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Great bit Rob, you sold a book. I don't agree about labeling, it's an old nontoaricg tradition. If it was good enough for Thomas Nast it's good enough for anyone. Mauldin, who like Will Rogers was a dangerously popular populist, may have felt the need to be on guard. Mauldin's cartoons are not nearly as complex as cartoons from the late 1800 s often were, so you could say the labels weren't needed, but if you remove the labels from Mauldin's cartoons most people would get them as intended. Mauldin may have used them because he wanted to nail things down for the unenlightened and the people who might try and distort his message.
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.