Focus on Cartoonists: Cartoons Magazine Centennial 1913
Before we reach month’s end, it’s time we review the Focus on Cartoonists pages from the March 1913 issue of Cartoons Magazine. Above, Robert Minor, Jr. writes about the cartoonist’s art. Click on the above & below pagees, to enlarge and read them. Below, Henry C. Williamson continues his series on 19th century cartooning, writing [...]
Women’s Suffrage: Cartoons Magazine Centennial 1912
We’re approaching both Halloween and next week’s election. What could be scarier subject for male Republican candidates than Women’s Suffrage(given how often they’re prone to make the colossal mistake of letting slip what their true opinions are)? All pages extracted from the October & November 1912 issues of Cartoons Magazine. Click on the above & [...]
Teddy Roosevelt: Cartoons Magazine Centennial 1912
As we approach the Grand Finale of our political circus, SuperI.T.C.H. strives to keep you up on every twist & turn — from one century ago. Today our focus swings back to former U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt, seeking to return for a third term. He was running against not only the Democrats, but also against [...]
Military vs. Budget: Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons #105
So hey people, today we start out with cartoons on some actual warships, just a few years prior to 1916! And guess what, they were arguing back then, on whether they had enough ships! And just out, Mitt Romney’s newest round of advertisements, takes his penchance for lying to a whole new level. He has [...]
William Howard Taft: Cartoons Magazine Centennial 1912
Other websites may keep you informed of the latest stumbles and sneezes of the candidates, but, only here on SuperI.T.C.H. can you remain up-to-the-century on election details! Today’s focus, embattled incumbent President, William Howard Taft, brought to you courtesy of the October (below) and November 1912 issues of Cartoons Magazine. Above, a page of cartoons [...]
Raising the Funds to Buy the Presidency: Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons #104
Above, Raising the Funds to Buy the Presidency, by artist Joseph Keppler, Sr., depicting Republican fund raisers in the guise of medieval clergy selling indulgences (i.e., back before/during Martin Luther, the church would sell tickets to Heaven, in which people could be absolved for any sin, for enough money “donated” to the church). Implied in [...]
General Politics: Cartoons Magazine Centennial 1912
As we approach Election’s end, I’m bringing in pages from the November as well as the October 1912 issues of Cartoons Magazine, so post-Election, we’ll be free of politics for awhile. Today, pages addressing mostly the non-Presidential level of the 1912 Election. Above, from October 1912, art by William Kemp Starrett, Robert Satterfield, and Cy [...]
Woodrow Wilson: Cartoons Magazine Centennial 1912
From Cartoons Magazine issues of 1912, we have Presidential candidate Woodrow Wilson, depicted as either fighting monopolies (in the page from November 1912, below), or, slyly aligned with them (the above page, from October 1912). Art by Billy DeBeck, Robert Carter, Alfred West Brewerton, and Harry Osborn (above); and Jack Wilson, W.A. Ireland, Phil Porter [...]
Election Cash: Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons #101: Cartoons Magazine Centennial 1912
The Supreme Court having thrown Campaign Reform laws back one hundred years or more, we take a look at the influence of corporate money on elections, one century past, via the the editorial cartoons found in the September 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine. Above, the front cover, with inset cartoon by Harry J. Westerman. Click [...]
Nothing Changes About Congress: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, September 1912
From the September 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine, we see that a century has made little difference in the workings of Congress. In 1912, the Republican Party split in two at the Presidential level, with supporters of Taft remaining with the G.O.P., and the insurgents in league with T.R., forming the new Progressive Party. Herbert [...]
