Chapter 11.
Cartoons from Alan Dunn's The Last Lath,(1947)
Alan Dunn Cartoon
(no caption)
Alan Dunn Cartoon
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" 'I'm terribly
sorry about our Tournalayer, sir _ we didn't know it was loaded.'
"
"'Well, what kept
you? The plumbing contractor has come and gone.'"
" 'Dammit, is
everyone going into the housing game?' "
" 'They said
something about a perfect example of an integrated, demountable,
prefabricated dwelling unit.' "
" 'Now see here!
Just design me a house and leave my "relationship to the
technology in which I live" out of it.'"
" 'After the second
house beyond the polystyrene you'll come to a two-story
phenolformaldehyde. That's it' "
" 'Well, we're
dated!---that abstractionist next door built his house in
space-time!' "
Alan Dunn Cartoon
(no caption)
Alan Dunn Cartoon
(no caption)
" 'And a button,
please, to control the climate.' "
" 'I want you to
design me a bomb-proof Shangri-La---' "
Alan Dunn Cartoon
(no caption)
" 'Poor old Tom. He
still thinks a woman's place is in the machine for living.' "
" 'They suggest we
turn in the mechanical core of our house for a 1947!' "
" 'Just think, in 20
years it will be all ours!' "
" 'With your
permission, Mr. Smith, I would like to use the diameter of Mrs.
Smith as one module---' "
" 'With your
permission, Mr. Smith, I would like to use the diameter of Mrs.
Smith as one module---' "
" 'Regionalism be
damned---the Army's in a hurry.' "
" 'The "outdoor
living" feature of
postwar housing doesn't seem to interest them...' "
" 'It's just
ordinary pine. You won't be able to get imitation wood until
1948.' "
Alan Dunn Cartoon
(no caption)
Alan Dunn Cartoon
(no caption)
" 'I'm terribly
sorry about our Tournalayer, sir _ we didn't know it was loaded.'
"
"'Well, what kept
you? The plumbing contractor has come and gone.'"
" 'Dammit, is
everyone going into the housing game?' "
" 'They said
something about a perfect example of an integrated, demountable,
prefabricated dwelling unit.' "
" 'Now see here!
Just design me a house and leave my "relationship to the
technology in which I live" out of it.'"
" 'After the second
house beyond the polystyrene you'll come to a two-story
phenolformaldehyde. That's it' "
" 'Well, we're
dated!---that abstractionist next door built his house in
space-time!' "
Alan Dunn Cartoon
(no caption)
Alan Dunn Cartoon
(no caption)
" 'And a button,
please, to control the climate.' "
" 'I want you to
design me a bomb-proof Shangri-La---' "
Alan Dunn Cartoon
(no caption)
" 'Poor old Tom. He
still thinks a woman's place is in the machine for living.' "
" 'They suggest we
turn in the mechanical core of our house for a 1947!' "
" 'Just think, in 20
years it will be all ours!' "
" 'With your
permission, Mr. Smith, I would like to use the diameter of Mrs.
Smith as one module---' "
" 'With your
permission, Mr. Smith, I would like to use the diameter of Mrs.
Smith as one module---' "
" 'Regionalism be
damned---the Army's in a hurry.' "
" 'The "outdoor
living" feature of
postwar housing doesn't seem to interest them...' "
" 'It's just
ordinary pine. You won't be able to get imitation wood until
1948.' "