Mike Twohy's Cartoon Culture

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

The tone of this cartoon by Jerry Holbert is humorous and ironic. In the cartoon, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are flying above the city to home from a debate on large dollar bills. Both are thinking they understand the average person better. However, the author is trying to say that neither of them truly understand the average person more. He does this by placing Trump and Hillary on money, representing their massive wealth.

Cartoonists were protesting everywhere, screaming out, standing on top of soapboxes. They gave shouts of, "DISNEY UNFAIR!" . Cartoonists held up placards that included phrases such as "ONE GENIUS AGAINST 1,200 GUINEA PIGS", and a picture of Pluto the dog with the phrase, "I'D RATHER BE A DOG THAN A SCAB!". Strikers and non-strikers alike exchanged harsh words, "Fink", "Scab", "Commie", and the like. Gunshots were fired. A non-striker poured a circle of gasoline around the agitators and made a threat to drop a lit cigarette onto it.8 The other events that took place over the course of the nine week long strike were absolutely brutal. Walt became convinced that communists had invaded his studio and reported the dissidents to the House Un-American

The house of representatives makes and passes federal laws. They are one of two chambers that creates the U.S legislative branch. The house may even be referred to as “the people house” because it’s representative’s are viewed and based upon the population or amount of people in each state. In this political cartoon, there are two sides one side is labeled “the people's house” which is the outside view of the Capitol building, while the other side shows citizens inside the Capitol building scared. The Capitol building holds meeting's and debates with the electives, however, the scared citizens show a negative connotation because they are not providing respect to the building and what's surrounding them. The ironic part of this cartoon is

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

Cartoons have been use for many years and its modern usage refers to a typically non-realistic or semi-realistic drawing or painting intended for satire, caricature, or mock different things. John Backderf, known as Derf, is a famous and recognized cartoonist “who works out of an unheated, attic studio in his Cleveland home, grew up in a rural, small town in Ohio and went to high school with serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer” (“Bio”). He drew a cartoon in 1995 in which he presents an implicit theory about how and why things evolve to be “cool”. This paper will elaborate on explaining what Derf’s theory actually is, an interpretation of the meaning presented in the cartoon, and a fad or style that follows Derf’s theory.

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 balance of the cartoon, they all were very similar. The cartoon needed a lot more effort to make it better. This is a cartoon that was very poorly done.

Topic: The key issue this comic is addressing, is how people in society are easily frighten by the media by believing what they hear on television rather than looking at all the facts.

The roaring 20’s the age of new money, adventures and care free without a worry in the world, is a perfect way to describe the ever so wonderful life for people who lived through the 1920’s. The newspapers around this time were advertising thing that have become very popular at the time, such as the model T Ford, or the very first Oldsmobile and suits had become a popular thing as well, so newspapers like the Washington Times would take advantage of all that. Then we also have to take in account that this newspaper that I am looking at was published two days before Easter, so by advertising shoes and suits in the newspaper was smart, due to the fact that Easter is associated with dressing up and looking nice as well. The use of smart thinking can be seen throughout many of the editions of Washington Times newspaper, they

The animated television series, The Simpsons has been an effective way in illustrating sociological themes. The Simpsons portrays a mini-society that addresses social institutions such as education, family, mass media, religion, and government through the family and their local community. The intersection of culture and social structure helps create the Simpson’s hometown “Springfield, USA”. The Simpsons represents contemporary American culture , and has been described as “ a funhouse mirror reflection of the ‘average’ American family, as it still persists in our national imagination” ( MacGregor 1999). This show uses causes and consequences of social processes to bring to light “real-life” topics. Images of adolescent deviance are common throughout the show and are implemented in numerous references such as the role of family, peers, schools and the law enforcement in promoting conformity and preventing delinquency.

In her untitled 2015 cartoon published on cartoonstgroup.com, Lisa Benson created a cartoon, that features a team mascot , referrer and a football thats says 2015 Game Ball on it. The cartoon shows a “game ball” that appears to be over inflated. The referrer on the right of the “game ball” is checking the balls pressure and goes to say “I think the pressure is fine”. The team mascot who happens to be an Elephant wearing a red jersey, with white pants, and holding his helmet in his left hand. The mascot has an angered face that is intend for the referrer who is wearing a smirk upon his

An Australian cartoonist, Bill Leak, published a cartoon in The Australian that came off to many of its viewers to be obviously and clearly racist. This was published after India was named the fourth largest emitter of greenhouse gases. In the image, it shows skinny, turban wearing Indian’s eating chopped up solar panels. This is very much a typical stereotype of Indian people and third world countries. This comes off to many as undeveloped countries aren’t smart enough to understand this use of technology. Another view point is India doesn’t have the ability to handle renewable energy and should only rely on coal. After this was published, The Australian newspaper said the cartoon shows freedom of speech and then continued on to defend the

Barney and Friends is an animated educational television show that is shown to children all around the world. On the show, there is a dinosaur named Barney who magically come to life and hangs out with young children and teaches them life lessons. Most people would conclude that Barney and Friends is a safe and educational alternative to modern day cartoons; finding it beneficial for their children to watch. On the contrary, after analyzing specific themes of episodes and messages Barney and Friends is not the best fit for children to watch. In fact, Barney and Friends manipulates and mislead children by utilizing songs and an authoritative figure to convey messages such as strangers are friends you haven’t met yet and conditioning your mind so that it is more susceptible to addiction.

Declination in American economic value has steadily taken over, without notice to the addictions that are the driving force. In the United States of America, the usage of petroleum, the production of petroleum to contend with erratic use, and the employment variance stemming from this industry have become a dependence that is slowly killing our nation. In the cartoon published by Frankie Boyle he uses the statue of liberty and petroleum, as a symbol of a drug addict and their dependency of their used substance, to demonstrate America’s problem with petroleum and the war in Iraq.

My third sociological concept is known as a gesture which relates to the Comic Monstore because it was a way for me to build a mutual trust with the customers while helping them. I would say to them, “hello, how are you doing? If you need any help, let me know”, while shaking their hand to let them know I do care as a volunteer. That was my way of communication with the customers. A gesture is a way in which people communicate with each other using body motion (Henslin, 2017). Gesture relates to my organization because the employees want the customers to feel as welcome as possible. Noticing the customer, addressing them with an enthusiastic greeting, and a handshake helps the customer feel welcomed and free to ask questions. Gestures relate to my volunteering because, when I addressed the customers with an enthusiastic greeting, offered my help, and gave a handshake, it gave the customers the idea of feeling comfortable to ask me questions, and a few of the customers told me that I am well mannered for giving such a profound greeting when they entered the establishment. Gestures relate to my experience because, it assisted me in interacting with the customers properly so I would not feel like I am bothering them, but they would know my name, know that they may ask me questions, and I would feel comfortable knowing how to approach the customers.