"I'm thinking of starting a novel."

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"I'm thinking of starting a novel."

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Date1937

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumcrayon

DimensionsObject: 10 × 10 in. (25.4 × 25.4 cm) Sheet: 10 × 10 in. (25.4 × 25.4 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1979.0623

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"I'm all right if I don't look down." "They wouldn't be any better if we went clockwise." "Where's the elevator? I'm all turned round. " "Hi, Alice." "Stop thinking of it as a third of a mile! " "Let's come again and really look at the pictures." "This is going to be had to tear down."

"I'm all right if I don't look down." "They wouldn't be any better if we went clockwise." "Where's the elevator? I'm all turned round. " "Hi, Alice." "Stop thinking of it as a third of a mile! " "Let's come again and really look at the pictures." "This is going to be had to tear down."

Alan Dunn

1959

"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

"A lot of boys even took their jallopies with them thinking they could use them in the army."

"A lot of boys even took their jallopies with them thinking they could use them in the army."

Alan Dunn

1942

"How about our delivering a State of the Solar System message before Nixon gets to thinking he's everybody?"

"How about our delivering a State of the Solar System message before Nixon gets to thinking he's everybody?"

Alan Dunn

1970

"We used to have a Jap, but you can't tell what they're thinking."

"We used to have a Jap, but you can't tell what they're thinking."

Alan Dunn

1931

"Why do you have to go and spoil everything by thinking of it as the East Bronx!"

"Why do you have to go and spoil everything by thinking of it as the East Bronx!"

Alan Dunn

1960

"Just to put you straight, Comrades, the cult of personality is one thing, Nikita thinking he's the whole cheese is quite another."

"Just to put you straight, Comrades, the cult of personality is one thing, Nikita thinking he's the whole cheese is quite another."

Alan Dunn

1957

"John, I've been thinking. Why global television?"

"John, I've been thinking. Why global television?"

Alan Dunn

1962

"I ought to warn you first. It's a novel you can't gulp."

"I ought to warn you first. It's a novel you can't gulp."

Alan Dunn

1936

"First I want to caution you fellows that Army life may be something of a let-down after these modern war novels."

"First I want to caution you fellows that Army life may be something of a let-down after these modern war novels."

Alan Dunn

1951

"I'm sorry, but Doctor is very busy today, and I'm afraid we can't work you in for 'just sniffles'."

"I'm sorry, but Doctor is very busy today, and I'm afraid we can't work you in for 'just sniffles'."

Alan Dunn

1970

"I'm just local sustaining now, but the theory is that I’m network potential"

"I'm just local sustaining now, but the theory is that I’m network potential"

Alan Dunn

1948

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