Goops
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"Goops" refers to spaghetti-like figures created by Gelett Burgess for children. These characters illustrated moral lessons through their behavior. The term "goop" itself is defined as goo or gunk and was first used around 1918.12
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caricature and cartoon20th century…costume, and Gelett Burgess, whose Goops for children were spaghetti-like little figures whose behaviour illustrated a moral.
Read More…costume, and Gelett Burgess, whose Goops for children were spaghetti-like little figures whose behaviour illustrated a moral.
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…(perhaps slightly indebted to Burgess’ Goops) was so graphic that it could be used in minuscule dimensions with perfect legibility. On the other hand, Peter Arno’s large-scale and heavy outlines, despite simple straightforward design, made his beaky and bosomy figures almost jump off the page (for many years one of…
Read More…(perhaps slightly indebted to Burgess’ Goops) was so graphic that it could be used in minuscule dimensions with perfect legibility. On the other hand, Peter Arno’s large-scale and heavy outlines, despite simple straightforward design, made his beaky and bosomy figures almost jump off the page (for many years one of…
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