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The cartoonists were aware of the risk they were taking by producing satirical cartoons throughout their years. To be killed by people who do not agree with them does not justify the action of violence. If there is a limitation to people’s opinions, people will end up living in fear of speaking up about unspoken subjects. Censorship expression controversial subjects just to appease a threatening force defies democratic expression of idea and opinions. Even with the risk of death, cartoonists…

From about 1890 to 1918, the United States embarked on a quest to increase the worldwide prestige of the United States. The United States expanded its territories, adding Cuba, the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico with the victory over Spain in the War of 1898. Imperialists who supported this expansion often used an unique brand of Social Darwinism, referred to as American Exceptionalism, to justify these acquisitions. This heightened American patriotism and American perceptions regarding race…

Created in 1968 and running until 2016, Zap Comix was a ground-breaking and defying comic book that defied convention and societal law (Comic Code) it became a model for the Comix movement. A comic that has evolved with the ages taking a progressive and often regressive stance on ‘hot topics’ of the time. In Zap Comix Issue 1 Crumb describes himself as a ‘raving lunatic’ through the use of self-caricatures in this case; Flakey Foont and Mr. Natural. Showing from the get-go Crumb wasn’t one to…

art and trains became apparent at a young age. When Walt was around ten, his family moved to Kansas City, where he would eventually attend McKinley High School. At Mckinley, Walt took painting and photography classes which helped him to become a cartoonist for the school’s newspaper. At the age of sixteen, he dropped out of high school to join the Army only to be rejected because he was underage. Since he was too young to join the army at the time, he worked for the Red Cross and was sent to…

In source one, the speaker, Linda Tuhiwai Smith, is pointing out that the imperialism enforced on the Aboriginals of Canada in the past still negatively affects the native population in Canada today. As is shown when Smith says, “Imperialism frames the Indigenous experience. It is part of our story, our version of life today,” she portrays that imperialism has long term effects on a society as a whole, not only economically, but emotionally as well. This imperialism that the Europeans enforced…

Many of today's political cartoons feature crude language, racy images, and inappropriate slurs to capture attention and get a point across. Thomas Nast did not need such things to make his point. Thomas Nast, a civil war era political cartoonist, found political cartoons, particularly the symbolism within them, to be a good use of his voice for the Union, and worked to recruit, persuade and publicize the goals of the Union. Thomas Nast used this symbolism to vocalize support for the Union and…

There are all kinds of diseases that can cause death but in the U.S. obesity, tobacco, and alcohol put together have roughly nine hundred thousand deaths per year and we get scared of a disease that barely caused four thousand deaths. This cartoon can be seen anywhere on the internet, and had a bunch of controversy towards it, it shows a man in a shirt that says “USA” and he is holding three things: a beer or a form of alcohol, a greasy hamburger meal, and a cigarette. For some of us, seeing…

similar to the cartoon Mickey Mouse. …(ADD SOMETHING ELSE) “Yes. I don’t read ever such comics, and even I am interested[…] Someday, you’ll be famous, like… what’s his name?” “Huh? ‘Famous like what’s—his-name?!”’ “You know… the big- shot cartoonist…” “What cartoonist could you know?... Walt Disney??” “Yah! Walt Disney!” (1.5. 135). (THIS IS IRONIC BC THE BOOK IS CALLED MAUS ABOUT JEWS WHO ARE SYMBOLIZED AS MICE, AND IT IS A CARTOON AND MICKEY MOUSE IS BROUGHT…

in possession of one of the most influential tools in society. Popular cartoonists fall under this category, as they can project their biased and personal perspectives on reality. “What political cartoonists portray may be an imaginary situation in allegory or a figure greatly distorted by caricature, but to the artists this is the essence of what is actually happening” (Charles Press, The Political Cartoon) Many cartoonists truly believe that their “distortion” of reality captures the reality…

Alliance also called the central power. The Triple Alliance were Germany, Italy and Austria Hungary. The second alliance was the Triple Entente also called as the allies. The Triple Entente were France, Russia and Great Britain. In document 3, a cartoonist John T. McCutcheon from Chicago during august 5, 1914 drew a picture…