Caricature and Comics

• • The word caricature comes from the Italian words "carico" and "caricare", means 'to load' or to 'exaggerate'
• • Caricature is the distorted presentation of a person, type, or action. Commonly, a salient feature or characteristic of the subject is seized upon and exaggerated, or features of animals, birds, or vegetables are substituted for parts of the human being, or analogy is made to animal actions
• The roots of caricature can be traced back to ancient Egypt, where heiroglyphs depicted individuals with exaggerated features. However, it was during the Renaissance that caricature began to emerge as an art form
• Caricature during the Renaissance period

  • Italian artists like Leonardo da Vinci and Annibale Carracci experimented with exaggerating facial and bodily features to emphasize personality traits
• Corpse of Christ by Annibale Carracci
• • By the 18th and 19th century, satirical caricature became popular in Europe
• Caricaturist

  • Leonardo da Vinci - Although he is better known for his paintings and inventions, Leonardo da Vinci also created caricatures of people and animals
• Caricaturist

  • James Gillray - A British caricaturist who satirized his time's politic and social mores. His work often included exaggerated depictions of politicians, such as Napoleon Bonaparte and William Pitt the Younger.

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• Caricaturist

  • Thomas Rowlandson - An English caricaturist and illustrator known for his lively, detailed, and often bawdy depictions of everyday life and the absurdities of society; He created the comic images of a great many public characters in his day: royal dukes, actresses, auctioneers, hack writers of Grub Street; He was able to make the person and the costume assume a homogeneously ludicrous or pathetic-bathetic look, with factitious coiffures, wildly frogged uniforms, enormous bosoms and bottom, and the dejected attitudes of trailing handkerchief
• Caricaturist

  • Desiderius Erasmus' In Praise of Folly - Both a Renaissance effort at satire and a carryover of medieval mockeries; the marginal drawings made in one copy of it by early 16th-century members of the German-Swiss Holbein family are neither caricature nor cartoon in the modern sense, but they are in the same stream of subjective comment on objective observation as the series of exaggerated profiles drawn by Leonardo and Durer
• Comics

  • A narrative medium evolved in the late 19th century
• Comics

  • The earliest precursors are sometimes considered to be ancient art that told stories through sequential images, like Trajan's Column in Rome
• Comics

  • The comic strip emerged in the 1890s particularly in American newspapers
• Comics

  • "The Yellow Kid", created by Richard F. Outcault in 1895, is widely recognized as one of the first modern comic strips, blending visuals with narrative text in a way that appealed to the mass market
• Comics

  • In the 20th century, comics became an international phenomenon
• Comics

  • American superhero comics, starting with Superman in 1938, spawned an entire industry and genre, with characters like Batman, Spider-Man, and the X-Men reaching global recognition
• Europe Comics (BANDE DESSINEE)

  • Comics that are usually originally in French and created for readership in France and Belgium
• Europe Comics (BANDE DESSINEE)

  • Among the most popular bandes dessinees are "The Adventures of TIntin" by Herge"
• Europe Comics (BANDE DESSINEE)

  • The Adventure of Tintin is a series of 24 comic albums created by Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Herge
• Europe Comics (BANDE DESSINEE)

  • Japan, manga developed as a distinct and highly influential medium
• Europe Comics (BANDE DESSINEE)

  • Osamu Tezuka is the greatest manga artist of all time
• Europe Comics (BANDE DESSINEE)

  • Some of the most influential, successful and well-received manga series including the children's mangas Astro Boy, Princess Knight and Kimba the White Lion, and the adult-oriented series Black Jack, Phoenix and Buddha, all of which won several awards
• Manga is a wide variety of comic books and graphic novels originally produced and published in Japan.
• Unlike American comic books, which are usually printed in full color, Japanese manga are almost always published in black and white. Full-color prints are often only used for special releases
• Caricature and Comics in the Philippines

  • Caricature flourished as a medium of satire in the Philippines during the early 20th century, often targeting political figures and colonial rule.
• Caricature and Comics in the Philippines

  • Ganito Pala Sa Maynila: Written by Lope K. Santos, Illustrated by Fernando Amorsolo, Bagong Lipang Kalabaw, 1922-1924
• Caricature and Comics in the Philippines

  • Lipang Kalabaw - A satirical-political entertainment weekly Tagalog magazine that was circulated in the Philippines in three different periods: 1907-1909, 1922-1924, and 1947-1948
• Caricature and Comics in the Philippines

  • Owned and edited by Lope K. Santos, the Lipang Kalabaw of 1907-1909 tackled the relevant issues of politics, society, and culture of the day
• Caricature and Comics in the Philippines

  • In 1922, Santos revived the magazine, calling it Bagong Lipang Kalabaw
• Caricature and Comics in the Philippines

  • The magazine contained the popular comic strip Ganito Pala sa Maynila, written by Santos and illustrated by Amorsolo
• Caricature and Comics in the Philippines

  • In 1924, Bagong Lipang Kalabas was closed down due to a libel suit filed against it in relation to the Philippines National Bank scandal
• Caricature and Comics in the Philippines

  • In 1947, Lipang Kalabaw was once again resurrected, albeit briefly. Sadly, this Lipang Kalabaw series lacked the humor of the original series. It also lacked the artists who made the Lipang Kalabaw one of the best illustrated weeklies in the Philippines
• Philippine Komiks

  • The comic strip medium, or "komiks" in Filipino, began to take shape in the 1920s
• Philippine Komiks

  • The creation of the character Kenkoy by Tony Velasquez in 1929 marked a significant point in Philippine Comics history. Kenkoy, a humorous character who parodied Filipino society, quickly became a cultural icon.
• Philippine Komiks

  • In the years that followed, komiks grew into a staple of Philippine popular culture, especially during the 1950s and 1960s
• Philippine Komiks

  • Popular titles included Tagalog Klasiks, Liwayway Komiks, and Hiwaga Komiks, which published serialized stories ranging from romance and adventure to horror and fantasy
• • The 1970s are often considered the "Golden Age" of Philippine Comics, with widespread readership and iconic characters like Darna (a superheroine created by Mars Ravelo) and Panday (a blacksmith hero created by Carlo J. Caparas)
• • One of the most famous superheroes in Philippine comics, Darna is something of a mix between Wonder Woman and Shazam: She's an extraterrestial warrior that shares a body with a young girl named Narda, with the two transforming into each other with the help of a magic stone
• • This story revolves around a blacksmith (or "panday") named Flavio who forges a dagger from a meteorite. Upon learning it can magically transform into a sword, he uses it to fight evil. As he is a normal human, he makes his own costume to protect his identity.
• • The komiks industry began to decline in the 1980s due to several factors, including competition from television, cinema, and economic challenges