“They weren't circus clowns, they were different. They seemed to always have a sad face or were laughing. It was a trip, and it really caught my eye,” Cartoon said. As a young man, he started ...

The emblematic sad clown that we know today evolved from the melancholic, talc-dusted Pedrolino of 16th-century Italian commedia dell’arte, while the contemporary circus clown, with his ...