July 4th
Somehow, we keep ending up back at July 4th every year, so here we are, yet again! Must be a conspiracy by fireworks manufacturers! New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg must be a reader of SuperITCH (and I apologize for that), as every July 4th, cartoons of a century ago would fill with the joy [...]
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 [...]
Christmas Bills: Cartoons Magazine Centennial 1913
By this time, most of us have gotten socked this January, with the bills we rang up in November/December, for Christmas. It was no different 100 years ago, as these cartoons from the February 1913 issue of Cartoons Magazine attest. Above, cartoonist Billy Ireland on that precise situation. Click on the above & below pictures, [...]
Three-Way Partying 2!: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, September 1912
Welcome back again, to a look at the days when Mr. & Mrs. America decided to flirt with threeways! Above, voters and Uncle Sam alike, find themselves tangled and rope bound with major Party Animals, the Democratic Donkey, Republican Elephant, and Progressive Party Bull Moose. Art by Bronstrup, Doc Hirer Finch, Harry J. Westerman, and [...]
