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 […]
Wall Street Buys the Elections: Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons #109
Above, the front cover of the September 26th, 1896 issue of Up-To-Date. Titled Man and Master, it depicts Corporate Power dictating to workers how they should vote. Art by Champe. Beneath, The Vote That Elects Our President — being the signature in a checkbook, given by the wealthy/corporations, to fund the political campaign they favor […]
Changing Weather: Cartoons Magazine Centennial 1912
Being that time of the year for a change in the weather, we look today at cartoons on that subject, from the October & November 1912 issues of Cartoons Magazine. Click on the above & below pictures, to view the cartoons in detail, and read their captions. Above, we have art by Herbert H. Perry, […]
Military vs. Budget: Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons #105
So hey people, today we start out with cartoons on some actual warships, just a few years prior to 1916! And guess what, they were arguing back then, on whether they had enough ships! And just out, Mitt Romney’s newest round of advertisements, takes his penchance for lying to a whole new level. He has […]
Good Ol’ Days: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, October 1912
Welcome back again to another round of nostalgia for those Good Ol’ Days of one century ago, which we all so fondly remember from our youth (if you’re Methuselah, with selective amnesia). Courtesy of the October 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine. And what would be the paradise of the Good Ol’ Days, without a snake […]
William Howard Taft: Cartoons Magazine Centennial 1912
Other websites may keep you informed of the latest stumbles and sneezes of the candidates, but, only here on SuperI.T.C.H. can you remain up-to-the-century on election details! Today’s focus, embattled incumbent President, William Howard Taft, brought to you courtesy of the October (below) and November 1912 issues of Cartoons Magazine. Above, a page of cartoons […]
Three-Way Partying 3!: Cartoons Magazine Centennial 1912
Back yet again with our up-to-the-century election coverage, via the October and November 1912 issues of Cartoons Magazine, from back in the days when insurgent forces inside the Republican Party split it in two, giving us a major three-way race, plus hope to minor parties that their day might finally be arriving. Above, cartoons involving […]
Teddy Roosevelt Shot!: Cartoons Magazine Centennial 1912
On this date, one century ago, Presidential candidate Teddy Roosevelt was shot while on his way to giving a campaign speech, by would-be assassin John Flammang Schrank. Roosevelt was known for giving long-winded speeches, and it was the thick notes of his speech which slowed down the bullet enough, that T.R.‘s wound was not fatal. […]
Woodrow Wilson: Cartoons Magazine Centennial 1912
From Cartoons Magazine issues of 1912, we have Presidential candidate Woodrow Wilson, depicted as either fighting monopolies (in the page from November 1912, below), or, slyly aligned with them (the above page, from October 1912). Art by Billy DeBeck, Robert Carter, Alfred West Brewerton, and Harry Osborn (above); and Jack Wilson, W.A. Ireland, Phil Porter […]
Women’s Suffrage, Loves, and Life: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, September 1912
From the September 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine, above, a set of Women’s Suffrage cartoons, by Fontaine Fox, J.E. Murphy, and Oscar Cesare. Click on the above & below pictures, to view the cartoons in detail, and read their captions. Below, Teddy Roosevelt shown courting the women’s vote (women could vote in the Presidential election […]
