A look at art history teaches us that art forms of the witty-comical such as caricature, satire, grotesque, and persiflage have been used as sharp and sometimes hurtful weapons since early modern times.

A look at art history teaches us that art forms of the witty-comical such as caricature, satire, grotesque, and persiflage have been used as sharp and sometimes hurtful weapons since early modern times.