Just a Couple Lines and You've Got a Shark Attack.

It never ceases to amaze me how few lines it takes to tell a story. This one was drawn by a 4-year-old. That flying thing was up there first. He looked at it, then added one line for water and one fabulous attacking shark.
That's all there is, but you can sure see that thing coming up out of the water and snapping at that poor flying thing. Yike!
Cartooning/drawing is a really efficient way of communicating a whole lot of information and detail. You can't convey a whole daily story line or point of view using oil paints. And if you picked one cartoon strip from your favorite paper or magazine and tried to write it out in words, you might be going on for a very long time. I know, "a picture is worth a thousand words." But really, cartoons serve an important purpose in our collective lives because they are a unique way of telling stories and sharing feelings and opinions. Just look at how much satire can get contained in one political cartoon, all understood at a glance.
Simplicity is beautiful.