Cartoonist

Eldon Dedini was a talented cartoonist who had a very funny sense of humor. While some of his works referenced serious topics, he found a way to engage his audience with the lighter side of the issue. He had been known to say that, “the gag is the whole secret to cartooning.” It was his feeling that many people can draw, but that the joke is the importance to make the cartoon. Eldon Dedini was born in King City California June 29th 1921. His father was an Italian dairy farmer and a…

non-professional publications produced by enthusiasts of a cultural phenomenon for others who share their interest. He read about graphic artists such as Frans Masereel and discussions of making the Great American Novel in comics. At one point, the cartoonist Justin Green asked Spiegelman to contribute a three-page strip for the first issue of Funny Animals, and Spiegelman wanted to do a strip…

As stated by Walt Disney, “If you can dream it, you can do it.” (Disney). Throughout Walt Disney’s life, he’s had a very unique personality and imagination. When he was growing up, he was greatly supported by his teachers as well as his family. He took up an interest in drawing, which was a very creative way to bring his imaginations to life. He got his first job when he was eighteen years old as a commercial instructor, and when he reached his early twenties, he and his brother moved to…

A Glimpse into Psychedelic Films and their Development from 1961-2011 Runtime (48:42) Laura Bluhm Psychedelic films are most widely known for consisting of a series of images in which take on form of each other and provide a distorted reality for the viewer. One of the many intentions of a psychedelic film is to emphasize on the imagery, which is put together as a sequence to disrupt the viewer 's understanding of a normal reality. The films used in this screening focus on and uses surrealism…

There are more than 4.7 million refugees that have fled from the war in Syria, 783 million people that don’t have access to clean water, and famine levels are at an all time high. If only there was a way to keep the media focused on these crises. Oh wait, there is! The answer is art. This powerful tool of expression definately has the ability to create change because it can raise awareness, change the way people think, and also encourage people to act. Art has the ability to raise awareness…

They each have their own symbol to differentiate them from each other. The symbol of the Democratic party is the Donkey while the symbol of the Republican party is the Elephant. While they are 2 different animals, they were created by the same cartoonist, Thomas Nast. While there is much speculation that both of these parties are completely different, there is evidence that they are indeed similar in respect to some of the social as well as political issues that they support. While…

Prior to World War II, Americans fell into a dry spell of no entertainment, causing a frenzied exploration to find new enjoyment for the spiritless people who had nothing to do. Fortunately, major animation corporations, such as Disney, were able to encounter and explore new people and technology in Hollywood that would soon bring entertainment to Americans. Once animation began to flourish, animation companies, like Warner Brothers, started to exchange new ideas with each other to barricade U.S…

Kurt Eichenwald, a New York Times bestselling author, and contributor of NewsWeek.com emphasizes, “No fence, no matter how high, will solve [illegal immigration] the problem.” Starting in 1978, illegal immigration began to increase drastically (Eichenwald). People began to fear that their jobs would be taken by illegal immigrants. The first decision to approach this problem was through the Immigration Reform and Control Act. The US Congress and President Ronald Reagan created this act. This…

The Influence of Gender and Sexuality on Skim Mariko Tamaki’s Skim discusses the life of a confused, adolescent woman who is aging through a time of pressure and influence. Skim, the comic's main character, works to express her sexuality and gender by breaking heteronormative binary norms. This affects the way in which the plot and its themes are communicated, as well as showing that the form and content present need to be one. The story’s climax involves Skim piecing her life together, while…

They are more daring, promiscuous, and shallow than what is common. Often times, the female characters exist only to support the male characters or as romantic or sexual objects. In order to combat sexism like the objectification of women, cartoonist Alison Bechdel drew a comic about women’s roles in films, which eventually brought about the Bechdel Test (Bechdel, A, 1985) (See Appendix B for comic). This test has three requirements: (a) Are there two named characters? (b) Do they speak to each…