April 1st
To open April Fools’ Month, we present two pages from the 1925 collection, Cartoons from Life, in which artist Ellison Hoover uses contemporary comic strip characters to communicate editorial opinions (above), and to “improve” famous paintings (below).
Comic strips involved in these parodies include: Polly and Her Pals; Bringing Up Father; Captain and the Kids (or, Katzenjammer Kids; Krazy Kat; Barney Google; and Oh, Skinnay!.
Click on the above & below pictures, to view the cartoons in detail, and read their captions.
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NYLife
— Doug
