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"I figure we're a good two years ahead - America won't have brain-washing until 1957."
"I figure we're a good two years ahead - America won't have brain-washing until 1957."

"I figure we're a good two years ahead - America won't have brain-washing until 1957."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1955
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 5 3/8 × 5 3/4 in. (13.6 × 14.6 cm) Sheet: 5 3/8 × 5 3/4 in. (13.6 × 14.6 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.2208
"America needn't feel so cockly. In a few years we'll have traffic snarls too."
"America needn't feel so cockly. In a few years we'll have traffic snarls too."
Alan Dunn
1959
"I wonder if those Tuscaroras ever stop and think how lucky they were to have been born in America."
"I wonder if those Tuscaroras ever stop and think how lucky they were to have been born in America."
Alan Dunn
1962
"Sure I can give you examples. One, our new proton synchrontron is bigger thant theirs, two our ballistic missile program is ahead of theirs; and three, we have better mail service."
"Sure I can give you examples. One, our new proton synchrontron is bigger thant theirs, two our ballistic missile program is ahead of theirs; and three, we have better mail service."
Alan Dunn
1957
"It won't be as though we're starting from scratch. You already have a torso."
"It won't be as though we're starting from scratch. You already have a torso."
Alan Dunn
1953
"Naturally I wouldn't have gone A.W.O.L. without a good reason.I just happened to hear that Lord&Taylor's were having a clearance sale..."
"Naturally I wouldn't have gone A.W.O.L. without a good reason.I just happened to hear that Lord&Taylor's were having a clearance sale..."
Alan Dunn
1942
"I figure it would take a million astronauts ten million years to move us, stone by stone, to Planet Earth."
"I figure it would take a million astronauts ten million years to move us, stone by stone, to Planet Earth."
Alan Dunn
1970
"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
"Frankly, Miss Plackett, you have a slight overlapping of the lunar returns, but cheer up and this goes for all you Capricorns. You have Saturn conjunct Mercury, which deepens the mind, and you have Venus, the love planet in trine with Pluto, which really gives you the go-ahead provided, of course, the new earth satellite doesn't come along and gum things up."
"Frankly, Miss Plackett, you have a slight overlapping of the lunar returns, but cheer up and this goes for all you Capricorns. You have Saturn conjunct Mercury, which deepens the mind, and you have Venus, the love planet in trine with Pluto, which really gives you the go-ahead provided, of course, the new earth satellite doesn't come along and gum things up."
Alan Dunn
1957
"...and then for three years before enlisting I worked for the A&P why?"
"...and then for three years before enlisting I worked for the A&P why?"
Alan Dunn
1942
"Best think tank in the country, and their conclusion after two years, thousands of dollars, and millions of words is "God only knows!"
"Best think tank in the country, and their conclusion after two years, thousands of dollars, and millions of words is "God only knows!"
Alan Dunn
1968
"Of course, we're ahead of you in some things, sir-in America one set of these would be a concealed radio."
"Of course, we're ahead of you in some things, sir-in America one set of these would be a concealed radio."
Mary Petty
1944
“If anything happens to me I want you to have the two good tires on my old flivver.”
“If anything happens to me I want you to have the two good tires on my old flivver.”
Alan Dunn
1942