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 their own take on “The World” — each of them different. Last year (2011), the Comics Journal (issue #301) published an excellent article on McCutcheon, by author Warren Bernard.
Below, on the left page, a photo of McCutcheon, while on the right page, a representative cartoon selected by him, titled The Long-Winded Banquet Speech.
Click on the below pictures, to view them in detail, and read the captions.
A second change of note from issue One — as can be seen in the pages above & below — is that all cartoons are now attributed to their artists, as well as the newspaper or publication in which they first appeared.
Above, a set of cartoons concerning political corruption. Below, two pages involving sports scandals. Left side, involves a public offended at fake wrestling matches (we all know how that has turned out…). Right, fallout from the 1911 World Series Ticket Scandal — seen in cartoons last month — continues.
Finally, beneath, the first occurence of a comic strip advertisement running in Cartoons Magazine, this one for Swift’s Premium Oleomargarine.
AdvertisingStrips Focus on Cartoonists A.B. Chapin Charles Bowers baseball cartoons
— Doug
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