Health Care
Today being the Supreme Court’s ruling on Health Care, I’ve quick thrown together a few related cartoons.
Above, artist Syd Hoff‘s take on the Supreme Court, from his 1935 Great Depression I era book, The Ruling Clawss, collecting samples of his cartoons previously published in The Daily Worker.
Click on the above & below cartoons, to enlarge them, and view them in greater detail.
Beneath, with art by Dan Napoli, an insurance ad for World War I soldiers and their families, run in Uncle Sam’s Regulars on the Rhine, issue 5. I’m not quite certain whether this booklet was published during the war, or slightly after, but it’s one of the earlier titles amongst pamphlets sold by disabled & unemployed WW I veterans, to help support themselves.
The above & beneath cartoons come from separate issues of the unemployed WW I veterans’ pamphlet sereies, titled My Buddie Boy Wit and Goodwill In and Out of Hospital. The above is from the rear cover of issue 4, while below is from the rear cover of an unnumbered issue. A black & white version of the same beneath art, was used as the front cover on another pamphlet.
Above, Life in a Big Hospital, from inside another unemployed & disabled WW I veterans booklet — Doughboys’ Fun and Facts In and Out of Service.
While below, from Uncle Sam’s Regulars on the Rhine number 5, artist Jimmy Meehan depicts a wealthy war profiteer, who wants an unemployed veteran removed from his sight before he feels too much sympathy for him.
Since our conservative activist Supreme Court has in so many recent rulings sought to return the U.S. to pre-Teddy Roosevelt 19th century Robber Barons days, I felt it appropriate to throw in a few early 19th century cartoons, when the rich truly behaved as royalty, ruling the masses with wealth, and the power they purchased it with.
The above & below images come from the third issue of the American Scraps, self-published in 1832 by artist David Claypoole Johnston. In “The Test of Friendship” above, the “test” is the righteousness of not helping a friend get up; below, Claypoole’s version of “A Fit of the Blue Devils” (being sick), obviously “inspired” (ahem) by a very similar, earlier Cruikshank cartoon.
Finally, below, the first three panels from artist William Heath‘s serialized series, Essay on Modern Medical Education. The series (along with several others) ran in Heath’s cartoon sheet publication, Glasgow Looking Glass. These panels are from issue Six, August 18th, 1825. Since I’ve now begun the series, I guess I should continue it — just as I’m sure the Health Care debate in this country, will continue.
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— Doug
