Indonesia is the largest archipelago country in the world consisting of 17,504 islands with 1,340 ethnic groups and
652 regional languages. Bali as one of the islands in Indonesia with a population of 3,890,757 inhabitants in 2010 has
a long history. According to its history, Bali is divided into prehistoric period, ancient Bali, Bali in the middle of the
XIV-XVIII century, the colonial period and the revolutionary period. Besides having a long history, Bali also has its
local language. Balinese language is an Austronesian language from the Sundik branch and is more specific than the
Bali-Sasak subsidiary. This language is mainly spoken on the island of Bali, the western island of Lombok, and a little
at the eastern end Java island. The Balinese language in its usage has several levels, namely Bali alus, Bali madya, and
Bali kasar. Bali is also known to have unique arts and culture. One of the famous forms of arts is cartoons. Cartoons in
Bali have been developing since 1977. Bali Post as the oldest printed media born in Bali has published cartoons in its
opinion page since 1977. Since then a number of cartoonists emerged such as Wied N., Tu Suarya, Gus Martin, Toni
Tantra, Armin Jaya, IB. Loleck, and others. This research uses ethnomethodology. The analysis used is semiotics by
observing the cultural signs that exist in the cartoon. The interviewee is Kadek Jango Paramartha, a cartoonist and also
is the maker of the desk calendar cartoon of the municipality of Denpasar. Based on the semiotic analysis of the visual
cartoon "DE ROMON" there is an expansion of the meaning "not polluting" to "not polluting the air, water and soil
on earth". The expansion of the meaning is the result of contemplation by the cartoonist in interpreting "DE
ROMON" from his perspective. Cartoonists have the power to interpret various meanings. When creating works,
artists have absolute power in interpreting various phenomena around them through the visuals they create.
Keywords : cartoon, Balinese cartoon, cartoon visualizatio
