CARTOONS & CARICATURES Composition, Style, and Purpose
THINGS TO CONSIDER Audience Purpose Tone Mood Theme
CARTOONS A drawing, especially in a newspaper or magazine, that tells a joke or makes a humorous political or social statement. Cartoons often convey the ridiculousness of people’s actions or beliefs Cartoons may illuminate the hidden humour of everyday life.
POLITICAL CARTOONS
CARTOONS FOR SATIRE
CARTOONS THE FAR SIDE (GARY LARSON)
CARICATURE a picture, description, or imitation of a person or thing in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect. Typically, caricatures are satirical.
POP CULTURE CARICATURE
POLITICAL CARICATURE