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Vocabulary
Sunday funnies
Do you think "Sunday funnies" in the following contexts (from the same chapter of a same book) mean "the cartoons that were published on Sundays" or a specific comic magazine which was named "Sunday Funnies"?
Context #1:
American illustrator Norman Rockwell caused me to smile and laugh, and I looked forward to seeing his illustrations that gently mocked everyday life. Of course, I read the Sunday funnies, and I found the antics of Dennis the Menace and Archie particularly amusing. In addition to cartoons and illustrations, television sitcoms of the 1960s and 1970s provided humour and pleasure to my life: Laugh-In, Leave it to Beaver, Marx Brothers, The Three Stooges, The Carol Burnett Show and The Beverly Hillbillies.
Context #2:
Speculating as to why humour has not been discussed much at all within the art world by art critics, historians and curators, I would say that perhaps most art is not humorous; the typical themes of artworks have rather been allegory, religion, landscape, still life and portraiture. Secondly, images that most people may associate with being humorous would probably fall into the category of popular culture, such as ‘Sunday funnies’, calendars, cartoons, greetings cards, postcards and kitsch, nostalgic, sentimental or fun novelty objects.
Context #1:
American illustrator Norman Rockwell caused me to smile and laugh, and I looked forward to seeing his illustrations that gently mocked everyday life. Of course, I read the Sunday funnies, and I found the antics of Dennis the Menace and Archie particularly amusing. In addition to cartoons and illustrations, television sitcoms of the 1960s and 1970s provided humour and pleasure to my life: Laugh-In, Leave it to Beaver, Marx Brothers, The Three Stooges, The Carol Burnett Show and The Beverly Hillbillies.
Context #2:
Speculating as to why humour has not been discussed much at all within the art world by art critics, historians and curators, I would say that perhaps most art is not humorous; the typical themes of artworks have rather been allegory, religion, landscape, still life and portraiture. Secondly, images that most people may associate with being humorous would probably fall into the category of popular culture, such as ‘Sunday funnies’, calendars, cartoons, greetings cards, postcards and kitsch, nostalgic, sentimental or fun novelty objects.
Top answer
red apple or a specific comic magazine which was named "Sunday Funnies"? No. red apple "the cartoons that were published on Sundays" Yes.
- red apple or a specific comic magazine which was named "Sunday Funnies"?
- No.
- red apple "the cartoons that were published on Sundays" Yes.
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red appleor a specific comic magazine which was named "Sunday Funnies"?No.
red apple"the cartoons that were published on Sundays"Yes.
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