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Puck magazine cartoon, 1902 Dr. Syntax cartoon by Thomas Rowlandson The New Yorker The New Yorker's Idea of the Map of the United States, cartoon by John T. McCutcheon “The Automobile Mechanic,” cartoon by Rube Goldberg Caricature of Thomas Paine “That reminds me, dear—did you remember the sandwiches?” by Fougasse (Kenneth Bird). Ulysses S. Grant for president War of 1812 political cartoon “Old Hickory” (Andrew Jackson)
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Puck magazine cartoon, 1902
Dr. Syntax cartoon by Thomas Rowlandson
The New Yorker
The New Yorker's Idea of the Map of the United States, cartoon by John T. McCutcheon
“The Automobile Mechanic,” cartoon by Rube Goldberg
Caricature of Thomas Paine
“That reminds me, dear—did you remember the sandwiches?” by Fougasse (Kenneth Bird).
Ulysses S. Grant for president
War of 1812 political cartoon
“Old Hickory” (Andrew Jackson)
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The Painter and His Pug, self-portrait by William Hogarth, oil on canvas, 1745; in the Tate Gallery, London.
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Bill Watterson
American cartoonist
Creator of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck
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Frank Tashlin
American cartoonist, writer, animator, and director
Rudolf Bauer
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American cartoonist, author, and playwright
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Roxane Gay
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Will Eisner
Will Eisner
American artist and author
Roz Chast
Roz Chast
American cartoonist
Ralph Steadman
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R.K. Laxman
R.K. Laxman
Indian cartoonist
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Todd McFarlane
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Otto Messmer
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Gary Larson
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