Focus on Cartoonists: Cartoons Magazine Centennial July 1913
The July 1913 collection of Focus on Cartoonists pages from Cartoons Magazine, is a repeat of last month’s situation — wherein Cartoons Magazine had just changed both its sized and format, and the pages devoted to the cartoonists themselves, find themselves (temporarily) short changed. The pages have become more text than cartoon. The page below [...]
Cinco de Mayo: Mexican Revolution & Cartoons Magazine Centennials, 1913
For this year’s Cinco de Mayo, we have a number of cartoons that appeared in first half of 1913, in various newspapers, and from there were reprinted in Cartoons Magazine. In the Mexican Revolution of 1910-1920, February & March 1913 were particularly volatile. The occupants of the National Palace changed hands several times, inspiring the [...]
Castro Seeks Asylum in the U.S.!: Cartoons Magazine Centennial February 1913
Ousted Venezuelan President Cipriano Castro, that is. Cipriano Castro militarily seized the Presidency of Venezuela in 1899, reigning until, in 1908, he travelled to France to be treated for VD. (And why was France the place to go for this???). He left his fellow military coup compatriot & Vice-President, Juan Vicente Gomez in charge in [...]
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 [...]
Latin America & Pacific Territories: Cartoons Magazine Centennial 1912
WARNING: The below posting includes racially offensive cartoons. Tonight’s Presidential Debate being on Foreign Policy, and, today being the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, together make this a good day to look back at U.S. foreign policy, in 1912, via that year’s Cartoons Magazine. Decisions made today, can have lasting impact far into [...]
Good Ol’ Days: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, October 1912
Welcome back again to another round of nostalgia for those Good Ol’ Days of one century ago, which we all so fondly remember from our youth (if you’re Methuselah, with selective amnesia). Courtesy of the October 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine. And what would be the paradise of the Good Ol’ Days, without a snake [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Good Ol’ Days: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, September 1912
It’s time again for our monthly Cartoons Magazine Centennial Year Good Ol’ Days potpourri, looking back to the September 1912 issue. End of Summer cartoons, above, by Kin Hubbard (creator of Abe Martin) and Ralph Everett Wilder, and below, by Billy DeBeck and others. Click on the above & below pictures, to view the cartoons [...]
The Bull Moose Party vs. the Black Vote: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, September 1912
WARNING: The below posting contains racist cartoons. We’ve shown a few racist cartoons in our chronological presentation of the material that ran in Cartoons Magazine, but this is the largest & worst group of such cartoons thus far. Some people would simply not show them, afraid that giving them wide visibility might perpetuate the attitudes [...]
