Cartoon

Since 1949, cartoons have been a crucial aspect of society, especially for children. Young children can learn colors, shapes, sounds, and even inspire them to be imaginative. As they grow, they learn how things function in real life, learning about feelings and relationships in ways easy to understand. If cartoons are important to the development of children, then why are they censored and show unequal gender representation? While children’s television is primarily marketed towards kids, gender…

Context and Explanation For Political Cartoon The roots of the Haitian Revolution sprung from the Age Of Enlightenment. It was in this period that the wild notions of Liberté, égalité, and fraternité were loudly espoused to all who could hear. The Enlightenment was an overhaul of previous philosophy and science, favouring evidence over intuition, and logic over belief. According to Tom Standage, it was in this time that Halley discovered his comet, and Newton formulated the mathematics of…

sofa, flowers, grand piano, and bird. These random things are placed in spots all over the place. It is almost looks like a drawing paper of a kindergarten student. He made the colors and all of the images look like a cartoon, which is related to the title of his album, Life in Cartoon Motion. There is a picture of the album’s artist, Mika, near the bottom left of his name on the cover art. Even though it is small, it’s dominant and attracts the viewer’s attention because it’s in sepia. So, it…

This cartoon is trying to encourage men joining the navy. It is targeting younger men who are able bodied and ready to fight. In this cartoon it is showing that in America’s point of view an everyday person can be in the navy, and that we have heaven on our side, and that people should join the navy and be a part of history in the making. Looking at this picture you can see a young man in the navy trying to convince another young man to join the navy. The American navy wanted as many young men…

the attention of the young adolescents that are watching the program. Cartoons are very influential to children because often characters are not identifiable as any race so it is easy for multiple kids to relate to them. However, some cartoon characters do have a race and it is sad to say that the entirety of their character is described by the race or ethnicity that they are representing. Due to the limited amount of cartoon characters with identifiable race, the characters that do have race…

Recently there have been many controversial issues such as gay marriage, immigration, and police brutality. However, I chose a political cartoon regarding President Trump and the press because there have been many issues on that matter. The cartoon I selected was drawn by Randy Bish and it portrays the president as a dog and the media as a fire hydrant and in the illustration the dog is urinating on the fire hydrant that has words that read “freedom of the press”. I believe that the author is…

This political cartoon shows a family trying to enter into America. They are abruptly stopped by the Statue of Liberty with a spotlight. She continues to tell them she is sorry but they are forbiden to enter becasuse Congress does not want to allow immigrants in. As the family stands there blinded from the spot light, Lady liberty is crying saying “congress has forgotten what I stand for,” which is freedom and safety. The family stands in a taken back manner, suggesting they were confused on…

This political cartoon was drawn by Drew Sheneman in 2018 after the recent school shooting in Parkland, Florida. The illustration shows President Trump offering a school teacher a gun. In contrast, the teacher is telling President Trump what she would prefer instead of a gun. Recently, there has been a debate regarding giving teachers the ability to keep guns and weapons on school grounds in the case of an emergency. Most teachers have refused to carry weapons, however there may be a stronger…

This cartoon shows a woman supporting a man’s penis in an erect position with a string and a man supporting a woman’s breast so it is not sagging with his hand. At one time in their relationship his penis worked and her breast was full and bouncy, but time takes…

Most of the people in the south were afraid of him because of his power and for their resources. The south was not at peace. Slavery was still going on in the south. The cartoon was to fear in the southern to destroy their hopes. Lincoln thought the cartoon with the swords was a sign to the enemy to defeat their success. Before Lincoln’s election he was for slave trade, which fears the Southerners. The fears for the southerners lay the secession for the…