Toward a Rhetoric of Insult Quotes

“The rhetorical function of such depictions is, in any case, pretty obvious. If cartoons provide us with examples of a visual mode of insult, comic strips provide much more.”
― Thomas Conley, Toward a Rhetoric of Insult

“Cartoons in newspapers have proven to be an effective means of rallying support during times of war, often by the simple device of depicting the enemy as subhuman or even monstrous — much as they did during the Reformation.”
― Thomas Conley, Toward a Rhetoric of Insult