Birth of the Bull Moose Party, 1912 Republican National Convention, Part 5: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, July 1912, Part 0.5
Breaking news, on the 1912 Presidential Election! The establishment G.O.P. Party Machinery, having chosen current President William Howard Taft as 1912 Republican nominee for the White House, in spite of the larger following amongst the Party, and the people generally, for former President Theodore Roosevelt, T.R. has decided to break with the Republican establishment, and [...]
William Howard Taft: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, June 1912, Part 7
Above, two cartoonists (one of them Ole May) parody a campaign speech by William Howard Taft, in which Taft made the highly tasteless move of lamenting what might have happened had Teddy Roosevelt been aboard the recently sunk Titanic. Below, from the same June 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine, Ole May, Charles Bowers, Richard Keith [...]
Woodrow Wilson: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, June 1912, Part 5
Above, from the June 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine, cartoonists Charles Bowers, R.D. Handy, and others, depict the efforts by others to prevent Woodrow Wilson from winning the Democratic nomination for President. Of particular interest, is Handy’s depiction of William Randolph Hearst as the Yellow Kid (an dress cartoonists had been sticking Yellow Kid‘s publisher [...]
General Politics: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, June 1912, Part 2
About mid-month, we’ll reach the 100th Anniversary of the big political event of 1912 — the splintering of the Republican Party in two. So for this month’s coverage, I’m compressing all of Cartoons Magazine‘s pre-split political cartoons for June 1912 issue, into the first half of the month, beginning here with the overview of non-Presidential [...]
Teddy Roosevelt: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, May 1912, Part 12
It’s Teddy Time again, as we continue our up-to-the-minute coverage, of the Presidential Election of 1912! Today’s round of jewels, of course come from the May 1912 Centennial issue of Cartoons Magazine! Above, tongue-in-cheek, Saint Teddy Roosevelt, as pictured by cartoonist Fontaine Fox. Below, a set of cartoons by John DeMar (hinting that T.R. might [...]
Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons #90 / Cartoons Magazine Centennial, May 1912, Part 11
The above Herbert Johnson cartoon, contained in the May 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine, might as well have been published today, for all the current Republican rhetoric about how “Corporations are People”, and “Money equals Free Speech” (Citizens United decision). Below, from between-wars Germany, taking from the poor, to give to the military machine… (plus, [...]
Woodrow Wilson: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, May 1912, Part 4
SuperITCH’s Up-to-the-Minute Election Coverage continues, with cartoons of Presidential Hopeful Woodrow Wilson, fresh from the May 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine! Included is a cartoon by hot celebrity silent film star, Charles Bowers! Click on the above picture, to view the cartoons in detail, and read their captions. Doug Wheeler ElectionComics
Woodrow Wilson: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, April 1912, Part 6
Our Cartoons Magazine centennial year coverage of the Election of 1912 continues. Today, we present candidate Woodrow Wilson‘s lone page in the April 1912 issue (absolutely eclipsed by many pages this month devoted to the more fun candidate for cartoonists to draw — T.R)! Click on the above picture, to view the cartoons in detail, [...]
Teddy Roosevelt: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, March 1912, Part 4
Presidential Election 1912 is heating up, as Teddy Roosevelt starts to more seriously consider running for a third term (after following the not-yet-legally-required tradition, established by George Washington, of leaving the White House after serving two terms). Our continuing coverage of this important election, is provided via extracts from the March 1912 issue of Cartoons [...]
Cartoons Magazine Centennial, February 1912, Part 1
We continue our celebration of Cartoons Magazine‘s Centennial, with the first of several extracts from its second issue, of February 1912. One notable addition from issue one, is a monthly focus hilighting specific cartoonists. This month, the spotlight is placed on John T. McCutcheon. McCutcheon created the above cover, depicting cartoonists of different nationalities drawing [...]
