The Monterey Peninsula has been home to several renowned cartoonists. The Airport District sponsored an exhibition of three very notable ones, Hank Ketcham (Dennis the Menace), Eldon Dedini (New Yorker) and Gus Arriola (Gordo). Travel was chosen as the theme, and "Tour de Farce" the title.

The concept was to present the cartoonists, through their work and their imaginations. It had to capture their irreverence and sense of fun and humor. The design was conceived as a set design, using enlargements of the cartoonists characters as the main exhibit elements. Also very large silhouettes were used as backdrops. The exhibition panels were cutouts based upon travel themes, and done in a cartoon style.