In comics and graphic humour, a cartoon, a word that comes from the French vignette, is a box delimited by lines (or scenes without a frame) that represents a moment in the story. It is considered to be the pictographic representation of the minimum significant space and/or time, and constitutes the minimum unit of a comic.
In graphic humour and comics, a succession of two or more vignettes arranged horizontally is called a "strip", while single-frame jokes or illustrations are called a "vignette".
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I think I've already written about almost every possible cartoon-induced move, but this one is curious and noteworthy because the situation seems like an easy joke. It is common for those who organise or host exhibitions of cartoons to try to "moderate" or filter what is exhibited in order to be on the ... Leer más
Well, it doesn't matter when you read this because they do it a few times a month. Another lawsuit, now for some jokes, which they are going to lose and which should not even be admitted for processing. The Spanish Christian Lawyers Foundation sued the satirical magazine El Jueves for violation of the ... Leer más
88th anniversary of the bombing of Guernica. Cartoon of 27/04/2025 in CTXT Translation of the cartoon: "Every time they talk about buying guns for security I feel more insecure". The bombing of Guernica (Gernika-Lumo) in País Vasco, Bilbao (España) on 26 April 1937 had no other intention than to harm, destroy, kill and ... Leer más
Covering science with a finger. Cartoon of 20/04/2025 in CTXT Translation of the cartoon: "The guy who wanted to cover science with a finger". Milei prohibits meteorologists at the National Weather Service(NWS) from using the terms "climate change", "greenhouse effect" and "global warming" in any new publications or from using these words in ... Leer más
Mass grave. Cartoon of 19/04/2025 in CTXT. Translation of the cartoon: "As the depth of the mass grave increased, the reaction of the world became shallower". More than 51,000 people killed and more than 116,343 wounded, in addition to the accumulated and worsening humanitarian disaster in Palestine, is the toll of the new ... Leer más
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