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Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Cartoons / Get Your Eyes Examined

“Well, that settles it! You’ve got to get bifocals!”
Walt Wetterberg
October 8, 1960

Cartoons: Get Your Eyes Examined

When it comes to laughs, the eyes have it!

August 24, 2022

Now then, what seems to be your trouble?
Chon Day
August 15, 1959

90 years of Donald Duck: Why Disney’s grumpiest character has been such a success

When Walt Disney first thought of Donald Duck, the world’s most famous animation studio was just a small workshop for creating drawings. It was 1931 and Donald’s name was mentioned in an illustrated book called The Adventures of Mickey Mouse; there was also a duck on the back cover. It was three years before Donald, having become a character, appeared in a short film called The Wise Little Hen. He was going to be a secondary character, but it soon became clear that his comic vision made him the star. From then on, he appeared in more shorts, books, cartoons... and the rest is history.

Ariel Dorfman, co-author of ‘How to Read Donald Duck’ / ‘Disney wanted children who would compete and embrace a fierce individualism’

The cover of the most recent Spanish-language edition of 'How to Read Donald Duck'.SIGLO VEINTIUNO EDITORES

Ariel Dorfman, co-author of ‘How to Read Donald Duck’: ‘Disney wanted children who would compete and embrace a fierce individualism’

On the 100th anniversary of the entertainment company, the Chilean writer analyzes the validity of his 1972 work, which points out how iconic cartoon characters have been utilized as means of American propaganda

90 years of Donald Duck: Why Disney’s grumpiest character has been such a success

Caio Ruvenal
Madrid, 29 October 2023

How to Read Donald Duck (1972) is a study by Chilean author Ariel Dorfman and Belgian sociologist Armand Mattelart about how Disney comics have transcended their literary value to become symbols. The work deals with decolonial thought and anti-imperialist discourse; it was published at a time when Latin America was seeking to economically and politically emancipate itself from the United States.

Cartoons / Back to School

“I was trying so hard to pay attention, I didn’t quite hear what you were saying.”
Walter Goldstein
May 14, 1960

“If she knows so much, how come she’s only teaching Grade Two?”
Chon Day
May 2, 1959

“Fenton’s gonna feel that in the morning.”
Jerry Marcus
September 19, 1959

Cartoons / Bird Is the Word

“Two quarts of milk and a pint of cream!”
Frank Ridgeway
Ocotber 12, 1957

Cartoons: Bird Is the Word

These birds are absurd!

August 17, 2022

“Look lady, nobody’s perfect.”
Joseph Zeis
October 3, 1959

THE GLASSES

by Amy Hwang

“Have you seen the glasses I had on when I came in?”

The New Yorker, December 12, 2019

Sunday, November 13, 2022

Cartoons / How Was Your Day, Dear?

“Out of 2000 people I was the only one to get a raise! I guess that’s one of the little advantages of owning the company.”
Ed Dahlin
December 12, 1959

Cartoons: How Was Your Day, Dear?

After a long day at work, these cartoons will make you smirk!

“I guess we won’t have to ask daddy what kind of day he had.”
Vahan Shirvanian
November 26, 1960

“Shall we camp here for tonight?”
Bill Warden
November 17, 1951

Cartoons: Comical Camping

These cartoons let you enjoy the outdoors from the comfort of your couch!

“Harry certainly is a sound sleeper.”
Joseph Zeis
November 15, 1958

“How about some dinner music?”
Fred Levinson
November 12, 1955

Cartoons: Child Prodigies?

With music and children in the mix, how could life ever b flat?

“Let’s try Brahms. We’ve picked on Franz Liszt enough for one day.”
Chon Day
September 6, 1958

Cartoons / Dog Days

“Sending him to obedience school seems to have been the answer.”
Bob Schroeter
June 20, 1959

Cartoons: Dog Days

Our dog cartoons will have you howling!

“It wouldn’t hurt to check, but I’m almost certain it’s two dogs.”
Al Johns
February 18, 1961

“Oh, for heaven’s sake, bring him a long, bring him along.”
Joseph Zeis
February 7, 1959

“Why can’t he just hide under the bed like other dogs?
Betty Woods
January 3, 1959

“Sometimes I think he’s outside the main stream of American thought, and sometimes I’m not so sure.”
Stan Hunt
August 8, 1959

Monday, September 27, 2021

Cartoon / Burns / My Problem

MY PROBLEM

By Burns

“Thanks, I knew I could count on you to turn my problem into something way worse that happened to you.”

The New Yorker
September 24, 2021

Friday, July 12, 2019

El Roto Cartoon / A Nouisance

El Roto

El Roto cartoon, July 8, 2019

A citizen is a nuisance between two cars.
(The new Madrid Central).
To whom it may concern.

Sunday, November 5, 2017

‘Looking blankly at absurdity’ / Inside the world of Private Eye’s cartoonists

Private Eye receives about 500 cartoon submissions every week,
from which only 50 or so are chosen.
Photograph: Reuters/Guardian Design Team

‘Looking blankly at absurdity’: inside the world of Private Eye’s cartoonists

Every fortnight the satirical magazine chooses a selection of the best topical cartoons, but as the artists tell us, the competition can be brutal…

Tim Adams
Sunday 5 November 2017 08.00 GMT
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very other Monday no more than a dozen people spread across Britain sit at desks in their homes and try to come up with that week’s funniest joke. One of them is Robert Thompson, a cartoonist based in a village not far from Frome in Somerset. “It’s like being on Bake Off every week,” he says of his chosen role in life. “You are all trying to make the best sponge cake out of the same ingredients. You can get real gag envy. The others are always more brilliant. But that does mean when you get one chosen, it feels very rewarding.”