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"The critics said it had a take-a-letter attitude."
"The critics said it had a take-a-letter attitude."

"The critics said it had a take-a-letter attitude."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1936
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 16 1/8 × 13 1/8 in. (41 × 33.3 cm) Sheet: 16 1/8 × 13 1/8 in. (41 × 33.3 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0566
"What's the official line now? Do we take an attitude of statemanlike diplomacy, or do we burn down their library?"
"What's the official line now? Do we take an attitude of statemanlike diplomacy, or do we burn down their library?"
Alan Dunn
c 1965
"I suppose if anyone had come to me back in '31 and said, "Livermore, you will be the Metropolitan Junior Marbles Champion at eight," I would have laughed."
"I suppose if anyone had come to me back in '31 and said, "Livermore, you will be the Metropolitan Junior Marbles Champion at eight," I would have laughed."
Alan Dunn
1933
"But you said you had some on the train to unwind. Just how many times do you have to unwind?"
"But you said you had some on the train to unwind. Just how many times do you have to unwind?"
Alan Dunn
1958
"They never said what they had against it."
"They never said what they had against it."
Alan Dunn
1947
"Take a letter" (at Echo Lake)
"Take a letter" (at Echo Lake)
Alan Dunn
n.d.
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
Alan Dunn
1948
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
Alan Dunn
1948
"All right, girls. Take a letter."
"All right, girls. Take a letter."
Alan Dunn
1936
“Somebody had figured out that it would take 245,678,987,456 potatoes to lick the Axis.”
“Somebody had figured out that it would take 245,678,987,456 potatoes to lick the Axis.”
Alan Dunn
1942
Image Not Available for "We had to remove some of the accessories, Chief. The springs couldn't take it."
"We had to remove some of the accessories, Chief. The springs couldn't take it."
Alan Dunn
1948
"Take a crank letter."
"Take a crank letter."
Mary Petty
1937
"Mrs. Hartford's husband had two major operations at one time and oh, Julian! I was so humiliated when I told her you had diabetes."
"Mrs. Hartford's husband had two major operations at one time and oh, Julian! I was so humiliated when I told her you had diabetes."
Alan Dunn
1927