The funny papers are a window into American culture. They make us laugh by poking fun at who we are and what we aspire to; we’ll take a look at what the comic strips and comics reveal about American life.
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Political Cartoons–Surprisingly Timeless
FROM THE BROWNS. I WROTE HER I HAD A LOT OF GOSSIP TO TELL HER, AND NOW WE’RE INVITED FOR THE WEEKEND AT THEIR BUNGALOW --JUST AS I FIGURED, May 30, 1941 Courtesy of The Center For Cartoon Studies and Denys Wortman VIII
A new exhibit of political cartoons drawn over a thirty-year period by illustrator Denys Wortman (1887-1958) has recently opened at the Museum of the City of New York. The drawings appeared in New York newspapers, the World-Telegram and the Sun from 1924-54, and though they depict people and cultural issues that were of note during the first half of the twentieth century, they remain surprisingly relevant and appealing to people today.
Consider: A landlady stands on a front stoop of a Manhattan apartment building and says to a young gent hoping to rent from her: “Well, sir, it’s not the room you’re paying for, it’s the address.”
