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ahumbleprofessor:

In this post I’m sharing what I think is easily one of the greatest cartoons of all time. It wasn’t a perfect scanning (a few of the drawings got this really strange dotted pattern on them if you zoom in), but I’m still excited to share them with you.

This is a series of Saul Steinberg drawings in which he visualizes the unique sounds of musical instruments. That tuba in particular I think is incredible. That WHAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMP is so audible in my head. Look at that last sentence I wrote! I can’t even describe sounds with words as well as Steinberg can with a drawing!

The goal of a cartoon is to use drawings to toy with our perception of the world. Normally this is done with a gag about society or nature, but here the cartoon takes one entire sense and translates it into another. I guess this is why Steinberg is one of the best cartoonists; he can make really simple drawings that convey exponentially more than what anyone else can pull off with a pen.

(via unskilledlass)