Beginning in the mid-twentieth century, a distinct lineage of figurative painters emerged that appropriated the visual styles of cartoons, comics, and commercial illustration, risking the seriousness of the socio-political content due to 'unserious' cultural associations around their chosen formal language.
Cartoony figuration emerged in the 60s and 70s with movements like Chicago Imagism and artists independently using satirical cartoon-like renderings to tackle social and political issues.
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