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Droodles

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The general form is minimal: a square box containing a few abstract pictorial elements with a caption (or several) giving a humorous explanation of the picture's subject. For example, a Droodle depicting three concentric shapes – little circle, medium circle, big
187:, a notable Droodle appears as part of one of the most iconic illustrations in the work. During one of the conversations between the Little Prince and the narrator, an intriguing drawing of a snake that swallowed an elephant is presented. 172: 352: 209:
the mysterious works by the lost poetess Cesárea Tinajero turn out to be a short series of mexican culture visual puns, similar to Price's Droodles.
102:". However, the form of the droodle – a riddle expressed in visual form – has earlier roots, for example in a drawing ( 308: 381: 184: 349: 106:) by the Italian painter Agostino Carracci (1557–1602), and the term is widely used beyond Price's work. 391: 206: 54: 386: 198:. In one episode, characters draw figures similar to Droodles, Creating iconic scenes in the show. 321:
Bowman, David (Summer 1975). "Whatever Happened to Droodles? Whatever Happened to Roger Price?".
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in 1954. There was also a droodle-based game called "Mysteriosos" on HBO's
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Riddles: Perspectives on the use, function and change in a folklore genre
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like any other nonsense cartoon and appeared in roughly the same places (
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brands of cigarettes featured cigarette-themed Droodles.
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Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010
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Index

Droodle

cartoon
Roger Price
Aerial view
cowboy
Port-a-john
doodle
drawing
riddle
entertainment
newspapers
bathroom walls
Price-Stern-Sloan
game show
NBC
Braingames
Max
Frank Zappa
Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch
The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Latin America
El Chavo del Ocho
Roberto Bolaño
The Savage Detectives
Kilroy was here
Leonard B. Stern
Mad Libs

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