33:
69:
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?".
71:
124:) during their heyday in the 1950s and 1960s. The commercial success of Price's collections of
304:
202:
195:
180:
129:
330:
223:
151:
32:
356:
218:
267:, Studia Fennica Folkloristica, 10 (Helsinki: Finnish Literature Society, 2001), p. 62,
334:
375:
191:
176:. Price's other captions for that drawing include "Mother pyramid feeding her baby."
113:
268:
167:
79:
366:
146:
361:
288:
133:
117:
144:
in 1954. There was also a droodle-based game called "Mysteriosos" on HBO's
265:
Riddles: Perspectives on the use, function and change in a folklore genre
228:
121:
116:
like any other nonsense cartoon and appeared in roughly the same places (
61:, though the term is now used more generally of similar visual riddles.
95:
50:
17:
99:
91:
75:
31:
141:
154:
brands of cigarettes featured cigarette-themed
Droodles.
150:. Series of newspaper advertisements for the News and
301:
Encyclopedia of
Television Shows, 1925 through 2010
269:http://oa.finlit.fi/site/books/detail/12/riddles/
132:, and also to the creation of a Droodles-themed
70:square – might have the caption "
173:Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch
8:
128:led to the founding of the publishing house
289:http://www.folklore.ee/Droodles/saatesona
279:
277:
90:The trademarked name "Droodle" suggests "
40:a dead point position by a billiard game
246:
244:
240:
158:Appearances in art and popular culture
7:
362:Online edition of Estonian droodles
335:10.1111/j.0022-3840.1975.0901_20.x
25:
36:Four elephants examine an orange
303:. McFarland & Company, Inc.
194:through a famous TV show called
112:are (or were) purely a form of
57:and collected in his 1953 book
323:The Journal of Popular Culture
190:Droodles gained popularity in
1:
254:, Simon & Schuster, 1953.
166:serves as the cover art for
263:Annikki Kaivola-Bregenhoj,
408:
283:Piret Voolaid, 'Preface',
299:Terrace, Vincent (2011).
120:, paperback collections,
367:A psychology of droodles
185:Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
162:One of Price's original
41:
207:The Savage Detectives
35:
179:In the classic book
382:American game shows
104:indovinelli grafici
53:feature created by
355:2005-11-12 at the
42:
309:978-0-7864-6477-7
285:Estonian Droodles
196:El Chavo del Ocho
181:The Little Prince
130:Price-Stern-Sloan
49:was a syndicated
27:Television series
16:(Redirected from
399:
338:
312:
297:
291:
281:
272:
261:
255:
248:
224:Leonard B. Stern
21:
407:
406:
402:
401:
400:
398:
397:
396:
372:
371:
357:Wayback Machine
350:Roger Price bio
346:
341:
320:
316:
315:
298:
294:
282:
275:
262:
258:
249:
242:
237:
219:Kilroy was here
215:
160:
88:
67:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
405:
403:
395:
394:
389:
384:
374:
373:
370:
369:
364:
359:
345:
344:External links
342:
340:
339:
317:
314:
313:
292:
273:
256:
250:Price, Roger.
239:
238:
236:
233:
232:
231:
226:
221:
214:
211:
205:'s long novel
203:Roberto Bolaño
201:By the end of
170:'s 1982 album
159:
156:
122:bathroom walls
87:
84:
66:
63:
26:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
404:
393:
390:
388:
385:
383:
380:
379:
377:
368:
365:
363:
360:
358:
354:
351:
348:
347:
343:
336:
332:
328:
324:
319:
318:
310:
306:
302:
296:
293:
290:
286:
280:
278:
274:
270:
266:
260:
257:
253:
247:
245:
241:
234:
230:
227:
225:
222:
220:
217:
216:
212:
210:
208:
204:
199:
197:
193:
192:Latin America
188:
186:
183:, written by
182:
177:
175:
174:
169:
165:
157:
155:
153:
149:
148:
143:
139:
135:
131:
127:
123:
119:
115:
114:entertainment
111:
107:
105:
101:
97:
93:
85:
83:
81:
77:
73:
64:
62:
60:
56:
52:
48:
47:
39:
34:
30:
19:
392:Illustration
329:(1): 20–25.
326:
322:
300:
295:
284:
264:
259:
251:
200:
189:
178:
171:
163:
161:
145:
137:
125:
109:
108:
103:
89:
68:
58:
45:
44:
43:
37:
29:
168:Frank Zappa
80:Port-a-john
72:Aerial view
55:Roger Price
387:Cartooning
376:Categories
235:References
147:Braingames
118:newspapers
311:. P. 288.
134:game show
353:Archived
252:Droodles
229:Mad Libs
213:See also
164:Droodles
138:Droodles
126:Droodles
110:Droodles
59:Droodles
46:Droodles
98:" and "
96:drawing
86:Origins
51:cartoon
18:Droodle
307:
100:riddle
92:doodle
76:cowboy
140:, on
78:in a
74:of a
305:ISBN
94:", "
65:Form
331:doi
287:,
152:Max
142:NBC
82:."
378::
325:.
276:^
243:^
136:,
38:or
337:.
333::
327:9
271:.
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.