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 [...]
1913 Armory Show: Cartoons Magazine Centennial 1913
Today is the 100th anniversary of the opening International Exhibition of Modern Art (February 17th to March 15th, 1913) in New York City, better known as the 1913 Armory Show. Presenting Cubist & Futurist Art to the American public, its influence is regarded as a major turning point for American Art. Naturally, as seen in [...]
Teddy Roosevelt: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, May 1912, Part 12
It’s Teddy Time again, as we continue our up-to-the-minute coverage, of the Presidential Election of 1912! Today’s round of jewels, of course come from the May 1912 Centennial issue of Cartoons Magazine! Above, tongue-in-cheek, Saint Teddy Roosevelt, as pictured by cartoonist Fontaine Fox. Below, a set of cartoons by John DeMar (hinting that T.R. might [...]
The Futurist School of Painting: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, April 1912, Part 9
Amongst the events covered in the April 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine, was the Paris and London Exhibitions of “Futurist” Paintings. This art exhibition (as many large art exhibits were) was targeted for parody by cartoonists, who historically both admired the fine artists (and frequently had attempted, but failed, to be one of them), and [...]
