William Jennings Bryan — Secretary of State: Cartoons Magazine Centennial 1913
Amongst the many positions which newly elected President Woodrow Wilson had to pick, was Secretary of State. Wilson, elected in November 1912, would not assume the Presidency until March 1913, and so had plenty of time to make his decisions — and took his time in announcing them. William Jennings Bryan, who had been the [...]
Raising the Funds to Buy the Presidency: Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons #104
Above, Raising the Funds to Buy the Presidency, by artist Joseph Keppler, Sr., depicting Republican fund raisers in the guise of medieval clergy selling indulgences (i.e., back before/during Martin Luther, the church would sell tickets to Heaven, in which people could be absolved for any sin, for enough money “donated” to the church). Implied in [...]
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 [...]
Nelson Harding’s 1912 “A Political Primer”, G thru K
Today, part two of artist Nelson Harding‘s ABC book parody, “A Political Primer”, making fun of Teddy Roosevelt. Found within the magazine-sized booklet, The Political Campaign of 1912 in Cartoons, collecting Harding’s cartoons published in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Doug Wheeler ElectionComics William Randolph Hearst
Woodrow Wilson: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, June 1912, Part 5
Above, from the June 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine, cartoonists Charles Bowers, R.D. Handy, and others, depict the efforts by others to prevent Woodrow Wilson from winning the Democratic nomination for President. Of particular interest, is Handy’s depiction of William Randolph Hearst as the Yellow Kid (an dress cartoonists had been sticking Yellow Kid‘s publisher [...]
The Brandt Affair: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, April 1912, Part 14
I’ve been attempting to dig out specifically what “The Brandt Affair” was, and why artist Zuni Maud and the New York City Yiddish newspaper The Kibitzer, labeled it “anti-semitism”. (P.S., yes, I realize that Cartoons Magazine claims the title is spelled “Kibetzer”, but all other sources I’ve found disagree, and Cartoons also previously named Zuni [...]
General Politics: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, March 1912, Part 8
While the 1912 Presidential Election naturally dominated the first year run of Cartoons Magazine, there was plenty of other political foolishness & scandals happening at that same time. Today’s posting of extracts from its March 1912 third issue, involves these other activities. Above, several never-had-a-chance aspirants to the Presidency, including William Randolph Hearst (newspaper tycoon, [...]
McFadden’s Row of Flats
In honor (a day early) of St. Patrick’s Day, a pair of (non-Outcault authorized) Yellow Kid ephemera. Above, a rear cover advertisement, found on the back of an 1890s music sheet, featuring an obvious Yellow Kid rip-off. Below, the front & back covers plus interior from a flyer advertising one (of several) theatrical versions of [...]
The Dollar or the Man # 1: Gentlemen, Let Me Introduce My Friend
With less than a week to go before the 2010 mid-term elections, Republican Tea Party candidates are riding a wave of voter anger to successfully challenge political incumbents. The Tea Partiers dodge the media and offer sketchy details on what they will do if elected. They struggle to distance themselves from their previous public statements [...]
Old Skool! University of California 1924 Yearbook
Many amateur cartoonists got their first taste of being in print by illustrating their school yearbooks from Boody Rogers to Milton Caniff. But here’s a switch: I imagine William Randolph Hearst was a big donor to the University of California and that it was he who drafted his A-List cartoonists to cartoon what have to [...]
