Teddy Roosevelt, Part 2: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, April 1912, Part 21
Today’s round of Teddy Roosevelt cartoons — the second set this month from the April 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine — all deal with T.R.’s going back on his earlier words, that he wouldn’t run for a third term. Click on the above & below pictures, to view the cartoons in detail, and read their [...]
Sinking of the Titanic, Day One, April 14, 1912: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, May 1912, Part 0
Every month, Cartoons Magazine gathered & reprinted cartoons from newspapers and publications in the U.S., and world-wide. This of course meant a delay, between original appearance in the papers, and their reprinting in Cartoons Magazine, which is why today’s grouping of Titanic cartoons — on this, April 14th, the 100th anniversary of the Titanic striking [...]
Broad Brush: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, March 1912, Part 3
The Centennial of Cartoons Magazine marches on, with our third installment of extracts from its March 1912 issue #3. Today’s sampling involves cartoons whose subjects are all over the map, but which I found too interesting to just skip over. Above, a variety of topics, from French, German, and British sources (the latter featuring W.K. [...]
The Reformers’ Big Feed: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, January 1912, Part 3
Cartoons Magazine‘s centennial continues with still more extracts from its January 1912 first issue. Above, from the newspaper Denver Republican, we see a group of “reformers” engaged in what hardly looks like “reforming”. Below, Political News Faker, by Ole May, appropriately re-presented in time for the upcoming South Carolina primary, known for particularly dirty tricks [...]
Cartoons Magazine Centennial, January 1912, Part 2
We continue our celebration of the centennial of Cartoons Magazine, with more extracts from its January 1912 first issue. Today’s extracts involve sin (or, the 1912 idea of it), crime, and punishment. First, two anti-smoking cartoons. The top-most comic is a reprinted episode from The Outbursts of Everett True strip, by A.D. Condo. Below, the [...]
