Cartoon critics Phil Witte and Rex Hesner look behind the gags to debate what makes a cartoon tick. This week our intrepid critics take a look at cartoons at the beach. Zoom meetings, Netflix, cell phones … in the past year, we’ve compressed our horizons into two-dimensional screens. Oh, to let the eye gaze upon…
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Anatomy of a Cartoon: Literary Classics
Cartoon critics Phil Witte and Rex Hesner look behind the gags to debate what makes a cartoon tick. This week our intrepid critics take a look at literary cartoons. Well-meaning English teachers have assigned classic plays and novels to teenaged students for generations. The archaic language and stilted social conventions, however, alienate all but the…
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