Changing Society: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, February 1912, Part 8
Today’s extracts from the February 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine, focus on some of the changes in society circa 1912. Of course, nearly all these changes are from foreign sources (London, Munich, Paris, Berlin)! Curse those dirty Europeans, for taking Parlor Hour away from us! Click on the above & below pictures, to view them [...]
The Oddly Compelling Interview: Denis Kitchen
Denis Kitchen is special. One of the most influential, respected, and beloved titans of the comics industry, he has the intelligence, ambition, and talent of five men. One career could never suffice to allow full expression of his remarkable abilities. We know him variously as publisher, agent, writer, collector, curator, artist, and founder of the [...]
Clean Cartoonists’ Dirty Drawings in the N. Y. Post!
I’m excited! Carole Postal just let me know that Sunday’s NY POST had a cover feature where they “reached out to some of” their “favorite pop culture junkies” to ask what they would buy these days with a few bucks in their pockets. Jeff Ayers of the Forbidden Planet said, “Craig Yoe’s Clean Cartoonists Dirty [...]
This Day in Arf History: Polly and her Pals Debuts
Created by Cliff Sterrett, Polly was a unique creation. She was one of the first comic-strip heroines and served as a model for later characters. To be sure, Polly served more as a straight-character foil for the comedic adventures of her family: the bumbling Paw, the ever-vindictive Maw, her brother, and their cat. Sterrett’s uniquely [...]
Old Skool Cartoonists Say Cheese, Pt. 11: Cliff Sterrett
First: Let me apologise that the Arf Blog was down for the last 24 hours. Technical difficulties have been solved, fingers crossed. Second: So which Arf Lovers are going to San Diego?!? Who am I going to see? At least come by and say hi during my Fantagraphics signings. But, better yet, buy me a [...]
Old Skool Ink Slinger Say Cheese! Pt. 1: Segar!
I recently added an amazing 1928 strip promo piece to the Arf-chives with vintage cartoonist mini-bios and wonderful period photos. I’ll present one-a-day for the next 15 Arf posts! They’ll be rare photos of heavy hitters like George Herriman, Cliff Sterrett, Chic Young and some fascinating more obscure guy and gal cartoonists, too. But, I’ll [...]
It’s Cartoonists Day!
(click for a closer look) Today is Cartoonists’ Day and Dirk Deppy over at Journalista has a great take on it: “Today is also Go Down On A Cartoonist Day. If you know a cartoonist, are the gender that the cartoonist in question prefers and said cartoonist finds you attractive, then on this day you’re [...]
God Bless Publishers Weekly…
…they made Arf Museum the lead off cover review for their Publishers Weekly Comics site. They had some interesting things to say so I’m reprinting their thoughts for the interst of Arf Lovers everywhere: “Having curated actual museum shows, cartoonist/designer Yoe turns to the print medium to exhibit little known cartoon art. Appropriately, the book [...]
Arf Reviews: Cartoon Brew
Jazzy Jerry Beck says Arf Museum is “cleverly compiled”.The awesome animation blog, Cartoon Brew just ran a review of the new Arf book by co-brewmaster Jerry Beck. You can’t read it below… ” Last year I raved about Craig Yoe’s Modern Arf, but I just got a copy of Yoe’s follow up, Arf Museum, and [...]
