sucking his thumb, and cowering behind his curtains. From outside this man's comically large window are two things. One is a colossal eyeball with tarantula lashes and "NSA" in its pupil. The second is a caricature of Obama, holding a large mascara wand. The president is shown saying "There. Made some changes. Happy now?". This cartoon is used to portray a heavily…

This cartoon suggests a high sense of Racism and Prejudice in Australia back in 1902; the picture suggests the Asian race (Mongolians in particular) as being responsible for a number of things that are considered wrong in a society, and displays these things gripping white Australians as if it is infecting them. This would give people the impression that Asians are a horrible race of people making white Australian xenophobic and racist. The tentacles display cheap labour, which gives the…

Widely recognized symbols are the backbone of political cartoons. These symbols allow illustrators to communicate their ideas with few words. Larry Bush, author of “More Than Words: Rhetorical Constructs in American Political Cartoons”, separates these symbols into two groups; natural metaphors and ad hoc symbols. Natural symbols are considered “symbols that humans automatically understand” (Bush 68). For example, lightness and darkness would symbolize good versus evil, respectively. Ad hoc…

While it is true that Dr. Seuss used racism in his political cartoons, which were highly offensive, it does not necessarily follow that those were his personal views and he should be targeted as a racist, tarnishing his image as a household name. During WWII, the views of many Americans were bigoted, as the civil rights movement had not yet started; the Japanese were considered traitors to Americans, the African Americans were segregated from the rest of society and the Jews were labeled as…