cartoon

(noun)

A preparatory two-dimensional drawing of a finished artwork.

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(noun)

a humorous drawing often satirising current public figures

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Examples of cartoon in the following topics:

  • Cinema

    • In the same year, the first sound cartoon, "Dinner Time," was released.
    • Cartoon shorts, using the moving sketch technique of animation, were popular in movie theaters during this time.
    • Mickey would go on to star in more than 120 cartoon shorts, as well as "The Mickey Mouse Club" and other specials.
    • Most Hollywood pictures adhered closely to a formula – Western, slapstick comedy, musical, animated cartoon, or biopic – and the same creative teams often worked on films made by the same studio.
    • In 1928 Walt Disney gave the world "Steamboat Willie," aka Mickey Mouse, followed by numerous other cartoon characters who have become instantly recognizable.

  • Anti-Trust Laws

    • Wilson uses tariff, currency and anti-trust laws to prime the pump and get the economy working in a 1913 political cartoon.

  • Choice

    • For instance, Group A chose to introduce Japan because they liked to watch Japanese cartoons.

  • Conservative Resurgence

    • Cartoon from 1868 ("'Tis but a change of banners - CSA KKK"), which accuses the Democratic party presidential candidates of relying on support from Ku Klux Klan members who were Confederate traitors in 1864 (from the point of view of the United States).

  • A Strained Neutrality

    • This antiwar cartoon first published in June 1917 depicts three women (England, France, and Germany) being embraced by War in a sea of blood and corpses.
    • This political cartoon depicts U.S.

  • The Rise of the Republican Party

    • An 1881 cartoon attacks the imperial splendor of Garfield's inauguration in contrast to Jefferson's republican simplicity (depicted in the upper-left corner).

  • Financial Strains

    • Revolutionary era cartoon showing the Americans sawing off the horn of a cow (symbolizing a break from British commerce) with a distressed Englishman watching as other European powers wait to collect milk.
    • The cartoon represents the commercial status of the colonies during the Revolution.

  • Progressivism for Whites Only

    • Editorial cartoon showing a Chinese man being excluded from entry to the "Golden Gate of Liberty."
    • The cartoon's caption reads, "THE ONLY ONE BARRED OUT.

  • Legislative Leadership

    • As depicted in this cartoon, conservation was as an important project throughout Roosevelt's presidency.

  • Aging and the Digestive System

    • Several aspects of the digestive tract are labeled in this cartoon.