Grim Grisly's Tuna

Grimly’s Tuna carries with it similar stigma as his shark. The image is comical. The noble qualities of the Tuna are no longer preserved. It has a look of surprise in its face humanizing the creature making it more identifiable. The illustration differs from the text, so that Pinocchio’s nobility and the Tuna’s helpfulness are played with to create a comical representation, adding to the self-consciousness of its painter and that of the viewer.

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