"You might know he'd like it!"

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"You might know he'd like it!"

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Date1959

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumcrayon ink

DimensionsObject: 6 1/4 × 7 in. (15.9 × 17.8 cm) Sheet: 6 1/4 × 7 in. (15.9 × 17.8 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1979.1330

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"Well, Chief, you've guessed so much, you might as well know every thing."

"Well, Chief, you've guessed so much, you might as well know every thing."

Alan Dunn

1936

"He was dirty, unshaven, with crumbs on his vest, just like he'd stepped out of the pages of a book."

"He was dirty, unshaven, with crumbs on his vest, just like he'd stepped out of the pages of a book."

Alan Dunn

1939

"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

"Maybe he'd prefer something with an idea to it."

"Maybe he'd prefer something with an idea to it."

Alan Dunn

1943

"I'm so disappointed! I was hoping he'd pray for a Rockefeller landslide while he still steam up."

"I'm so disappointed! I was hoping he'd pray for a Rockefeller landslide while he still steam up."

Alan Dunn

1958

"You might stress the fact that there is absolutely no charge for admission."

"You might stress the fact that there is absolutely no charge for admission."

Alan Dunn

1944

"You might at least wait until they get here."

"You might at least wait until they get here."

Alan Dunn

1967

"I was wondering if you might be interested in staking me to a research grant on the economics of marginal subsistence."

"I was wondering if you might be interested in staking me to a research grant on the economics of marginal subsistence."

Alan Dunn

1964

"Know what I'd like to see? Another newspaper strike!"

"Know what I'd like to see? Another newspaper strike!"

Alan Dunn

1964

"There's a shifty looking man at the door who wants to know if we'd like some non-fluoridated water."

"There's a shifty looking man at the door who wants to know if we'd like some non-fluoridated water."

Alan Dunn

1964

"Listen, Claude, I might squeeze you in for dinner between Lottie's wedding and Mother's Day, if you aren't satisfied with Ash Wednesday."

"Listen, Claude, I might squeeze you in for dinner between Lottie's wedding and Mother's Day, if you aren't satisfied with Ash Wednesday."

Alan Dunn

1931

"Might I ask what protection your wife has in case you should -er- drop out of the picture?"

"Might I ask what protection your wife has in case you should -er- drop out of the picture?"

Alan Dunn

1936

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