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    In Gasoline Alley, Frank King uses closure to take an average human being, Skeezix, and place him into a surreal world, and in doing so immerses his readers in the fantastic wonderlands they observe. In The Superman Chronicles, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster do the opposite by using closure to take a surreal being and place him into the real world of the readers to show how alien Superman is to planet Earth. For clarity, closure is defined in Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics as, “Observing the

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    Attitude 2 is a cartoon done by Ted Rall that is poorly done. It is considered to be a bad comic by the standards by the article The Art of the Funnies: An Aesthetic History by Robert C. Harvey. There were many things that made this very poorly done. The first thing is the progression was not done very well at all. Also the graphic variety of the cartoon was bad, showing small variety. Another thing that was poorly done was the style of it, all seemed very similar. Lastly the main problem was the

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    shown in a humorous way. Most cartoonist uses caricature in their cartoons. Some cartoonists exaggerate the person’s character and label objects that symbolize the way the person acts. A cartoon displays a visual of what the cartoonist thinks about what’s going on in politics. In this cartoon, titled, Rosa Parks Still Inspires, is all about racial discrimination. This cartoon displays Rosa Parks getting told to get out of his seat, by a puny white man. The cartoonist, Pat Bagley, labels objects throughout

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    Satire is used in many works of literature. For example, we can witness satires in magazines, newspapers, TV shows, and even in editorial cartoons. The importance of editorial cartoons is that they are type of nonverbal communication and are very important to the countries because they help with conversation and debate over tough problems. For instance, the editorial cartoons can discuss the negative impact of technology. Technology was invented to make our lives easier, but ironically it causes

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    the artist of the cartoon “Graduation Selfie” captures how that exciting day truly is. Beeler is an editorial cartoonist for the Columbus Dispatch. His work has appeared in an abundance of news programs and other publications. Beeler has also won many awards for his cartoons, such as the Fischetti award in 2014, and the Thomas Nast award in 2010 (The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists). The cartoon is arguing that debt is suffocating to recent college graduates through multiple rhetorical

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    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

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    controversies. Many political cartoons have been created for a multitude of different issues that have been occurring within the White House and in government. Chris Britt, a liberal cartoonist was inspired by these issues and created political cartoons regarding them. He is a nationally syndicated editorial cartoonist as well as a children’s book author. Christ decided to take on a cartoon in regards to the current healthcare system. In this specific cartoon, the main message is, “Slaughter the Affordable

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    Indecently, the side of the cartoon they are placed on could very well be interpreted as a subtle way of critiquing right-wing populists as a whole. With this in mind, the couple on the left (in both senses of the word) would then represent what the cartoonist would propose to be the mainstream voting population. This cartoon would then be a clear example of an incorporation-resistance struggle between the two political communities where the presumably dominant left (seen as rational and responsible voters)

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    Political cartoons remain an underestimated force for shaping public opinion. Caricatures’ ability to encapsulate complex political issues into a single picture make them highly valuable in discerning the social and political climate of an era. Cartoonist Daniel Robert Fitzpatrick’s work “You Can Stop It In Poland, Can You, Adolf?” captured the American imagination of the German military machine and its leader, Adolf Hitler. This mechanical print debuted on September 10, 1939 in the St

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    Michael Ramirez Satire

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    wonder: what can we do for refugees? Michael Ramirez, an American cartoonist, gives his answer through his political cartoon “We need to do something!”. Ramirez is an influential editorial cartoonist as well as a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner. In this cartoon, Ramirez’s purpose is to criticize the current foreign policies that have implemented to address the refugee crisis by the European and American countries. As a conservative cartoonist, Ramirez expresses his argument that, instead of helping the

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