Cartooning Sites, facts, and info!!

I am researching cartooning 4 a school project. I have some pretty cool facts here! Check 'em out!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoon
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/Creative/Humour/cartooning.htm
http://www.fal.net/html/toonpast.html

Cartooning is a fine example of the use of creative thinking. You can see a different perception of the world through the eyes of the cartoonist.Cartooning embraces many aspects of creativity, and I encourage you to learn to draw cartoons to enhance your creative skills.

Cartoons encapsulate all aspects of life - from the serious to the humourous, and from the mundane to big things of life.

Cartoons are often drawn with great economy of line. In just a few strokes of the pen, the artist is able to capture the essence of an idea, or in the case of a caricaturist, to observe and exaggerate the key features of the subject. A cartoon presents the cartoonists point of view so you see what the cartoonist would like you to see in a situation. Observe these caricatures by Jean Cocteau of the composers Erik Satie and Igor Stravinsky. (Click on the image to see what the composers look like and for more information on their works).

Our society tends to associate cartoons with fun, humour, and often childhood, and this association is a positive one. By having fun, you can open up the creative pathways in your brain.

And teachers say cartoons are a waste of time!!!! SO not true!
YOU CAN EVEN SOLVE PROBLEMS WITH A CARTOON!!!
Creative Problem Solving with cartoons

Draw your problem as a cartoon.
Write a caption for your cartoon.
Modify the cartoon by introducing another element. Does this move toward you generating a solution?
Alternatively, draw elements of your problem in cartoon form.

The word "cartoon" comes from cartone, the Italian word for "large paper".

The story of the cartoon is the story of mass communication. In ancient times, large murals were decorated with a series of images that told a story... none of which were as drawn out or as pretentious as this folderol you're reading right now.


1300 BC: In Understanding Comics, Scott McCloud theorized that comics have been with us since ancient times.
This Egyptian painting tells of a farmer's daily trials in a series of pictures.
In the last panel, as he's beaten to death by the Pharaoh's tax collector, the farmer exclaims, "I hate Mondays!".

Welp, thats about it! I hope I get an 'A'!

~Wyatt xxx