African-American Cartoon Study

TONE:

Satirical (mocks social conventions, another work of art, or anything its author thinks ridiculous.)

Comic (causing or meant to cause laughter.)

Tragic (causing or characterized by extreme distress or sorrow.)

Ironic (happening in the opposite way to what is expected, and causing wry amusement.)

Condemning (express complete disapproval of, typically in public; censure.)

Quizzical (causing mild amusement because of its oddness or strangeness.)

Imploring (urging someone earnestly or desperately to do something.)

Don't Know

INJUSTICE (moral indignation expressed as political consciousness):

Human actors are responsible for harm and suffering.

Harm and suffering is brought about by a place, thing or idea.

Don't know

AGENCY (It's possible to alter conditions or policies through collective action):

Conditions or policies can be changed.

It's futile.

Don't know

IDENTITY (Defining a "we", typically in opposition to a "they")

It is us versus them.

We are all Americans.

Don't know

ISSUES:

ARTISTIC STYLE:

Black Caricature

Black Realism

Black With European Features

Don't Know

SHADING PATTERNS:

Character Is Shaded Completely Black

Character Isn't Shaded At All (White)

Character Is Lightly Shaded (Grey)

Character Is Shaded With Diagonal Lines

Character Is Shaded Using Dots

HAIR:

Bald

Hair Is Short and Curly (Kinky)

Hair Is Short and Straight

Large Afro

MOUTH:

Big Over-sized Lips (Mushmouth)

Lips Are Proportionate to the Face

There is Just a Line

RACIAL DISTRIBUTION (Among the characters in the cartoon):