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 [...]
Broad Brush: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, May 1912, Part 14
We close up our coverage of the May 1912 fifth issue of Cartoons Magazine, with a hodge-podge of topics. Above, two cartoons concerning the Post Office using the Interstate Commerce Commission, to limit private carriers of packages, out of fear that such competition would drive the Post Office itself out of business. Much, much later, [...]
Women’s Suffrage: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, May 1912, Part 10
Above, from the May 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine, a couple of pages on Women’s Suffrage from Britain (right) and Germany (left). Deliberately juxtaposed, I’m sure, for the fact that both make reference to prepping for war against the other. The British anti-suffrage cartoon, referencing using the suffragettes themselves as weapons of war. The German [...]
Internal Strife: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, May 1912, Part 6
For this week’s up-to-the-minute Election coverage from the May 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine, we focus on the internal strife between our major two political parties. The headline grabbing struggle is between current president, William Howard Taft, and more popular ex-Prez Teddy Roosevelt, attempting to come back to the Presidency for an unprecedented third term. [...]
Coal Strike: Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons, Part 87 / Cartoons Magazine Centennial, April 1912, Part 13
On April 1st, 1912, a strike against Coal Mine owners, began in the U.S., Britain, and other countries. Some of the British crew on the Titanic, were people looking for work elsewhere, while they were on strike against Coal Owners. The strike was the cover topic (above) of the April 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine. [...]
Amundsen Reaches the South Pole: Tigwissel Tuesdays #21 / Cartoons Magazine Centennial, April 1912, Part 12
Still waiting for Primary Season to die down, so we can get a good enough run of non-political Tuesdays, to start popping out some actual Prof. Tigwissel episodes. In the meantime, the tradition of alternating Tigwissel with other scientific cartoon parodies continues, this time crossed with our year-long celebration of the centennial of Year One [...]
Merry Christmas (for the Wealthy): Part 4
Merry Christmas! From the Republican Party, to the Rich. Yesterday, in typical Republican Class Warfare/Wealth Transferance, Republicans forced/blackmailed the lame-duck Democratic Congress to help them reach into the pockets of the Poor and Middle Class, and give a gift/tribute of their money to the Rich, transferring still more wealth from the 98% majority, to the [...]
Mr. Hoover’s & GOP’s Road to Prosperity, 1929-32: Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons, Part 57
In tribute to Senate Republicans’ blockage of Wall Street/Financial Reform legislation last week (thanks to the death of Senator Robert Byrd taking one vote away from the Democrats — plus the Democrats’ lack of conviction to make due with a simple 51 vote majority by forcing Republicans to actually stage their filibuster on the matter), [...]
