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"To all appearances he was Mr. Frazier and I was a trained nurse out of a job - inside I was asking myself 'Why?'."
"To all appearances he was Mr. Frazier and I was a trained nurse out of a job - inside I was asking myself 'Why?'."

"To all appearances he was Mr. Frazier and I was a trained nurse out of a job - inside I was asking myself 'Why?'."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1932
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumink wash
DimensionsObject: 12 3/8 × 10 in. (31.5 × 25.4 cm) Sheet: 12 3/8 × 10 in. (31.5 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1879
"I suppose you could call me an intellectual. I always keep asking myself why."
"I suppose you could call me an intellectual. I always keep asking myself why."
Alan Dunn
1967
"I get selected for all kinds of jobs witch is why they call this selective service."
"I get selected for all kinds of jobs witch is why they call this selective service."
Alan Dunn
1941
"Don't deliver it until next week. I want a few days to myself."
"Don't deliver it until next week. I want a few days to myself."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1932
"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 found myself running out of money, dear, so I've decided to take you into my confidence."
"I found myself running out of money, dear, so I've decided to take you into my confidence."
Alan Dunn
1941
"There don't seem to be no branch of fighting witch I am not being trained in."
"There don't seem to be no branch of fighting witch I am not being trained in."
Alan Dunn
1942
"And all I have to do to stay this way is pat myself under the chin twenty times a day - "
"And all I have to do to stay this way is pat myself under the chin twenty times a day - "
Alan Dunn
1948
"Somehow I didn't connect with his world of experience -", "Why not start the day with a degreaser.", "That's a lot to ask from royal jelly.", "And who did I see coming out of Slenderella."
"Somehow I didn't connect with his world of experience -", "Why not start the day with a degreaser.", "That's a lot to ask from royal jelly.", "And who did I see coming out of Slenderella."
Alan Dunn
1960
"I cud not understand why the doctors made so much fuss about my teeth but it is all clear now since I got some of the beef the army uses in beef stew."
"I cud not understand why the doctors made so much fuss about my teeth but it is all clear now since I got some of the beef the army uses in beef stew."
Alan Dunn
1941
"All right, I am afraid! I'm afraid to eat, to drink, to smoke, to drive, to fly, to breathe! And why shouldn't I be?"
"All right, I am afraid! I'm afraid to eat, to drink, to smoke, to drive, to fly, to breathe! And why shouldn't I be?"
Alan Dunn
1962
"I have only one regret. When I stepped out on his life I left him in the middle of a sentence."
"I have only one regret. When I stepped out on his life I left him in the middle of a sentence."
Alan Dunn
1938
"This is where Ernestine used to live with Mr. Roberts. I sometimes wonder about poor, dear Mr. Roberts."
"This is where Ernestine used to live with Mr. Roberts. I sometimes wonder about poor, dear Mr. Roberts."
Alan Dunn
1930