Is that a Depression-era tent encampment in the background?
I think it’s more likely the ‘house just over the horizon’ convention that was typical in comics and cartoons of the time. Rather than render an entire house, a cartoonist would show only the peak of the roof over a rise.
Hoosier Poet about 6 years ago
Is that a Depression-era tent encampment in the background?
Thomas Scott Roberts creator about 6 years ago
I think it’s more likely the ‘house just over the horizon’ convention that was typical in comics and cartoons of the time. Rather than render an entire house, a cartoonist would show only the peak of the roof over a rise.