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"A bit off the beaten what?", "I don't like the set-up.", "I think it's extragalactic."
"A bit off the beaten what?", "I don't like the set-up.", "I think it's extragalactic."

"A bit off the beaten what?", "I don't like the set-up.", "I think it's extragalactic."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1960
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 10 15/16 × 8 7/16 in. (27.8 × 21.4 cm) Sheet: 10 15/16 × 8 7/16 in. (27.8 × 21.4 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.2109
"Poison - that's the considerate way - It's gas I don't like - refrigerator switch sets it off and it blows - injures maybe fifty people - And jumping, that's messy - No, give me poison cases any day."
"Poison - that's the considerate way - It's gas I don't like - refrigerator switch sets it off and it blows - injures maybe fifty people - And jumping, that's messy - No, give me poison cases any day."
Alan Dunn
1948
"Well, I don't care what they say about it. It's home to me."
"Well, I don't care what they say about it. It's home to me."
Alan Dunn
1967
"It's not that I don't like a Packard, you understand, but the Chrysler Eight's a mighty good car."
"It's not that I don't like a Packard, you understand, but the Chrysler Eight's a mighty good car."
Alan Dunn
1928
"I say, don't you think we've cooled the boom off long enough?"
"I say, don't you think we've cooled the boom off long enough?"
Alan Dunn
1966
"Oh, we're reading, I'm O.K., You're O.K. and I guess we are O.K., but I thinks its because of the martinis not the book."
"Oh, we're reading, I'm O.K., You're O.K. and I guess we are O.K., but I thinks its because of the martinis not the book."
Alan Dunn
1972
"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
"Gentlemen! I don't think this is what Mayor Lindsay meant by a dialogue."
"Gentlemen! I don't think this is what Mayor Lindsay meant by a dialogue."
Alan Dunn
1966
Like everybody else, I am caught up in the rat race. I work eighty hours a week and with my real estate investments earn $100,000 a year. I just got divorced. In the insurance business, the public thinks we promise the moon, bit we can only deliver half a moon.
Like everybody else, I am caught up in the rat race. I work eighty hours a week and with my real estate investments earn $100,000 a year. I just got divorced. In the insurance business, the public thinks we promise the moon, bit we can only deliver half a moon.
Bill Owens
1975, printed 2006
"Isn't this something we don't believe in?", "It's one Hell of a mess.", "Cheer up, there's a light ahead.", "Don't they know who we are?"
"Isn't this something we don't believe in?", "It's one Hell of a mess.", "Cheer up, there's a light ahead.", "Don't they know who we are?"
Alan Dunn
1960
"It's not a demotion, Bill. Cresap, McCormick and Paget just don't think our controller should be handling public relations."
"It's not a demotion, Bill. Cresap, McCormick and Paget just don't think our controller should be handling public relations."
Alan Dunn
1955
"The X's radio program don't appeal to me - but that's their lookout -." [pub - "C'mon Eddie, the Happiness Toothpaste program don't appeal to me at all. I should worry - it's their lookout if I walk out on 'em."]
"The X's radio program don't appeal to me - but that's their lookout -." [pub - "C'mon Eddie, the Happiness Toothpaste program don't appeal to me at all. I should worry - it's their lookout if I walk out on 'em."]
Alan Dunn
1928
Image Not Available for "It's fine, all right - but what would my friends think if they saw me in a two-pants suit?"
"It's fine, all right - but what would my friends think if they saw me in a two-pants suit?"
Alan Dunn
1928