# Word Pictures instead of Cartoons

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 9, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-pictures-instead-of-cartoons/368009 "2006-08-09T15:16:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-pictures-instead-of-cartoons/368009/1 "2006-08-09T15:16:04Z")

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Sometimes less than 1000 words can equal a picture.

See how few words you can use to create the equivalent of a cartoon such as the ones you see on the editorial page. Single frame sort of thing.

Example:

Side of a building with a painter’s scaffold in front of it.

In lower portion of frame a paint bucket spilling, a paintbrush, and a human foot attached (presumably) to an unseen leg.

In bold letters on the side of the building JESUS SAVE and the beginnings of what would be an S with just the top curl and then a long streak down the side of the building.

Top this.