Lindsey Gilroy-God and the Devil in Cartoons

During one of my posts of choice I wanted to touch on how religious images are illustrated through modern cartoons. The images of God and Devil have become universal understandings of how the individuals look: God is typically an older, white male who is well-fed and unshaven, the devil is a red, youthful and thin figure with horns. How were these images created and how did they become know to be the understanding of God and Satan? I suppose there has been plenty of criticism for how art represents what has not been seen, such as our depictions of Jesus and other holy beings. The image of God, however, has undergone much scrutiny for the race and sex of the being, but has remained to be a replicated image. The devil can be justified as red to relate to the fire burning in Hell, and his slender figure is similar to that of a serpent, relating to a more Biblical text. I find it interesting that the way that even cartoons, which are commonly associated with children's viewing, have even conformed to producing specific images of religious figures.