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“Donuts. Is there nothing they can’t do?” Matt Groening, 1954– Cartoonist, Writer, Producer
Prepared by Danielle Oser, APR
Based the Simpson’s characters on family members
First Aired 12/1989 Example of Social Satire Longest Running Sitcom on TV
Simpson’s style is intentionally elementary – cheap and fast to produce
Single-Framed Cartoons
• Egyptian Paintings
Egyptian Mural
1700 years ago
An example of an early multiframe cartoon 1000 years ago: 1.6 x 230 feet
Bayeux Tapestry, 1067
Day of the Dead
Single frame cartoons intended to ridicule individuals by portraying them with exaggerated but recognizable human faces
Leonardo Da Vinci
Annibale Carracci
David Levine
A Harlot’s Progress William Hogarth: English
First American color comic strip, Hogan’s Alley Yellow Kid
Joseph Pulitzer And William Randolph Hearst competition over Richard Outcault led to the term
First English Political Cartoonist
Benjamin Franklin
Little Boney James Gillray
Boss Tweed Thomas Nast
Cartoonist responsible for the elephant symbol used by the Republican party
Drew cartoons for the WWII publication, Stars and Stripes
Civil Rights Era
Present Day Issues http://conradprojects.com/
Charles Shultz
Developed by Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster
Stan Lee and Steve Ditko creators
William Gaines
Comic books in Japan and Asia
Graphic novel developed by the Naval Health Research Center to help corpsmen deal with the stress of combat
Gary Larson
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Technique used to move action from one frame to another – also used by motion picture directors
When used for dialogue balloons has a complex semiotic structure that viewers must learn to interpret
Homer Simpson’s large belly is an example of assimilation where features are exaggerated, usually for stereotypical effect
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk36qmiVBWw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHw0VYbsr4c
Eadweard Muybridge’s Zoopraxiscope
Require –24 frames per second
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY40DHs9vc4
Original name was Mortimer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBgghnQF6E4
http://looneytunes.kidswb.com/
Hanna & Barbera
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/20074/banned_commercials_1961_f lintstones_cartoon_winston_cigarett/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJCfUm21BsI
Nick Park
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j35td5-GivY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izb6rKX28bM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO3n67BQvh0
Limited Animation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79IrH4lCc5s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk2DeTet98o
Model
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnE64DbnUzY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRrZXNNBMUY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFCIaMyMORg
Avatar (2009) Director: James Cameron
http://www.jibjab.com/st_patricks_day/cards
More Graphic Novels And Comic Books
Sarah Glidden
Ethical issue for cartoons represented by children begging to toys based on cartoon characters