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...etymology of the word relates to the origins of the medium. When humorous cartoon strips first appeared in magazines and newspapers in the late 1800s they were referred to, quite naturally and accurately, as "comics." The Oxford English Dictionary gives the first use in this context in 1889. In the 1910s some of the these strips' runs were collected together and printed as periodicals in their own right. The word naturally carried over to describe these literal comic books...
...Cartoon Shows Little Knowledge of Guns
...disappointed to see Joe Sacco's comic-strip interpretation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as personified in the West Bank town of Hebron [WORLD, March 12]. While I appreciate the artistic and journalistic value of Sacco's piece, I believe that the cartoon medium only serves to make light of the serious circumstances in Israel. No foreign cartoonist can begin to accurately portray the situation. TIME has failed to respect the gravity of the situation. ZACHARY M. BENJAMIN Tampa...
BART SIMPSON Cartoon boy may have sex in future film. Don't have a cow--it's still on the drawing board...
DIED. WILLIAM HANNA, 90, groundbreaking animator who, with partner Joseph Barbera, fathered such unforgettable characters as Scooby-Doo, Fred Flintstone, Tom and Jerry, and the Jetsons; in Los Angeles. In 1930, after losing a construction engineering job, Hanna started composing music for cartoons; by 1937 he had begun his partnership with Barbera. Hanna-Barbera's cartoon comedy won the team eight Emmys, including one for The Huckleberry Hound Show, the first given to an animated series...