06 Cartoons, Humor, Satire, and Parody. Illustrations by David Kidd

PO Box 14644, Portland,
Oregon 97293 USA

COMIC STRIP "INTERFLUVIA"

Satire

Cartoons and comic illustrations are effective in education. The one on the left advises stopping smoking and changing diet. It is one of twelve for "Understanding High Blood Pessure, a Guide for Patients" for ICI Pharma by The Medicine Group.

Parody

above: A book collector who treasured a secret subject

"A sketch on the back of one of Leonardo da Vinci's drawings of 1490 clearly shows a bicycle. Most experts attribute the sketch to one of Leonardo's pupils, but accredit the idea to the great artist and scientist himself."

The University of California asked for quickly drawn images for a game: La Loteria, a traditional game played in Latin America. But the Department of Agriculture version is to teach farmworkers about the safe use of pesticides.

There are 54 different images in the game illustrating all aspects of farm work.

The crude colors are deliberate to imitate the traditional game.