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 [...]
Fourth of July Fireworks: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, August 1912, Part 0.1 + Others
Appropriate for the day, a few cartoons focused on fireworks and their danger. Above, from the Election of 1884, and the July 2nd, 1884 rear cover of Puck magazine, artist Frederick Burr Opper depicts G.O.P. Presidential candidate James G. Blaine as a flashy, rising firework, in He Goes Up Like a Rocket, and He Will [...]
D. J. David B. Spins Comics-Tunes: Music To Burp With
Is Mad a magazine or a comic book? It features comic panels and cartoon art like a comic book, yet it’s magazine-sized. Which is it? These are the kinds of questions that keep us up at night here at Comics Tunes HQ. After tossing and turning for many sleepless nights we’ve come to [...]
The Day We Celebrate
Artist Livingston Hopkins’ July 4th page for 1874 — The Day We Celebrate. From the front page of the July 3rd, 1874 edition of the (New York) Daily Graphic. (NOTE: You may click on the picture above, to open a version large enough to read.) For the July 4th Hopkins page posted last year, click [...]
COMIC BOOK COMPULSIVE — USA Is Ready
USA is ready is definitely one of the more unusual comic books published during the Golden Age of Comics. Even before the end of the war there were comics that purported to contain non-fiction materials, usually biographies of famous people and true crime stories. But as far as I can tell the earliest example of a [...]
The Biggest Loafer of Them All: Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons, Part 61
As Congress returns from its July 4th Recess today, and assumably resumes their debate on the Wall Street / Financial Reform legislation… (and, if they aren’t resuming it today, how about we label them the Second Biggest Loafers???)… following is a reminder from Great Depression I, of precisely who (apparently in both Depressions), The Biggest [...]
MAKIn’ LINKs # 224
The biggest comics-related news in recent days has been the revelations regarding the late Will Eisner’s testimony in the legendary Superman vs Wonderman trial of the early 1940′s. The Comics Detective has done a splendid job of unearthing this story. http://thecomicsdetective.blogspot.com/2010/07/dc-vs-victor-fox-testimony-of-will.html The July 4th weekend reminds all of us old-timers of summer comic book conventions, [...]
Professor Tigwissel’s Glorious Fourth (2nd Appearance by Name)
During the 19th and early 20th centuries, the Fourth of July was commonly referred to as “The Glorious Fourth”. American comic periodicals often published cartoons both to honor of the day, and to celebrate its self-inflicted injuries via fireworks. Cartoonist Livingston Hopkins, who wrote/illustrated a Comic History of the United States was a frequent contributor [...]
It’s Wacky Wonder Woman Wednesday!-July 4th Edition
I was out at the Fourth of July parades today looking for Wacky Wonder Women for you dear Arf Lover. Here, I’m giving you my best shot. Happy Fourth!
Uncle Sam + July 4th
Always been fascinated by the old fart, Uncle Sam, ever since i got turned onto cartooning as a young teen. The only time I drew him, though, was when the below image came to me totally realized in a deep, fitfull dream a couple of nights after 9/11. I had been working on my book [...]
