Focus on Cartoonists: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, April 1912, Part 5
Issue four of Cartoons Magazine once again included a focus on the cartoonists whose work they were collecting and reprinting. April 1912 placed its spotlight upon two of the better known cartoonists of the day. Above, a photo and brief biography of Robert Minor, Jr., cartoonist of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, known for his concentration [...]
Freezing!: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, February 1912, Part 2
While the East Coast of the U.S. is doubtful that it will have a Winter this year, Europe is currently plunged into extreme freezing. We continue the celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of Cartoons Magazine, with extracts from the February 1912 issue. Amongst the cartoonists, are Ole May, Clare Briggs and Harry J. Westerman (all [...]
Sports & Concrete Furniture: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, January 1912, Part 7
WARNING: Some of the below cartoons contain racist imagery and slurs. We close out our extracts from the January 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine, with Sports, and Concrete Furniture. Yes, concrete furniture. When I spotted the first cartoon above, I at first thought this was a totally fascetious joke. Then I noticed a second concrete [...]
Cartoons Magazine 1912 Centennial, Part Zero
One of our Christmas presents today, is a preview of our upcoming monthly celebration of Cartoons Magazine‘s Centennial Year. Cartoons Magazine began publication in January 1912, reprinting the editorial cartoons of its day. Naturally, there was a delay of a month or two between a cartoon’s first appearance in the newspapers, and its re-presentation in [...]
Local Vanity Cartoon Books — As We See ‘Em, Part 2
Last Monday, in Part 1, we introduced the As We See ‘Em books, explaining how those appearing in the books, paid to appear in them, caricatured by cartoonists from their city’s local newspaper(s). It was considered good advertising — not only of your business, but of your social status in the community. Below, left-to-right: An eye doctor Bill [...]
Clare Briggs’ Move from Chicago to New York
Last Monday’s post on the pamphlets of the G.H. Lockwood Art School, ended with the booklet A Little Journey to the Home of Briggs the Sky-Rocket, focusing on artist Clare Briggs, and a promise to show the numerous cartoons shown in it, by other cartoonists, in tribute to Briggs. Click on any picture, to see [...]
G.H. Lockwood Art School
Last Monday, we gave the contents of the envelope mailed to prospective students of the W.L. Evans’ School of Cartooning Art. To close out April Fool’s Month, we show a small handful of publications from a second correspondence school of the early 20th century — the G.H. Lockwood Art School. The Lockwood Art School was [...]
April 15th…
Some things never change. We might view these old cartoons from a different perspective, but they still deliver their message. Click on any picture, to see an enlarged version. Still Working at It? Puzzling It Out by Hy Gage Philadelphia Press, April, 1914 Them Poor Rich Folk. A Penny Saved Is a Penny Earned by Richard [...]
With Friends Like That…
Clare Briggs (1875 - 1930), the only cartoonist to have a tobacco named after him, died of pneumonia after suffering lung problems! The tobacco’s slogan? “When a feller needs a friend”!
