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"I suppose not many boys my age buy guns, do they?"
"I suppose not many boys my age buy guns, do they?"

"I suppose not many boys my age buy guns, do they?"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1929
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink wash
DimensionsObject: 8 1/8 × 11 in. (20.6 × 27.9 cm) Sheet: 8 1/8 × 11 in. (20.6 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1761
"I am so happy that you are meeting so many nice boys but cannot understand why you ask me to send you a little money so often..."
"I am so happy that you are meeting so many nice boys but cannot understand why you ask me to send you a little money so often..."
Alan Dunn
1941
"Gargoyles! Great guns, Mr. Sims, what do you expect for five million dollars!"
"Gargoyles! Great guns, Mr. Sims, what do you expect for five million dollars!"
Alan Dunn
1931
No caption (two big guns at railroad crossing)
No caption (two big guns at railroad crossing)
Alan Dunn
1944
No caption (barbed wire and machine guns around fall-out shelter)
No caption (barbed wire and machine guns around fall-out shelter)
Alan Dunn
1961
No caption (Soldier firing machine guns)
No caption (Soldier firing machine guns)
Alan Dunn
20th
"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
"On that order for fifty thousand more wooden guns, sir, the factory can't promise delivery before 1941."
"On that order for fifty thousand more wooden guns, sir, the factory can't promise delivery before 1941."
Alan Dunn
1940
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
Alan Dunn
1954
"My first dollar. I suppose that, too, is a fake."
"My first dollar. I suppose that, too, is a fake."
Alan Dunn
1967
"Do you suppose it's a job action?"
"Do you suppose it's a job action?"
Alan Dunn
1971
"But you said you had some on the train to unwind. Just how many times do you have to unwind?"
"But you said you had some on the train to unwind. Just how many times do you have to unwind?"
Alan Dunn
1958
"Well, all right. Just one more slice and then I must be getting on with my diet."
"Well, all right. Just one more slice and then I must be getting on with my diet."
Alan Dunn
1930