Gerberg Critical Response People see cartoons everywhere from billboards to the New York Times‚ and at the glance of an eye the cartoon has to grab a persons attention. Gerberg describes six basic needs for a successful cartoon in his essay‚ “What is a Cartoon?”. He loosely defines a cartoon as an‚ “instant communication of a funny idea‚” and suggests that the six basic needs are a cast‚ dialogue‚ gesture‚ setting‚ composition‚ and a cliche violation (Gerberg 223). All of these will help capture
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In 1929 former Disney animators Hugh Harmanﾧ and Rudolf Isingﾧ made a cartoon entitled Bosko‚ the Talk-Ink Kidﾧ‚ and tried to sell it to a distributor in 1930. Warner Bros.ﾧ who had previously tried an unsuccessful attempt to set up a cartoon studio in New York in order to compete with Disney‚ agreed to distribute the series. Under producer Leon Schlesingerﾧ’s guide Harman and Ising created Looney Tunesﾧ (the title being variation on Disney’s Silly Symphonies) starring their character Boskoﾧ. A second
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is the comparison between two things or ideas to clarify and explain the problem. In the “House problem” cartoon‚ showing middle class life Vs. Upper class is simple explanation for analogy. It is used successfully comparing middle class life and the upper class’ point of view. Although the rich man has a house and a car‚ he still thinks he is living like middle class. In the “Unions” cartoon‚ Analogy was revealed in comparing the poor family needing jobs and the rich man with his wife. It’s also
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I believe this cartoon is saying that both tax and rebate can’t jumpstart the economy. You either need tax OR rebate. This cartoon is linked to Keynes economic theory because he believed that tax rebates when the economy is poor would help stimulate the economy and taxes when the economy was good would prevent spending and
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Barefoot Gen: A Cartoon History Of Hiroshima Barefoot Gen: A Cartoon History Oh Hiroshima1 is written to show Keiji Nakazawa’s own ideas on peace and how the world needs to live peacefully together. The story is about Keiji’s alter ego Gen’s life before the atomic bomb was dropped on his hometown of Hiroshima. Gen and his family are poor civilians living in Hiroshima who are under the constant burden of the town officials‚ the citizens of the town‚ and the hunger
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than good. These technological advancements are often very overwhelming and major sources of distraction. For example‚ Source G is a political cartoon created by Paul Noth that portrays a man in a lab coat at a desktop with a tab open that says “The Internet wants to destroy your productivity” with a button underneath labeled “always allow” This cartoon helps to highlight how the exponential freedom the internet provides can easily lead us to get distracted and stray away from
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April 10‚ 2013 I seated myself in a booth with my back faced to the wall. It was here that I had an ominous view of the Galleria food court. With pencil in hand‚ and notebook ready‚ I began taking notes on the many observations I noticed in the three hour window that I sat and “people watched”. Nothing particular stuck out at me at first‚ I gazed around‚ from table to table‚ and only noticed the general routines you would expect to find at any mall food court. Employee’s meeting on their lunch
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Thomas Nast’s political cartoon‚ clearly depicts how Americans think and feel about Chinese immigrants in the United States. At a first glance of the cartoon‚ you see a defeated man sitting next to a wall covered in posters. You also see a beautiful lady defending the Chinese man against a rather angry looking mob as a building burns behind them. The defeated man is clearly depicted as a Chinese man due to his traditional Chinese attire. He disheartened by the fact that he is not welcomed into the
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The Use and Abuse of Visual Culture in Adult Cartoons The Oxford dictionary defines visual as “A9 picture‚ piece of film‚ or display used to illustrate or accompany something” and culture as “The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively”. However there isn’t a definition for visual culture in the oxford dictionary. This is because Visual culture is limitless and ever changing which makes it difficult to define. An attempt to define visual culture is a
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This week’s political cartoon revolves around Trump’s revealing confidential information about nuclear issues and ISIS. I could see that message in the cartoon through the image of President Trump’s mouth as a water pipe‚ leaking drops of water carrying the words "nuclear subs" and "ISIS plot"‚ followed by the quote "We need to crack down on the leakers. " This underscores the contradiction in Mr. Trump’s manner of action. Recently‚ he has banned journalists from press briefing for allegedly leaking
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