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 [...]
D. J. David B. Spins Comics-Tunes: Alley Oops!
In case you’re just joining us, let us recap, shall we? I.T.C.H. is the International Team of Comics Historians. You need look no further than the top of this page to see I’m not lying. I, D.J. David B., am one of these afore-mentioned historians. I cover the music beat. While the rest of [...]
Draggin’ Cons # 734
Let’s start with this brief but amazing gallery of Steranko X-Men covers from the sixties. http://diversionsofthegroovykind.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-grooviest-covers-of-all-time.html Here Steve-some other Steve, not me-surveys the seventies Atlas weirdie, Planet of the Vampires. http://stevedoescomics.blogspot.com/2012/08/atlas-comics-planet-of-vampires-1.html Here we see a few examples of Tommy Hogg, a newspaper strip from one hundred and seven years ago! http://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2012/08/obscurity-of-day-tommy-hogg.html Finally today, [...]
D. J. David B. Spins Comics-Tunes: Keep On Truckin’
Here at Comics Tunes Tuesdays – the nexus of comics and records – you never know where the comic connection is going to be found. Sometimes it’s a song about a comic strip character, like “Barney Google” (which is about Barney Google, FYI). Sometimes it’s the theme song to an animated cartoon like [...]
General Politics: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, April 1912, Part 10
1912 was one of the most volatile Presidential election years for the G.O.P. The drum beat was as intense as it could sans radio or television. The above group of cartoons — from the April 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine — was already looking towards the end, under the group title of “Seven Months More”. [...]
D. J. David B. Spins Comics-Tunes: Comics Tunes Defined
In case you just tuned in, allow me to explain what we’re doing here and why. Okay? Every Tuesday (unless there’s a power outage), I, D.J. David B., share with the loyal I.T.C.H. readers a piece of musical entertainment that I think you will enjoy. These are songs that mention comic book, comic strip, [...]
General Politics: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, March 1912, Part 8
While the 1912 Presidential Election naturally dominated the first year run of Cartoons Magazine, there was plenty of other political foolishness & scandals happening at that same time. Today’s posting of extracts from its March 1912 third issue, involves these other activities. Above, several never-had-a-chance aspirants to the Presidency, including William Randolph Hearst (newspaper tycoon, [...]
Women’s History Month: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, March 1912, Part 6 / April 1912, Part 0
For today’s extract from Cartoons Magazine, and Women’s History Month, we examine how the March 1912 issue looked at women. Over half of Cartoons Magazine issues have a page or two of Women’s Suffrage cartoons. Naturally, since I wanted a few pages worth, the March 1912 issue doesn’t follow this pattern. March 1912 contains only [...]
D. J. David B. Spins Comics-Tunes: A Trio of Barneys
You might think that this a blatant attempt to give yet another plug to these excellent releases from Yoe Books, Barney Google and The Carl Barks Big Book of Barney Bear. And you’d be right! I’ll use any excuse to promote these terrific volumes. I’ll even go so far [...]
D. J. David B. Spins Comics-Tunes: Barney Bear Is In The House
What am I, a magician? I can’t make things just appear out of the air! I’m a human being, dammit! I have limitations like everyone else. (Possibly more than anyone else.) Why am I mad? You’d be mad too if you wanted to celebrate the new book, The Cark Barks Big Book of [...]
