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 [...]
Mexican Revolution: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, May 1912, Part 1
Shown here for this year’s Cinco de Mayo posting, we have extracted from the May 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine, those cartoons concerning the ongoing Mexican Revolution of 1910-1920. At this point in 1912, the Revolution is heating up. Cartoons Magazine‘s May 1912 issue, was the first in its run to devote any page space [...]
Constantino Escalante & La Orquesta, 1867
Last year for Cinco de Mayo, we presented two lithographs by artist Constantino Escalante, from the 1867 run of the Mexican comic periodical, La Orquesta. This year, three more. These all were published during the French intervention period in Mexico, during the reign of Emperor Maximilian. No translation (I’d only mess up in the attempt). But even for [...]
Marcha de la cosa pública en México, 1867
In honor of Cinco de Mayo, today, two lithographs by artist Constantino Escalante, from the 1867 run of the Mexican comic periodical, La Orquesta. These were published during the French intervention period in Mexico, the reign of Emperor Maximilian. They are part of a collection of lithographs from that run, that I was lucky enough to obtain [...]
Happy Cinco de Mayo -Google THIS!
I wanted a piece of comic art to respectfully honor Cinco de Mayo, today’s holiday that speaks to the brave Mexicans that defeated the French army. So what better than a Tijuana (Mexico) Bible that features Barney Google “defeating” the French girl Fifi. The art isn’t by the original Google artist, Billy DeBeck (as is [...]
