FACTOID #3,274,986:The World’s Tallest Internet Cartoon!
On Abraham Lincoln’s re-election in 1864 cartoonist Frank Bellew (1828-1888) drew the cartoon “Long Abraham a Little Longer. ” Charles Dickens said of the cartoonist, “Frank Bellew’s pencil is extraordinary. He probably originated more, of a purely comic nature, than all the rest of the artistic brethren put together.”
To celebrate President’s Day, Arf Lovers is presenting Bellew’s most famous cartoon, with a twist-or should I say with a stretch! For the first time the great drawing is the actual height of the great Abraham Lincoln himself-a full 6 foot 4 inches!
Contemporary presidents seem prone to stretch things like the truth. Arf Lovers in it s small way-and at the same time in a very large way -is reminding them to look up to Lincoln and his integrity. And now everyone can actually do that both figuratively and virtually! To see the World’s Tallest Internet Cartoon just click on Long Abraham below:
— C. Yoe (in the funny papers)
