Zany Is as Zany Does

ZANY DRAWING IS THE EXTREME SPORT of cartooning. The zany character’s mission is to look funny and do funny things. Everything about him is excessive. When he’s scared, make him jump out of his skin—literally. Or make him melt into a puddle on a scorching hot day. He may be a loudmouth or a shrinking violet, a villain or a do-gooder. The zany character lives on the edge with life’s volume at full blast, and he is usually one sandwich short of a picnic.

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HELLO! Meet the typical, upstanding cartoon zany. He’s a humanized animal with a pear-shaped body. He might be a dog, but I’m not really sure. Floppy ears would definitely make ...

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