What is a cartoon? A cartoon is a drawing, a simple example of creative thinking and perception of reality and dream. By drawing cartoons, one improves one’s creative abilities.
Cartoons represent almost all aspects of life; they can be humorous, serious or erotic. In a few lines, the cartoonist is capable of capturing the entire idea that he wants to convey, of observing and exaggerating the features of the characters.
People have always associated cartoons with fun and childhood, because children love cartoons, they love cartoons and they like to watch them move on the screen or they enjoy adults reading comics to them. In this way the path of children’s creativity is opened.
Political cartoons are special cartoons that represent current political events with humor and originality.
Political cartoons are considered historical sources just like newspapers, paintings, journals, and documents. These types of cartoons communicate political messages about events and people of the time through images. Some cartoons do this simply to comment on political events and make fun of others, other cartoons are evidence of efforts by individuals and the government to influence people.
The universal truth is that most cartoons are drawn to make people laugh. They make normally serious politicians look ridiculous. By exaggerating situations and characters they become fun and daring; they ‘say’ things that people wouldn’t dare say out loud. The cartoons are usually made up of two elements: caricature (a drawing that makes an individual funny because of its appearance) and illusion (something that cartoonists add but that is not real, but rather serves to fake a funny situation).
However, there are some cartoons that are not meant to be funny, they are deadly serious.
However, cartoons have an impact, and that is why they are memorable.
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