Fifty Great Cartoons

"Fifty Great Cartoons" by Frank Beard is a collection of insightful illustrations from the late 1800s that uses art to comment on society and explore Christian themes. The book presents Beard's skills as an artist, using funny drawings to talk about important moral and ethical problems of his day, as the artist uses his talent to not only entertain but to encourage Christian values and positive change. The cartoons tackle different subjects like religion, morality, societal problems, and what it means to be a good citizen where each drawing comes with captions or Bible verses that highlight Beard's message on faith and moral living when faced with social issues like being dishonest, drinking too much, and being greedy, encouraging people to consider their actions and the bigger issues around them, always pointing back to Christian beliefs and good citizenship.