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"It doesn't look as if anything will ever come of our having sent the Wendells a New Year's card, does it?"
"It doesn't look as if anything will ever come of our having sent the Wendells a New Year's card, does it?"

"It doesn't look as if anything will ever come of our having sent the Wendells a New Year's card, does it?"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1930
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 9 7/8 × 11 3/16 in. (25.1 × 28.4 cm) Sheet: 9 7/8 × 11 3/16 in. (25.1 × 28.4 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1796
"Come, come! How does it look to see a lot of men yawning around the place?"
"Come, come! How does it look to see a lot of men yawning around the place?"
Alan Dunn
1933
"She's a perfect Jewel. She doesn't at all mind our having cocktails as long as we don't dawdle over them."
"She's a perfect Jewel. She doesn't at all mind our having cocktails as long as we don't dawdle over them."
Alan Dunn
1944
"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
"It's started to tick. Does that mean anything?"
"It's started to tick. Does that mean anything?"
Alan Dunn
1946
"It was built by the Emperor Shah Jahan as a memorial to his wife. I can just see Harry ever doing anything like that for me!"
"It was built by the Emperor Shah Jahan as a memorial to his wife. I can just see Harry ever doing anything like that for me!"
Alan Dunn
1958
"The trouble is a trillion - dollar economy doesn't say anything to me."
"The trouble is a trillion - dollar economy doesn't say anything to me."
Alan Dunn
1971
"It seems he doesn't ever want to go back to Bali, says he's discovered a veritable island paradise here."
"It seems he doesn't ever want to go back to Bali, says he's discovered a veritable island paradise here."
Alan Dunn
1938
"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
"Does this war on poverty refer to the current fiscal year?"
"Does this war on poverty refer to the current fiscal year?"
Alan Dunn
1964
"Oh Annie, you must come over and see our new apartment! And don't be surprised to find us living over a church."
"Oh Annie, you must come over and see our new apartment! And don't be surprised to find us living over a church."
Alan Dunn
1930
"I don't know whether it means anything especially, but that makes the second time this year that my views have been solicited by Dr. Gallup."
"I don't know whether it means anything especially, but that makes the second time this year that my views have been solicited by Dr. Gallup."
Alan Dunn
1941