"It's just a gag, nobody really comes."

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"It's just a gag, nobody really comes."

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Date1942

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumcrayon ink

DimensionsObject: 4 in. (10.2 cm) Sheet: 4 in. (10.2 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1979.0841C

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"It's just a gag, nobody really comes."

"It's just a gag, nobody really comes."

Alan Dunn

1942

"It's just a gag, nobody really comes."

"It's just a gag, nobody really comes."

Alan Dunn

1942

"It's exactly the same thing, only it doesn't come from Sumatra any more. It comes from the Hackensack meadows."

"It's exactly the same thing, only it doesn't come from Sumatra any more. It comes from the Hackensack meadows."

Alan Dunn

1945

"There's nothing really complicated about it: if you live in a strategic-base area you come under the supervision of the World Security Council and its military staff, where as if you live in a trusteeship area you are governed by a trusteeship council which, like the economic and social council, serves under the authority of the General Assembly."

"There's nothing really complicated about it: if you live in a strategic-base area you come under the supervision of the World Security Council and its military staff, where as if you live in a trusteeship area you are governed by a trusteeship council which, like the economic and social council, serves under the authority of the General Assembly."

Alan Dunn

1945

"Oh, come on, Louise! It's April. It's Paris. To hell with the gold balance! Let's blow ourselves to another aperitif!"

"Oh, come on, Louise! It's April. It's Paris. To hell with the gold balance! Let's blow ourselves to another aperitif!"

Alan Dunn

c 1965

"Thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight. Now you'll stop. Nobody ever comes past the thirty-eighth stair."

"Thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight. Now you'll stop. Nobody ever comes past the thirty-eighth stair."

Mary Petty

1947

"My dear child! You don't want a divorce just yet - wait until the right man comes along."

"My dear child! You don't want a divorce just yet - wait until the right man comes along."

Alan Dunn

1930

"Come on, let's eat. It's getting leet."

"Come on, let's eat. It's getting leet."

Alan Dunn

1948

"It's from Mrs. Maltby about her dinner--we're to come dressed for 62 degrees."

"It's from Mrs. Maltby about her dinner--we're to come dressed for 62 degrees."

Alan Dunn

1943

"I tell you it isn't growing bigger. It's just that we'ved moved into a smaller apartment."

"I tell you it isn't growing bigger. It's just that we'ved moved into a smaller apartment."

Alan Dunn

1955

"It's the "Internationale". If you don't know the words, just mumble."

"It's the "Internationale". If you don't know the words, just mumble."

Alan Dunn

1941

"Yes, sir, it's hard to believe that six months ago it was just a blueprint."

"Yes, sir, it's hard to believe that six months ago it was just a blueprint."

Alan Dunn

1942

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