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 [...]
COMIC BOOK COMPULSIVE — El Bombo Comics #1
As I have confessed in the past I am no expert when it comes to funny comics. I was strictly a superhero/adventure guy growing up and while I would like to think I’m learning I’ll happily admit I still know almost nothing about the subject. I know what I like though and I like the [...]
Bringing Up Father & Katzenjammer Kids Plays
This week in our ongoing Theatrical Cartoons series, a few examples of ads for plays based on popular comic strip series. Above, a flyer for Bringing Up Father in Gay New York, based on the newspaper strip by George McManus. Below, two more Bringing Up Father ads, this time in the form of ink blotters. [...]
