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35-625: The magazine began in July 1921 by the Arizona Highway Department (now the Arizona Department of Transportation) as a 10-page pamphlet designed to promote "the development of good roads throughout the state." Publication of the pamphlet ended on December 30, 1922, after nine issues. The publication was relaunched on April 15, 1925, as a regular magazine. In addition to the engineering articles, cartoons and travelogues were also included in

70-470: A photo editor. Many of his photographs of the United States National Parks system are shown in the publications. Muench has worked with such companies as Leo Burnett, IMI, Kodak , Grey Advertising , Ogilvy and Mather, McCann Erickson, Karsh and Hagan, Hakuhodo Inc., Hallmark , Time-Life , Reader's Digest , and The National Geographic on various projects. Muench spent a year creating

105-650: A preparatory drawing for a piece of art, such as a painting, fresco , tapestry , or stained glass window. In the 19th century, beginning in Punch magazine in 1843, cartoon came to refer – ironically at first – to humorous artworks in magazines and newspapers. Then it also was used for political cartoons and comic strips . When the medium developed, in the early 20th century, it began to refer to animated films that resembled print cartoons. A cartoon (from Italian : cartone and Dutch : karton —words describing strong, heavy paper or pasteboard and cognates for carton )

140-507: A relatively short drive south of the border. In the mid-1960s, there were reports that Arizona Highways had been designated as "subversive literature", despite being non-political, and subsequently banned by the authorities of various countries in the Eastern Bloc , including East Germany and the Soviet Union . Arizona Highways states that the reason the magazine was banned was because

175-787: A short series of cartoon illustrations in sequence. In the United States, they are not commonly called "cartoons" themselves, but rather "comics" or " funnies ". Nonetheless, the creators of comic strips—as well as comic books and graphic novels —are usually referred to as " cartoonists ". Although humor is the most prevalent subject matter, adventure and drama are also represented in this medium. Some noteworthy cartoonists of humorous comic strips are Scott Adams , Charles Schulz , E. C. Segar , Mort Walker and Bill Watterson . Political cartoons are like illustrated editorials that serve visual commentaries on political events. They offer subtle criticism which are cleverly quoted with humour and satire to

210-444: A similar product The Beano in 1938. On some occasions, new gag cartoons have been created for book publication. Because of the stylistic similarities between comic strips and early animated films, cartoon came to refer to animation , and the word cartoon is currently used in reference to both animated cartoons and gag cartoons. While animation designates any style of illustrated images seen in rapid succession to give

245-1199: A single drawing with a typeset caption positioned beneath, or, less often, a speech balloon . Newspaper syndicates have also distributed single-panel gag cartoons by Mel Calman , Bill Holman , Gary Larson , George Lichty , Fred Neher and others. Many consider New Yorker cartoonist Peter Arno the father of the modern gag cartoon (as did Arno himself). The roster of magazine gag cartoonists includes Charles Addams , Charles Barsotti , and Chon Day . Bill Hoest , Jerry Marcus , and Virgil Partch began as magazine gag cartoonists and moved to syndicated comic strips. Richard Thompson illustrated numerous feature articles in The Washington Post before creating his Cul de Sac comic strip. The sports section of newspapers usually featured cartoons, sometimes including syndicated features such as Chester "Chet" Brown's All in Sport . Editorial cartoons are found almost exclusively in news publications and news websites. Although they also employ humor, they are more serious in tone, commonly using irony or satire . The art usually acts as

280-475: A visual metaphor to illustrate a point of view on current social or political topics. Editorial cartoons often include speech balloons and sometimes use multiple panels. Editorial cartoonists of note include Herblock , David Low , Jeff MacNelly , Mike Peters , and Gerald Scarfe . Comic strips , also known as cartoon strips in the United Kingdom, are found daily in newspapers worldwide, and are usually

315-408: Is a full-size drawing made on sturdy paper as a design or modello for a painting , stained glass , or tapestry . Cartoons were typically used in the production of frescoes , to accurately link the component parts of the composition when painted on damp plaster over a series of days ( giornate ). In media such as stained tapestry or stained glass, the cartoon was handed over by the artist to

350-435: Is a painter and photographer as well. Muench was designated by Kodak in 2003 as a Kodak Photo Icon. Muench's photography has appeared on covers or inside Time , National Geographic Magazine , Traveler , Arizona Highways , Ski , Skiing , Sunset , Outside , Sierra Magazine , etc. His work also appears in books, calendars, note cards, postcards, posters and annual reports, published by Sierra Club Books . Marc

385-611: The Phoenix and Tucson areas (as well as each of Arizona's major state-run universities ), and the Grand Canyon . In selected issues, destinations in the Southwest outside of Arizona have been featured, including Bryce Canyon National Park in southern Utah. Several issues have been devoted exclusively to Mexico, documenting places of historical interest and natural beauty (including the border town of Nogales ), accessible to Arizonans via

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420-500: The loom , where the weaver would replicate the design. As tapestries are worked from behind, a mirror could be placed behind the loom to allow the weaver to see their work; in such cases the cartoon was placed behind the weaver. In print media, a cartoon is a drawing or series of drawings, usually humorous in intent. This usage dates from 1843, when Punch magazine applied the term to satirical drawings in its pages, particularly sketches by John Leech . The first of these parodied

455-538: The Arizona landscape, from the desert regions of the central and southern portions of the state to the snow-covered pine forests of Flagstaff and other northern areas. Arizona Highways began printing all issues in full color by the mid-1980s. In 1946, photographer Ansel Adams started to contribute prints for the magazine. Photographs include "Arches, North Court, Mission San Xavier del Bac, Tucson, Arizona, 1968" and "Saguaro Cactus, Sunrise, Arizona, 1942". Since this time,

490-526: The British strip Ally Sloper (first appearing in 1867) and the American strip Yellow Kid (first appearing in 1895). In the United States in the 1930s, books with cartoons were magazine-format " American comic books " with original material, or occasionally reprints of newspaper comic strips. In Britain in the 1930s, adventure comic magazines became quite popular, especially those published by DC Thomson ;

525-455: The animated TV series Tiny Toon Adventures . Marc Muench Marc Muench (born October 14, 1966) is an American photographer who specializes in sports and landscape photography . The passion for photography runs in the Muench family: Both his grand-father Joseph Muench and his father, David Muench , have photographed landscapes for over half a century, and his mother, Bonnie Muench ,

560-713: The criminal characteristic of the Tweed machine in New York City, and helped bring it down. Indeed, Tweed was arrested in Spain when police identified him from Nast's cartoons. In Britain, Sir John Tenniel was the toast of London. In France under the July Monarchy , Honoré Daumier took up the new genre of political and social caricature , most famously lampooning the rotund King Louis Philippe . Political cartoons can be humorous or satirical, sometimes with piercing effect. The target of

595-467: The early issues. Over the next two decades the magazine reduced, and then stopped, inclusion of the road engineering articles and dedicated itself to the present format of travel tales, historical stories, and humor about the state of Arizona (including stories about Arizona's contribution to the history of the Old West ), always enhanced by the now-legendary photography. This transition began largely under

630-527: The events of "Black Friday", when he allegedly betrayed the locked-out Miners' Federation . To Thomas, the framing of his image by the far left threatened to grievously degrade his character in the popular imagination. Soviet-inspired communism was a new element in European politics, and cartoonists unrestrained by tradition tested the boundaries of libel law. Thomas won the lawsuit and restored his reputation. Cartoons such as xkcd have also found their place in

665-485: The extent that the criticized does not get embittered. The pictorial satire of William Hogarth is regarded as a precursor to the development of political cartoons in 18th century England. George Townshend produced some of the first overtly political cartoons and caricatures in the 1750s. The medium began to develop in the latter part of the 18th century under the direction of its great exponents, James Gillray and Thomas Rowlandson , both from London. Gillray explored

700-574: The humor may complain, but can seldom fight back. Lawsuits have been very rare; the first successful lawsuit against a cartoonist in over a century in Britain came in 1921, when J. H. Thomas , the leader of the National Union of Railwaymen (NUR), initiated libel proceedings against the magazine of the British Communist Party . Thomas claimed defamation in the form of cartoons and words depicting

735-485: The impression of movement, the word "cartoon" is most often used as a descriptor for television programs and short films aimed at children, possibly featuring anthropomorphized animals, superheroes , the adventures of child protagonists or related themes. In the 1980s, cartoon was shortened to toon , referring to characters in animated productions. This term was popularized in 1988 by the combined live-action/animated film Who Framed Roger Rabbit , followed in 1990 by

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770-465: The leading cartoonist in the period following Gillray, from 1815 until the 1840s. His career was renowned for his social caricatures of English life for popular publications. By the mid 19th century, major political newspapers in many other countries featured cartoons commenting on the politics of the day. Thomas Nast , in New York City, showed how realistic German drawing techniques could redefine American cartooning. His 160 cartoons relentlessly pursued

805-514: The magazine has become known for its photography , often compared favorably with that of National Geographic and similar travel magazines. Three generations of the Muench family contributed landscape photographs to Arizona Highways : Josef Muench, an immigrant from Bavaria, whose first photos appeared in the late 1930s; son David Muench , who assisted his father as a teenager (his first of many Arizona Highways covers appeared in January 1955 when he

840-520: The magazine was believed to propagandize life in America. Arizona Highways promoted the art of Ettore "Ted" DeGrazia , showcasing his artwork especially in their December issues. Beginning in the 1950s, the December issue became known as "Arizona's Christmas card to the world" as it was for many years the only issue of the year produced in full color, allowing for many dramatic and awe-inspiring color shots of

875-464: The modern usage usually refers to either: an image or series of images intended for satire , caricature , or humor ; or a motion picture that relies on a sequence of illustrations for its animation. Someone who creates cartoons in the first sense is called a cartoonist , and in the second sense they are usually called an animator . The concept originated in the Middle Ages , and first described

910-567: The preparatory cartoons for grand historical frescoes in the then-new Palace of Westminster in London. Sir John Tenniel —illustrator of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — joined Punch in 1850, and over 50 years contributed over two thousand cartoons. Cartoons can be divided into gag cartoons , which include editorial cartoons , and comic strips . Modern single-panel gag cartoons, found in magazines, generally consist of

945-522: The publisher sent observers around the country to talk to boys and learn what they wanted to read about. The story line in magazines, comic books and cinema that most appealed to boys was the glamorous heroism of British soldiers fighting wars that were exciting and just. DC Thomson issued the first The Dandy Comic in December 1937. It had a revolutionary design that broke away from the usual children's comics that were published broadsheet in size and not very colourful. Thomson capitalized on its success with

980-573: The reservations, and centuries-old Native ceremonies such as the "sunrise dance" of the Apache. (Future U.S. Senator and 1964 presidential candidate Barry Goldwater first became known in the late 1930s for his photographs of Native American life in Arizona, as well as other scenic landscapes such as the Grand Canyon, published in the pages of Arizona Highways .) From time to time, special issues would be devoted to major places of interest in Arizona, such as

1015-550: The skilled craftsmen who produced the final work. Such cartoons often have pinpricks along the outlines of the design so that a bag of soot patted or "pounced" over a cartoon, held against the wall, would leave black dots on the plaster ("pouncing"). Cartoons by painters , such as the Raphael Cartoons in London, Francisco Goya's tapestry cartoons , and examples by Leonardo da Vinci , are highly prized in their own right. Tapestry cartoons, usually colored, could be placed behind

1050-443: The use of the medium for lampooning and caricature , and has been referred to as the father of the political cartoon. By calling the king, prime ministers and generals to account for their behaviour, many of Gillray's satires were directed against George III , depicting him as a pretentious buffoon, while the bulk of his work was dedicated to ridiculing the ambitions of revolutionary France and Napoleon . George Cruikshank became

1085-597: The watch of Raymond Carlson, who began as editor in 1938 and served until 1971; under his leadership the magazine stopped accepting advertisements and developed the editorial tone and style for which it is best known to the present day. Arizona Highways has been well known for documenting the Native American people of Arizona and the Southwest, especially the Navajo , the Hopi and Apache ; this includes stories and photos of life on

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1120-472: The world of science , mathematics , and technology . For example, the cartoon Wonderlab looked at daily life in the chemistry lab. In the U.S., one well-known cartoonist for these fields is Sidney Harris . Many of Gary Larson 's cartoons have a scientific flavor. The first comic-strip cartoons were of a humorous tone. Notable early humor comics include the Swiss comic-strip book Mr. Vieux Bois (1837),

1155-564: The world's countries. Although known primarily for its magazine, Arizona Highways also publishes books, calendars, and other Arizona-related products. Arizona Highways TV, which showcases many of the Arizona locations covered in the magazine, began production in 2004, hosted by former KNXV co-anchor Robin Sewell. Cartoon A cartoon is a type of visual art that is typically drawn, frequently animated , in an unrealistic or semi-realistic style. The specific meaning has evolved, but

1190-684: Was born on October 14 and the 17, 1966 in Santa Barbara, California to David and Bonnie Muench. Muench studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena , California, graduating in the spring of 1989. Muench is the artist in residence at [SmugMug.com], a photography website where he runs a critique thread called the "Muench University." Muench also contributes to the National Parks Guide, published by The American Park Network , as

1225-741: Was eighteen, and whose style became a standard followed by several later photographers for the magazine); and David's son Marc Muench , who became a fixture in Arizona Highways ' pages starting in the 1980s. Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Jack Dykinga has been a frequent contributor, as has been Jerry Jacka, known for not only landscapes but for his photos of the historic and contemporary art (and people) of Arizona's Native American communities. Five separate issues of Arizona Highways have been devoted entirely to Jacka's work. Today, Arizona Highways ' monthly circulation surpasses 200,000 copies, with readers in 50 U.S. states and in two-thirds of

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