Focus on Cartoonists: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, June 1912, Part 1
Our coverage of the Centennial Anniversary Year of Cartoons Magazine, continues with its sixth issue, June 1912. To open, we present Cartoons Magazine’s monthly close-up on cartoonists.
Above, the front cover of the June 1912 issue, depicting a cartoonist looking down upon his potential topics — Teddy Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Uncle Sam, Baseball, Summer Heat, Dogs, and Women’s Fashions.
Above, photo, short bio, and self portrait by Clifford K. Berryman, regarded as the creator of the Teddy Bear. Below, a sample Berryman cartoon concerning William Jennings Bryan.
Click on the above & below pictures, to view the cartoons in detail, and read the text.
Next, below, photo, short bio, and sample cartoon concerning the Mexican Revolution, by artist James H. Donahey.
Finally, Mutt & Jeff creator Bud Fisher, depicts “The Cartoonist’s Nightmare” in 1912′s Election year.
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— Doug
