WHAT IS A CARTOON?

 

A cartoon is a drawing that makes a satirical, witty, or humorous point. Most frequently, the targets of cartoons are in the field of political or public affairs, but they may be social customs, fashions, or sports events or personalities In its original meaning, in the fine arts, a cartoon (from the Italian cartone, meaning "paper") was a preliminary sketch for a large canvas or fresco painting, for an architectural drawing, for a tapestry design, or for pictures in mosaic or glass. The word acquired its present meaning in 1843, when English illustrator John Leech, in the satirical magazine Punch, drew a series of imitations of the overblown cartoons displayed in an exhibition of cartoon designs for frescoes for the walls of the new Houses of Parliament.

 

Political Cartooning

                                     

 

                                      

                                         "Kim Punch & Johnny Judy"

                                         by Sturt Krygsman

                                       Size: 10x15 inches

                              Price: $70

 

                                                     

                                                        "Good Living"

                                                         by Tohby Riddle

                                                         Size:10x10 inches

                                           Price: $50

 

                                                        

                                                           "Monstrous Craws, at a New Coalition Feast"

                                                            by James Gillary

                                                            Size:10x12 inches

                                             Price: $100