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cartoon

[kahr-toon] / kɑrˈtun /


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What passes for story amounts to little more than a two-dimensional cartoon rendered in human-flesh puppetry, courtesy of actors capable of much better, Cardellini included.

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

I’ve yet to see a law firm’s online people directory featuring cartoon partner portraits, for example.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Conceived as a relentless bully of Arnold, Helga was one of the richer, more complex characters to come out of a kids’ cartoon in its or any era.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

The paper's cartoon has also homed in on skyrocketing fuel costs, joking that staff at the pump "don't care what diesel cost when you started driving".

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

They looked realistic, not like the cartoon people she was helping me draw.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

Ms. Corn examines “American Gothic” as the physical object that hangs in the Art Institute of Chicago and the “art icon” that has been adapted for political cartoons, greeting cards, advertisements and re-enactments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

During the Emergency in the 1970s, when civil liberties were suspended and the press was tightly controlled, Abu Abraham continued drawing, even as dozens of his cartoons were stamped "not passed by censors".

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Instead of the suburban setting common to so many cartoons — including Nickelodeon’s “Doug” — “Hey Arnold!” was set firmly in the inner city, a vibrantly gritty amalgam of Seattle, Portland and Brooklyn.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

The monk had appeared at a magistrate's hearing to support military intelligence officers accused of abducting Prageeth Eknaligoda, whose cartoons were critical of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Like Transformers—the cartoons and toys and the animated movie that was real dark—but without the “e-r-s” at the end.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle


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