AstroLOLogy | Raging Cancer | Chapter: Athloltics | Compilation | Cartoons for Kids

Cartoons are drawings that make a point, tell a joke, or tell a story. Cartoons can be about almost anything. Many cartoons are about the things that everyday people say and do. Others are about the news, government leaders, or historical events. Many cartoons try to make people laugh.

** History **

People have been using pictures to tell stories since prehistoric times. Prehistoric artists drew pictures of animals on the walls of caves. In ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome, artists painted pictures on vases and walls. These pictures recorded historical events, the lives of important people, and legends.

From the 1500s to the 1700s people got the news through short printed works that had many pictures. Many of these pictures were early forms of political cartoons. Political cartoons became common throughout Europe and the United States during the 1800s.

During the 1900s funny gag panels and comic strips became more popular than political cartoons. Popular cartoons of the late 20th and early 21st centuries included “The Far Side,” “Calvin and Hobbes,” “Bloom County,” and “Get Fuzzy.”