Cartoon critics Phil Witte and Rex Hesner look behind the gags to debate what makes a cartoon tick. This week our intrepid critics take a look at our online life.
Our online horizons have expanded as COVID drives more services and activities into cyberspace. Meetings, family reunions, and even ...
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Anatomy of a Cartoon: Evolution
Cartoon critics Phil Witte and Rex Hesner look behind the gags to debate what makes a cartoon tick. This week our intrepid critics take a look at evolution.
With recent political events unfolding across the U.S., dramatic changes in our body politic seem to mutate daily. In one area, however, we ...
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Anatomy of a Cartoon: Football Fever
Cartoon critics Phil Witte and Rex Hesner look behind the gags to debate what makes a cartoon tick. This week our intrepid critics take a look at football.
Football is America's pastime if you don't include baseball. To be clear, we mean American football, not that low-scoring affair called ...
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Anatomy of a Cartoon: Let it Snow
Cartoon critics Phil Witte and Rex Hesner look behind the gags to debate what makes a cartoon tick. This week our intrepid critics take a look at snow.
As temperatures drop heading into the New Year, cascades of snowfall across the country. We explore a renewed world wrapped in a white mantel ...
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Anatomy of a Cartoon: Cowboy Up
Cartoon critics Phil Witte and Rex Hesner look behind the gags to debate what makes a cartoon tick. This week our intrepid critics take a look at cowboys.
Few characters represent the American ideals of independence, self-reliance, and rugged individualism better than the cowboy of the Old West. ...
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