Focus on Cartoonists: Cartoons Magazine Centennial October 1913
“Focus on Cartoonists” catch up continues, with pages from the October 1913 issue of Cartoons Magazine. Above, Luther D. Bradley depicts on the October cover General Victoriano Huerta, who was briefly President of Mexico during the Mexican Revolution. Beneath, an article on cartooning by James H. Shonkwiler. Click on the above & below pictures, to […]
Focus on Cartoonists: Cartoons Magazine Centennial Aug-Sept 1913
Catch up time! Back last Summer, we were having website issues, and I stopped uploading “new” old material for awhile. Once I did return, it’s been with less frequency of posting than I had been before. One reason, is that I simply burned out on scanning, organizing, and posting Cartoons Magazine material — I thought […]
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 […]
Focus on Cartoonists: Cartoons Magazine Centennial June 1913
With the June 1913 issue, Cartoons Magazine made its first major format change. Most immediately obvious, is its reduction in size — shown above, side-by-side, are the May & June issues. While Cartoons Magazine explained this change as having been requested by its readers, I’d far more believe it was because the smaller format was […]
Focus on Cartoonists: Cartoons Magazine Centennial May 1913
Above, a pair of short bios of William Kemp Starrett and Ernest E. Burtt, opens up our monthly Focus on Cartoonists, scanned from the May 1913 issue of Cartoons Magazine. Click on the above & below pictures, to view the cartoons in detail, and read their captions. The May 1913 Comment and Review page below, […]
Focus on Cartoonists: Cartoons Magazine Centennial April 1913
To Close out this year’s April Fools’ Month, we bring our focus not on fools, but on some of the orchestrators of fun — the cartoonists. Above and below are the pages concentrated on cartoonists, from the April 1913 issue of Cartoons Magazine. Above, a brief auto bio written by artist Billy DeBeck, along with […]
Focus on Cartoonists: Cartoons Magazine Centennial 1913
Before we reach month’s end, it’s time we review the Focus on Cartoonists pages from the March 1913 issue of Cartoons Magazine. Above, Robert Minor, Jr. writes about the cartoonist’s art. Click on the above & below pagees, to enlarge and read them. Below, Henry C. Williamson continues his series on 19th century cartooning, writing […]
Focus on Cartoonists: Cartoons Magazine Centennial February 1913
Cartoons Magazine continues its trend to expand its prose articles by and about cartoonists. Gathered here are all the articles from the February 1913 issue. Click on the above & below pages, to display them large enough to read. Above, artist William Kemp Starrett writes about a cartoonist’s day. Below, we have an article written […]
Focus on Cartoonists: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, January 1913
We open our coverage of Cartoons Magazine‘s second year, with the January 1913 prose articles written by or about actual cartoonists of that time. Click on the above & below pages, to see/read larger versions. Above, a page on Edward S. Reynolds and his mascot character, “Tige”, who with time caused Reynolds to become better […]
Focus on Cartoonists: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, December 1912
Without an election to cover, with December 1912, Cartoons Magazine made several alterations in format. One was that with potent subject matter reduced, there is a reduction in the average number of cartoons per page, including a significant increase in the number of full page cartoons. Another change, is a huge jump in the number […]
