In modern print media, a cartoon is a piece of art, usually humorous in i. This usage dates from 1843 when Punch magazine applied the term to satirical drawings in its pages, particularly sketches by John Leech. The first of the parodied the preparatory cartoons frand historical frescoes ihen-new Palace of Westmihe inal title for the drawings was Mr. Punch’s face is the letter Q and the itle “cartoon” was inteo be ironic, a refereo the lf-aggrandizing p of Westminster politis.
ic strips, also known as “cartoon strips” in the United Kingdom, are found daily in neers worldwide, and are usually a short ries of cartoon illustrations in quence. In the Uates they are not as only called “cartoons” themlves, but rather “ics” or “funnies”. heless, the creators of ic strips—as well as ic books and graphiovels—are usually referred to as “cartoonists”. Although humor is the most prevalent subject matter, adventure and drama are also reprented in this medium. hy cartoonists of humor strips include Scott Adams, Steve Bell, Charles Schulz, E. C. Segar, Mort Walker and Bill Watterson.
In modern print media, a cartoon is a piece of art, usually humorous in i. This usage dates from 1843 when Punch magazine applied the term to satirical drawings in its pages, particularly sketches by John Leech. The first of the parodied the preparatory cartoons frand historical frescoes ihen-new Palace of Westmihe inal title for the drawings was Mr. Punch’s face is the letter Q and the itle “cartoon” was inteo be ironic, a refereo the lf-aggrandizing p of Westminster politis.
ic strips, also known as “cartoon strips” in the United Kingdom, are found daily in neers worldwide, and are usually a short ries of cartoon illustrations in quence. In the Uates they are not as only called “cartoons” themlves, but rather “ics” or “funnies”. heless, the creators of ic strips—as well as ic books and graphiovels—are usually referred to as “cartoonists”. Although humor is the most prevalent subject matter, adventure and drama are also reprented in this medium. hy cartoonists of humor strips include Scott Adams, Steve Bell, Charles Schulz, E. C. Segar, Mort Walker and Bill Watterson.
Becau of the stylistic similarities between ic strips and early animated movies, “cartoon” came to refer to animation, and the word “cartoon” is currently ud to refer to both animated cartoons and gag cartoons. While “animation” designates any style of illustrated images en in rapid succession to give the impression of movement, the word “cartoon” is most often ud in refereo TV programs and short films for childreuring anthropomorphized animals, superheroes, the adventures of child protagonists aed genres.