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Introduction
• The word cartoon has various meanings,
based on several very different forms of
visual art and illustration.
• Original meaning was in fine art, and there
cartoon meant a preparatory drawing for a
piece such as a painting or tapestry.
• The more modern meaning is that of
humorous illustrations in magazines and
newspaper.

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 The artists who draw cartoons are known as
Cartoonists.
 Cartoons by painters, such as the
Raphael Cartoons in London and examples by
Leonardo da Vinci, are highly prized in their
own right.

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CARTOONS IN PRINT MEDIA

 When the cartoon is applied to

print media it most often refers to
a humorous single panel drawing
or gag- cartoon.

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 Modern single-panel cartoons or
gag cartoons, found in magazines
and newspapers.
 New Yorker cartoonist Peter Arno
the father of the modern gag cartoon
.
 Editorial cartoons are a type of gag
cartoon found almost exclusively in
news publications and news
websites.

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 Because of the stylistic
similarities between comic
strips and early animated
movies, ”cartoon” came to
refer to animations.
 Animations are usually
shown on television or in
cinemas and are created
by showing illustrated
images in rapid
succession to give the
impression of movement.

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Caricature
 A caricature can refer to a portrait that
exaggerates or distorts the essence of a
person or thing to create an easily
identifiable visual likeness.
 In literature, a caricature is a
description of a person using
exaggeration of some characteristics
and oversimplification of others.

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