"I wouldn't call it a slowdown, Boss. It just so happens that none of us feel up to scratch."

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"I wouldn't call it a slowdown, Boss. It just so happens that none of us feel up to scratch."

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Date1968

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumcrayon ink

DimensionsObject: 8 3/4 × 10 7/16 in. (22.2 × 26.5 cm) Sheet: 8 3/4 × 10 7/16 in. (22.2 × 26.5 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1979.1616

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“If anything happens to me I want you to have the two good tires on my old flivver.”

“If anything happens to me I want you to have the two good tires on my old flivver.”

Alan Dunn

1942

"I have a desparate need for commitment and what happens? I'm offered a job!"

"I have a desparate need for commitment and what happens? I'm offered a job!"

Alan Dunn

c 1966

"I wish our friends wouldn't strain so to give us something we didn't already have."

"I wish our friends wouldn't strain so to give us something we didn't already have."

Alan Dunn

1971

"If they overhaul the world's monetary system, what happens to my eighty-two dollars and fifty seven cents?"

"If they overhaul the world's monetary system, what happens to my eighty-two dollars and fifty seven cents?"

Alan Dunn

1972

"I'm playing a hunch. I'm going to mix dacron, auneomycin, U-235, and chlorophyll and see what happens."

"I'm playing a hunch. I'm going to mix dacron, auneomycin, U-235, and chlorophyll and see what happens."

Alan Dunn

1952

No caption (secretaries listening-in on boss' phone call)

No caption (secretaries listening-in on boss' phone call)

Alan Dunn

1951

"If this deal goes through I wouldn't hire him as an office boy. So - he keeps his $45,000 salary and becomes a member of the board."

"If this deal goes through I wouldn't hire him as an office boy. So - he keeps his $45,000 salary and becomes a member of the board."

Alan Dunn

1954

"The jury wouldn't accept my alibi, because of the credibility gap, so here I am."

"The jury wouldn't accept my alibi, because of the credibility gap, so here I am."

Alan Dunn

1967

"Naturally I wouldn't have gone A.W.O.L. without a good reason.I just happened to hear that Lord&Taylor's were having a clearance sale..."

"Naturally I wouldn't have gone A.W.O.L. without a good reason.I just happened to hear that Lord&Taylor's were having a clearance sale..."

Alan Dunn

1942

"America needn't feel so cockly. In a few years we'll have traffic snarls too."

"America needn't feel so cockly. In a few years we'll have traffic snarls too."

Alan Dunn

1959

"Darling, is the economic slowdown something I should know about?"

"Darling, is the economic slowdown something I should know about?"

Alan Dunn

1970

"Here's the latest dope. I just had a call from R.B. We're to rewrite the script, placing the action in Siam. It seems we have some blocked ticals there."

"Here's the latest dope. I just had a call from R.B. We're to rewrite the script, placing the action in Siam. It seems we have some blocked ticals there."

Alan Dunn

1950

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