Textual Analysis Of A Cartoon

In the excerpts George and Lennie are two friends, one smart the other intellectually disabled, both on a ‘mission’ to achieve the American dream. Their journey reveals a lot about the two. Lennie is a follower, in that he follows and imitates George’s every move. Lennie also suffers from a mental disability. It is also understood that they are from a working class upbringing.

Herblock's cartoon could be criticised for potential inaccuracies in his political cartoon, Transported. For example, claiming "war, poverty, and prejudice" are happening, but to what extent could it be true for the whole earth? Herblock uses logos in presenting commonly known facts, but this probably wouldn't stand up to more in depth analysis. Furthermore, although there was an element of entertainment to the actual moon landings, the men who performed these tasks faced extreme danger, from the moment they took off to the time they landed back at home. However, with his use of pathos, it is very hard to deny the truth of the cartoon. The cartoon has very strong pathos that get the message across to the reader. Earth focusing all of its attention

The intended message of Dave Granlund cartoon is that kids are obsessed with technology and that they don’t notice their surroundings. The kids in the cartoon are looking down at their phones and not paying attention to the road they are crossing. The caption for this cartoon says “Better watch for kids… Because they’re NOT watching for you!” The author is essentially saying no matter what is going on kids will not notice their surroundings because they are preoccupied with their phones. In the background of this political cartoon there is a man who is driving a car, and the kids who are the focal point of this cartoon aren’t noticing him. This cartoon shows Granlund’s Frustration in how kids today don’t look up from their phones.

Thirdly, is a cartoon called “Patience Monsignor Your Time Will Come.” This cartoon depicts the Clergy and shows the clergy being fat, overfed, and underworked. It demonstrates that the clergy had more wealth in the church than the poor peasants. The people disliked that the church was wealthier than the people and wanted the clergy to be squeezed of all their money. The people of the enlightenment went in and attack the Church, taking as much money as they could. The Catholic's became very offended, but they found themselves to be more afraid of the power that the commoners held. The many different cartoons of this time brought harsh criticism to the Catholic churches. But the depictions of the events helped the people express their feelings

This political cartoon by Dr. Seuss accurately depicts the attitude of America during the beginning of WWII when they were trying to stay out of the war. America thought that, because they were separated by the Atlantic Ocean from Europe, they would not be caught up in the war. Little did they know, the war was like a sickness, and sickness spreads. This cartoon depicts America, personified as Uncle Sam, sleeping soundly in his bed, thinking he will not get sick, but sure enough he will soon catch the sickness of war. Europe appears weak and tired in the bed beside him. They are obviously weaker than Uncle Sam and in need of help, but Uncle Sam, able-bodied and strong, has his eyes closed. Suess, in a way, is kind of making fun of the

The artist who made this cartoon, Doug Davis, is trying to show the audience how poor our current jury selection can be. Jurors often lack interest and jump to conclusions quickly. The artist also portrays how most jurors are not well informed about the crime. For example one of the jurors in the cartoon says “The defendant looks guilty”. The artist is trying to show how this juror is judging to quickly without any evidence or other jurors opinions. Other jurors in the cartoon are letting their personal opinions and private lives influence their decision. For instance the juror says “I’m not prejudice, but I’ve had problems with his ethnic group”. Overall, the artist is trying to depict the flaws in jury selection. The artist is suggesting

Amidst a whirlpool of polarized political debates, social and economic issues, and high nativist sentiments, The Ram’s Horn, a non-denominational Christian newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, released a political cartoon that would strike the people of the United States with a wave of passionate anti-immigration partisanship. Published on October 31, 1896, just days before the election of President William Mckinley, the cartoon expressed popular concerns about immigration that reflect the emotional backbone of various anti immigration acts and organizations at the time. Understanding the nation’s relationship with immigration throughout the years, along with opinions the American public held on the subject, can help give background and insight into the pressing issues immigration hold for us

Today, images surround us, and they can have a bigger interaction between their viewers than may be assumed. In Scott McCloud’s book, “Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art”, he relays the concept of simplification, and how to use it to bring more emphasis to the meaning of the drawing. In other words, McCloud is saying that through a process of breaking down a drawing to its rawest and most simplistic form, the piece itself becomes deeper in meaning. When looking at a finished image it should be apparent that the artist put thought into every detail, line, shape. When a final image looks simplistic, this is where the artist has succeeded in tricking the eye into believing the image is effortless when in fact it can in some cases be the exact

The political cartoon uses several outlets to reach its audience. It is describing the turmoil with the war in the Middle East and discussion of feminism. It does this in the following ways; through the audience its speaking to, the message it wishes to instill on them, symbols, and emotions.

Hi Kariann, I think you made a good point about how perfection is the secondary to their communication. I am supporting you with the idea that the comic women make were relates more on the communication and the information. On the other hand, the comic men create may focus on the imagination. I think that was the reason why Trina Robbins mentioned in the article that women are finally putting their comics in the social media, so that the audience or the reader will be able to read their comic. The women will also look on the comic online or through magazine to get any comic she wants. Moreover, their secondary perfection actually contributed the hindrance of the female voice in the comic industry. I would say that there is a lot of hostility

Moving away from complexed concepts and techniques explored in the previous page, this page is aimed to use simple techniques, such as cartoon-like form children and doodle art to appeal viewers. The message indicates will extremely contrast to the simplicities of the using techniques.

The U.S. cartoon that I am writing about is obviously from a time in history. The cartoon has features that I will explain in just a moment. The first sentence in the article states that it is from “the late 1800s,” now how would someone know that if it wasn’t stated?

My alien drawing did conform to the typical schema. I think this happened because I use to watch so much cartoons when I was younger. The cartoons all depicted the alien to have this guitar pick size head with two distinct black eyes and grayish color. The images in other cartoon may have had addition limbs or an antenna but never deviate from the body structure. It was kind of strange to me that I was able to draw the alien while not looking at a picture. Automatic thinking is concept that helps to explains phenomenon. Automatic thinking is a way we process information effortless and impulsively as if it was our intuition. Since I watched so many cartoons that had episodes of alien in it, automatic thinking took place, and I got a general

The issue that inspired this cartoon is America’s unwillingness to recognize, that the issues occurring in Somalia, were significant, and were needed to be urgently addressed.

This cartoon by Signe Wilkinson is from Signe Wilkinson’s Editorial Cartoons. It pictures a man holding a tablet/device while he says “All the world’s information is in our hands!!!” while standing in the palm of a giant hand; and on the sleeve of hand is the word “hackers”. It is ironic that the man standing in the palm of the hackers’ hand while saying he can hold the world’s information in his own hands.The cartoonist’s argument is hackers can gain information, money, and steal privacy through the technology that holds all the world’s information. We as a society gain a majority of our knowledge and information through technology and the Internet; because hackers have the knowledge and technological skills, it is easy for them to steal our