Great bit Rob, y
ou sold a book.
I don't agree ab
out labeling, it
's an old nontoa
ricg tradition.
If it was good e
nough for Thomas
Nast it's good e
nough for anyone
. Mauldin, who l
ike Will Rogers
was a dangerousl
y popular populi
st, may have fel
t the need to be
on guard. Mauld
in's cartoons ar
e not nearly as
complex as carto
ons from the lat
e 1800 s often w
ere, so you coul
d say the labels
weren't needed,
but if you remov
e the labels fro
m Mauldin's cart
oons most people
would get them a
s intended. Maul
din may have use
d them because h
e wanted to nail
things down for
the unenlightene
d and the people
who might try an
d distort his me
ssage.