Cartoonists at the Republican National Convention: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, July 1912, Part 1
Above, with art by cartoonist Fred Morgan, the cover of the July 1912 edition of Cartoons Magazine, depicting a pair of demons emphasizing the discord of the 1912 Republican National Convention in Chicago, giving the Earth a pounding headache. Click on the above & below pictures, to view the cartoons in detail, and read their [...]
Clare Briggs’ Move from Chicago to New York
Last Monday’s post on the pamphlets of the G.H. Lockwood Art School, ended with the booklet A Little Journey to the Home of Briggs the Sky-Rocket, focusing on artist Clare Briggs, and a promise to show the numerous cartoons shown in it, by other cartoonists, in tribute to Briggs. Click on any picture, to see [...]
Old Skool! University of California 1924 Yearbook
Many amateur cartoonists got their first taste of being in print by illustrating their school yearbooks from Boody Rogers to Milton Caniff. But here’s a switch: I imagine William Randolph Hearst was a big donor to the University of California and that it was he who drafted his A-List cartoonists to cartoon what have to [...]
