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"Now you don't want to concentrate all the interest in the front, you know."
"Now you don't want to concentrate all the interest in the front, you know."

"Now you don't want to concentrate all the interest in the front, you know."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1931
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 12 1/8 × 9 3/8 in. (30.8 × 23.8 cm) Sheet: 12 1/8 × 9 3/8 in. (30.8 × 23.8 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1854
"You are sure the U-shaped decollete is the new mode? I don't want to be conspicuous in a bad way, you know."
"You are sure the U-shaped decollete is the new mode? I don't want to be conspicuous in a bad way, you know."
Alan Dunn
1928
"Now you don't want to let Hoover's Message lull you into a false sense of security."
"Now you don't want to let Hoover's Message lull you into a false sense of security."
Alan Dunn
1931
"You don't want medallion d'agneau du printemps sauce au porto, do you? Don't you think you'd btter wait until you've seen more of the world."
"You don't want medallion d'agneau du printemps sauce au porto, do you? Don't you think you'd btter wait until you've seen more of the world."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1931
"You're going to have to make up your mind and you're going to have to make it up right now. Do you want a cellar or do you want a swimming pool?"
"You're going to have to make up your mind and you're going to have to make it up right now. Do you want a cellar or do you want a swimming pool?"
Alan Dunn
1957
"You poor dear! Did you think I didn't love you enough to take an interest in fixing you up?"
"You poor dear! Did you think I didn't love you enough to take an interest in fixing you up?"
Alan Dunn
1933
"Try to cool it a bit fellows. You don't want to give the impression this country is divided, do you?"
"Try to cool it a bit fellows. You don't want to give the impression this country is divided, do you?"
Alan Dunn
1967
"You can do what you want, but I'm socking mine away in gilt-edged securities. Crime waves don't last forever."
"You can do what you want, but I'm socking mine away in gilt-edged securities. Crime waves don't last forever."
Alan Dunn
1946
"Heavens! - I don't know. What would you do if you were her?"
"Heavens! - I don't know. What would you do if you were her?"
Alan Dunn
1927
"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."
"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."
Alan Dunn
1948
"I tried to commission him in the field as you ordered sir, but he wants to know what about base pay, rental and..."
"I tried to commission him in the field as you ordered sir, but he wants to know what about base pay, rental and..."
Alan Dunn
1944
"If you want to know what a quassar is. I'd say you've come to the wrong person."
"If you want to know what a quassar is. I'd say you've come to the wrong person."
Alan Dunn
c 1965
"You know what you're getting into, don't you? A million men are idle right now in this country."
"You know what you're getting into, don't you? A million men are idle right now in this country."
Mary Petty
1930