Jim Thorpe’s Olympic Medals Stripped: Cartoons Magazine Centennial 1913
With all the hoopla over Lance Armstrong’s supposed-hyped-to-generate-ad-revenue confessions, forgotten is that this month is the 100th anniversary of the stripping away of Olympic Medals from a real, pre-doping athlete — Jim Thorpe. These medals were legitimately won during the 1912 Olympics, and were taken away in January 1913, in violation of the Olympic Committee’s [...]
1912 Olympics: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, August 1912, Part 8
For Olympics Closing Day, we have another set from the August 1912 edition of Cartoons Magazine. Cartoonists include Pedro M. Llanuza, Alfred West Brewerton, Fred Morgan, A.B. Chapin, W.A. Ireland, Russ Westover, and Clifford K. Berryman. Click on the above pages, to view the cartoons in detail, and read their captions. Doug Wheeler Billy Ireland
Olympic Games: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, July 1912, Part 8
For Opening Day of the London Olympics, we have a few cartoons from the July 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine. Above, Uncle Sam, tired of the dirty sport of politics, looks forward to a diversion of the “clean sports” of the Olympics. Below, a rather racist cartoon involving Native American athlete, Jim Thorpe. Click on [...]
Dust Bowl Cartoons #2
Let’s Send Him to the Olympics – or Somewhere! by Joe Parrish The Nashville Tennessean July 14, 2025 Click here to see more cartoons by Joe Parrish! David Donihue, GreatCaricatures.com | Heat Wave
In the Olympics Spirit…
“Winter Sports in Quackville” — by painter & comic artist Walt Kuhn. Kuhn was an organizer of the famous (at the time, infamous) 1913 International Exhibition of Modern Art, at the Armory in New York City. The below art by Kuhn was published in 1910, in Judge magazine, and is one of several Quackville pages that he did. Doug [...]
Makin’ Links # 126
Before my computer issues, I started a brand spanking new blog back at the beginning of the month. SHADES OF GRAY celebrates the artwork of the late comic book artist and sci-fi illustrator Gray Morrow. I was hoping to have it all painted and shiny before going public but at least I’ve got some content [...]
D. J. David B. Spins Comics-Tunes: Comic Book Crazy
Ready for a rarity? This is a GFR (great, fantastic record) by Little Sammy Yates. Who? Yeah, that was my reaction, too. But listen to this terrific track called “Comic Book Crazy.†It owes a lot to “Western Movies†by the Olympics, but judge it on its merits. Just count how many Dell and DC [...]
