Focus on Cartoonists: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, May 1912, Part 5
The Cartoons Magazine for May 1912, placed focus on three cartoonists. Above, photos and brief biographies of American cartoonists Fontaine Fox (whose first name they managed to mispell) and William Allen Rogers. Beneath, early work by Danish artist Gerda Wegener (warning to those at work: clicking on her name will bring you to a site [...]
Very Pretty! Trina Robbins and Nell Brinkley
Fantagraphics’ The Brinkley Girls: The Best of Nell Brinkley’s Cartoons From 1913-1940 is seductive and spell-binding, a siren call of exploding color and really, really pretty girls. I know, because my copy was stolen before I paid for it. A woman stalked me in the bookstore and took it as soon as I set [...]
Go To Nell!
Go L(.)(.)K below to see an example of cartoonist Nell Brinkley’s work from my collection. When I ran Nell’s photo (hubba-hubba) a few days ago Arf Lover Michael Burton rightfully wrote in the comments section: “How about showing us some of her drawings?” So, Michael this is a cool and beautiful cover Brinkley did for [...]
Nell Brinkley
Okay, here’s the last photo from that early 1900s series. We get to see that the great artist Nell Brinkley who drew all those beautiful flappers was herself a babe. (click for a closer look)
Dorothy Flack
I realized there is still two more of those early 1900s cartoonists’ photos that I haven’t posted yet. So today you get Dorothy Flack who I don’t know a damn thing about. Trina Robbins and Catherine Yronwode have a small illustration by her in their “Women and the Comics” book. From what I can see, [...]
