“The skipper says to fill it up again as it was all a mistake.”

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“The skipper says to fill it up again as it was all a mistake.”

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Date1942

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumcrayon ink

DimensionsObject: 5 3/4 × 5 1/8 in. (14.6 × 13 cm) Sheet: 5 3/4 × 5 1/8 in. (14.6 × 13 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1979.1385

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"It's Sonny again, and he's in desparate need of certitude. He says ten dollars would help."

"It's Sonny again, and he's in desparate need of certitude. He says ten dollars would help."

Alan Dunn

1968

"You see, Dad, Professor McLuhan says the environment that man creates becomes his medium for defining his role in it. The invention of type created linear or sequential thought, separating thought from action. Now, with TV and folk singing, thought and action are closer and social involvement is greater. We again live in a village. Get it?"

"You see, Dad, Professor McLuhan says the environment that man creates becomes his medium for defining his role in it. The invention of type created linear or sequential thought, separating thought from action. Now, with TV and folk singing, thought and action are closer and social involvement is greater. We again live in a village. Get it?"

Alan Dunn

1966

"She says she can't make up her mind whether to go on after her M.A. or take up spot welding."

"She says she can't make up her mind whether to go on after her M.A. or take up spot welding."

Alan Dunn

1942

"He says he's come to give himself up."

"He says he's come to give himself up."

Alan Dunn

1942

Alan Dunn

1939

"Remember the good old days, when all we had to do was say, "Fess up"?"

"Remember the good old days, when all we had to do was say, "Fess up"?"

Alan Dunn

1966

"But it's very easy to remember, lady, the one what, says 'hot' means cold and the one what says 'cold' also means cold."

"But it's very easy to remember, lady, the one what, says 'hot' means cold and the one what says 'cold' also means cold."

Alan Dunn

1931

"Berlin says Paris says waistlines will be larger."

"Berlin says Paris says waistlines will be larger."

Alan Dunn

1941

"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

“I was not badly hurt on account of I landed on my head the doctor says.”

“I was not badly hurt on account of I landed on my head the doctor says.”

Alan Dunn

1942

"Karl Marx says..."

"Karl Marx says..."

Alan Dunn

1949

"It says if we spend too much of our pay here it will upset the economy of the country."

"It says if we spend too much of our pay here it will upset the economy of the country."

Alan Dunn

1944

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