Cartoon critics Phil Witte and Rex Hesner look behind gags to debate what makes a cartoon tick. This week our intrepid critics take a look at captionless cartoons. The vast majority of single-panel cartoons offer two elements: a graphic illustrating the situation and a caption that delivers the punchline. Occasionally, in lieu of a caption,…
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George Booth “What in hell is happening…?” limited edition, signed prints
COLLECTOR’S SPECIAL – ONLY ONE LEFT! One of George Booth’s most beloved and evergreen New Yorker cartoon is now available as a limited edition, signed print. Legendary New Yorker Cartoonist George Booth has created thousands of cartoons since he first began drawing for his high school newspaper in the 1940s. He sold his first…
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Sam Gross Cartoons: EXCLUSIVELY on CartoonStock.com
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Credit where Credit is Due
Last Friday, while scrolling through Facebook, we found this deeply dark, wonderfully satiric cartoon by CartoonStock artist Ron Hauge whose specialty is skewering Donald Trump. In this case, the skewering was of that arch Trumpian Rush Limbaugh after The Donald awarded The Rush the medal of freedom. The good news is that this wonderful cartoon…
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