Focus on European Cartoons, Part 1: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, April 1912, Part 15
Every issue of Cartoons Magazine contained pages of cartoons from around the world, the April 1912 fourth issue being no exception. Today’s posting concentrates on (some) of the cartoons from Europe. Click on the above & below pictures, to view the cartoons in detail, and read their captions. Above, What to Let Others Overhear, by [...]
The Brandt Affair: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, April 1912, Part 14
I’ve been attempting to dig out specifically what “The Brandt Affair” was, and why artist Zuni Maud and the New York City Yiddish newspaper The Kibitzer, labeled it “anti-semitism”. (P.S., yes, I realize that Cartoons Magazine claims the title is spelled “Kibetzer”, but all other sources I’ve found disagree, and Cartoons also previously named Zuni [...]
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 [...]
Howard Taft: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, April 1912, Part 11
It’s our monthly “favorite fat President” time, for the ex-Prez whose best remembered act, was having gotten stuck in the White House bathtub! The above Howard Taft cartoons, concerning his re-election bid, come from the April 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine. Comic artists of note above, include Robert Satterfield, William Charles Morris, and Robert Minor, [...]
General Politics: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, April 1912, Part 10
1912 was one of the most volatile Presidential election years for the G.O.P. The drum beat was as intense as it could sans radio or television. The above group of cartoons — from the April 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine — was already looking towards the end, under the group title of “Seven Months More”. [...]
The Futurist School of Painting: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, April 1912, Part 9
Amongst the events covered in the April 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine, was the Paris and London Exhibitions of “Futurist” Paintings. This art exhibition (as many large art exhibits were) was targeted for parody by cartoonists, who historically both admired the fine artists (and frequently had attempted, but failed, to be one of them), and [...]
Break-Up of Standard Oil: Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons, Part 86 / Cartoons Magazine Centennial, April 1912, Part 8
Above, by artist John T. McCutcheon, in the April 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine, showing how the Supreme Court ordered break up of Standard Oil, for violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust law, had the effect of… enriching the broken apart Standard Oils. Click on the above picture to enlarge it. Doug Wheeler financial reforms
Easter: The Love of Lulu & Leander + Cartoons Magazine Centennial, April 1912, Part 6
The vast majority of 19th & early 20th century comics on the subject of Easter focused on the obsession to dress one’s best for the day, be seen in the latest fashions, and show up everyone else in church that Sunday (as opposed to anything about religion). As this angle on the subject can be [...]
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, [...]
