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• caricature and cartoon — ▪ graphic arts Introduction       in graphic art, comically distorted drawing or likeness, done with the purpose of satirizing or ridiculing its subject. Cartoons are used today primarily for conveying political commentary and editorial opinion… …   Universalium

• caricature — n Caricature, burlesque, parody, travesty are comparable as nouns meaning a grotesque or bizarre imitation of something and as verbs meaning to make such an imitation. Caricature implies ludicrous exaggeration or distortion (often pictorial) of… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Caricature (Daniel Clowes collection) — Caricature is a book collection of nine comic short stories by Daniel Clowes. In contrast to earlier Clowes collections such as Lout Rampage! and Orgy Bound , Caricature concentrates on the more naturalistic, character focused side of Clowes s… …   Wikipedia

• Caricature — A caricature is either a portrait that exaggerates or distorts the essence of a person or thing to create an easily identifiable visual likeness, or in literature, a description of a person using exaggeration of some characteristics and… …   Wikipedia

• caricature — I. noun Etymology: Italian caricatura, literally, act of loading, from caricare to load, from Late Latin carricare Date: 1712 1. exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics 2. a representation especially in… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Like a Boy — Infobox Single Name = Like a Boy B side = Get Up Love You Better Artist = Ciara from Album = Released = flagicon|USA February 13 2007 flagicon|GER March 30 2007 flagicon|UK April 2 2007 Format = Digital download, CD single Recorded = Chalice… …   Wikipedia

• caricature plant — noun tropical Old World shrub having purple or red tubular flowers and leaf markings resembling the profile of a human face • Syn: ↑Graptophyllum pictum • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Member Holonyms: ↑Graptophyllum, ↑genus Graptophyllum …   Useful english dictionary

• caricature — n 1. cartoon, portrait, sketch, drawing, representation, parody, spoof, farce, burlesque, takeoff; satire, lampoon, squib, pasquinade, travesty. v 2. mimic, imitate, ape, Inf. take off, Sl. make like; parody, satirize, lampoon, squib, burlesque,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• Hercule Poirot — Poirot redirects here. For the TV series, see Agatha Christie s Poirot. Hercule Poirot David Suchet as Hercule Poirot First appearance The Mysterious Affair at Styles …   Wikipedia

• Mitică — The Bucharest Tribunal during the 1890s (a horse drawn tram to the left) Mitică (Romanian pronunciation: [miˈtikə]) is a fictional character who appears in several sketch stories by Romanian writer Ion Luca Caragiale, and whose name is a… …   Wikipedia

• The Human Menagerie — was the first album released by 1970s art rock group Cockney Rebel (later Steve Harley Cockney Rebel). It was released in the summer of 1973 to moderate success.Infobox Album Name = The Human Menagerie Type = Studio Artist = Cockney Rebel… …   Wikipedia