The master of telling without speaking, making people laugh with lines, and making them think through sorrow. Imagine this:There is a man… He doesn’t speak.Yet millions understand him.He falls, but he gets back up.He smiles, but his heart aches. Now imagine this man drawn by cartoonists.That’s when the line itself begins to speak. 🎩 Who […]
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How does a comic book turn into a world-wide cultural heritage? Think about it for a moment:A quiff-haired boy, a dog who never speaks but thinks everything, an irritable captain, and a professor who keeps saying “I didn’t hear that”…And this crew has been traveling the world for nearly 100 years. This is no coincidence.This […]
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One of the smartest examples of cartoons that look like they’re for children—but are actually written for adults. Some cartoons exist simply to make you laugh.You look, you smile, and you move on. Others make you laugh…then pause…then quietly furrow your brow. Mafalda belongs to the second kind.Because she is full of questions spoken through […]
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Some people look at the world and say,“This is ridiculous.” Others look at the world and say,“Let me draw this ridiculousness—so everyone can laugh, and maybe think a little too.” Matt Groening belongs to the second group.He’s one of those artists who sharpens his pencil with laughter and turns drawing into not just entertainment, but […]
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