Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons, Part 06: The Merry Go Round of Life
This time out, some cartoons showing the effects, rather than crashes themselves. The Merry Go Round, by Harrison Cady, showing the rich partying on the backs of the working poor who support them — an appropriate image for today’s Wall Street, rescued by all of us, and now raking in huge profits, caring not for [...]
Harrison Cady’s Earth Day…
There may not have been an Earth Day when artist Harrison Cady created these cartoons, but still he spoke to the subject. These cartoons appeared in Life magazine, in 1925 and 1911, respectively. Additionally, not by Harrison Cady, but I feel like adding one of my own comics addressing the subject. Art by Doug Rice & Hilary Barta. Appeared in [...]
When Women Get the Vote
Florence Claxton’s 1870s comic book Adventures of a Woman in Search of Her Rights, which we presented the past four Mondays, was by far the exception to the kinds of cartoons on the subject, drawn, edited and published mostly by men, which were the norm. (Even Leslie Publications, run eventually by Frank Leslie’s widow, knew where its readership stood, [...]
Casting Out Snakes…
For all the snakes and snake-charmers planning to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day in the now traditional manner, we present this cartoon published in the March 19, 2026 issue of Life magazine. Doug Wheeler NYLife
Snow Storm Special…
In honor of this week’s storms on the East Coast, we present this strip by comic artist Frank Bellew, Sr., first published in Life Magazine, on March 15, 1888. Doug Wheeler BellewSr NYLife
