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Sunday, October 28, 2018

LAW & ORDER . . . by different artists

a large old fingerprint image
          
L A W   &   O R D E R
           
"The International Nude Trampoline Competition" a Don Martin cartoon for MAD
"The International Nude Trampoline Competition"
a Don Martin cartoon for MAD
         
L A W   &   O R D E R
            
a Dan O'Neill comic book 1971 violence
a Dan O'Neill comic book,  1971
         
L A W   &   O R D E R
            
George Cruikshank alcohol, Gin-Temple Turn-Out at Church Time
"Sunday in London Gin-Temple Turn-out at Church"     George Cruikshank
         
L A W   &   O R D E R
           
Jay Ward's Dudley DoRight animated television series
Jay Ward's 'Dudley Do-Right'  1960s television series       see full size
         
L A W   &   O R D E R
           
1650s USA Puritans persecuted Quakers, an illustration
1650s USA Puritans persecuted Quakers,  according to an 1800s book
         
L A W   &   O R D E R
           
1400s questioning a suspected witch, an illustration
pointlessly questioning a suspected witch in Europe,  1400s?
         
L A W   &   O R D E R
            
Yogi Bear and Ranger Smith in the animation title Slap Happy Birthday
national parks are policed by park rangers
         
L A W   &   O R D E R
            
art galleries are monitored by guards, a Ronald Searle cartoon 1955
Ronald Searle,  1955
         
L A W   &   O R D E R
            
a 1974 Dodge police car color illustration
streets are patrolled by blue thunder ... a 1974 Dodge police car
see full size
         
L A W   &   O R D E R
            
Heinrich Zille 1913, a policeman waiting for the detectives at a murder scene at night
Heinrich Zille,  1913       see full size
         
L A W   &   O R D E R
            
a miniature crime scene for police training by Frances Glessner Lee 1945
a miniature crime scene for police training by Frances 
Glessner Lee,  1945       see full size
         
L A W   &   O R D E R
            
a miniature murder scene for police training by Frances Glessner Lee 1945
Frances Glessner Lee, 1945       see full size
         
L A W   &   O R D E R
            
"The Law" Don Knotts as Sheriff's deputy Barney Fife
'The Law' ... Don Knotts as Sheriff's deputy Barney Fife
         
L A W   &   O R D E R
            
an 1850 French news article with illustration about London police escorting drunkards home if they're wealthy
an 1850 French news article about London police escorting drunkards home if they're wealthy
         
L A W   &   O R D E R
            
a Gilbert Bundy illustration of a traffic policeman with motorcycle stopping a pretty woman
a Gilbert Bundy illustration:  once all of her crimes have been totaled,
it's time for the courts to administer penalties
         
L A W   &   O R D E R
            
a judge applies humiliation in 1865 USA, "Prisoner in Barrel Jacket" illustration
a judge applies humiliation in 1865 USA    "Prisoner in Barrel Jacket"
         
L A W   &   O R D E R
            
an Alex Toth guillotine horror story panel
an Alex Toth story panel   "What are you doing?!   Let me go!   LET ME GO!!"
         
L A W   &   O R D E R
            
a Joe Orlando guillotine horror story panel
a Joe Orlando story panel    "I DIDN'T DO IT!   WHY WOULD I KILL MY OWN WIFE?
YOU CAN'T DO IT!   I'M AN INNOCENT MAN!"
         
L A W   &   O R D E R
            
a Don Martin cartoon about a firing squad execution, for MAD magazine
a Don Martin cartoon   "Blindfold ...?"   "Yes ..."   "Ready ... Aim"
         
L A W   &   O R D E R
            
in 1632 New England, men's long hair is an abomination "a token of subjection ... of ... men weary of manhood" Long haired men of history such as Nero and Caligula are exampled.
in 1632 New England,  men's long hair is an abomination   "a token of subjection ... of ... men weary of manhood"  Long haired men of history such as Nero and Caligula are exampled 
         
L A W   &   O R D E R
            
1686 English legal cruelty
an 1686 Englishman argues for prescribed hot irons and whipping,  with death for adulterers,  and  "Scolds ... gag and set them at their own doors ...  for all comers and goers to gaze at" 
what a shit
         
L A W   &   O R D E R
            
Hisashi Okawa, woman in prison cell
Hisashi Okawa
         
L A W   &   O R D E R
            
1830 children's book harshness
from an 1830 children's book  "We have on record,  a cruel sentence of death,  namely,  of a man being tied to a stag,  which was left to run in the woods,  where the unhappy rider must have soon been torn to pieces by the limbs of the trees."
         
L A W   &   O R D E R
            
A. Paul Weber politics
hopefully things won't go too far either way:
A. Paul Weber       see full size
         
L A W   &   O R D E R
            
Ming the Merciless, Ruler of the planet Mongo in 1936
a one-party system ... Ming the Merciless,  Ruler of the planet Mongo in 1936
         
L A W   &   O R D E R
            
internal squabbling over political interests: Thomas Theodor Heine 1904
Thomas Theodor Heine 1904
         
L A W   &   O R D E R
            
a Roy Delgado cartoon about politics and news interviews
"Do you think I ENJOY lying to you ??!" 
a Roy Delgado cartoon       see full size
         
L A W   &   O R D E R
            
a Roy Delgado cartoon about homeland security
"You're in charge of homeland security .. do something."  
Roy Delgado
         
L A W   &   O R D E R
            
a Gahan Wilson cartoon, a politician shoots the crowd
"This is really quite a switch!"   a 1970s Gahan Wilson cartoon

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