Cartoons
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Today by cartoons, we mean those figures which give a satirical presentation of an individual or an event. But in ancient times. a full sized enlarged figure of anything or anybody was called a cartoon ‘Arith the advent of the newspapers and the magazine’s popular cartoon figures came into existence. Before the start of the newspapers, artists like Hogan. Goya and drew scenes of figures on the same subject. depicting brave people in action. The inspiration for cartoons came from such figures. The first comic picture story ‘Buster Brown’ by Richard Outcault came out in 1902. This became very famous throughout the world. Another story published in 1912 was “Bringing up Father, which has been published In 71 countries and 27 languages. The biggest cartoon of the world, which satirically presented Russia’s relationship with eight East European countries, was drawn on a building in New York.
Questions :
1. What is a cartoon?
(a) a genuine presentation of an individual
(b) a rough sketch
(c) a satirical presentation of
(d) a fine sketch an individual or an event
2. Where did the artists get inspiration for cartoons in ancient times?
(a) from films
(b) from stories
(c) from songs
(d) from the figures depicting brave people in action
3. What was the name of the first comic picture story?
(a) Buster Brown
(b) Bringing up Father
(c) Bringing up Mother
(d) Russia’s relationship with eight East European countries
4. Which picture story was published in most of the countries of the world?
(a) Buster Brown
(b) Bringing up Father
(c) Bringing up Mother
(d) Russia’s relationship with eight East European countries
5. Where is the biggest cartoon of the world situated?
(a) in London
(b) in Moscow
(c) in Berlin
(d) in New York
6. Which one of the following is not a cartoonist
(a) Kalidas
(b) Hogarth
(c) Goya
(d) Daumier
Answers :
1.(c). 2. (d),
3. (a). 4. (b),
5. (d), 6. (a).
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