April 1st
To open April Fools’ Month, we present two pages from the 1925 collection, Cartoons from Life, in which artist Ellison Hoover uses contemporary comic strip characters to communicate editorial opinions (above), and to “improve” famous paintings (below). Comic strips involved in these parodies include: Polly and Her Pals; Bringing Up Father; Captain and the Kids [...]
Clare Briggs’ Move from Chicago to New York
Last Monday’s post on the pamphlets of the G.H. Lockwood Art School, ended with the booklet A Little Journey to the Home of Briggs the Sky-Rocket, focusing on artist Clare Briggs, and a promise to show the numerous cartoons shown in it, by other cartoonists, in tribute to Briggs. Click on any picture, to see [...]
G.H. Lockwood Art School
Last Monday, we gave the contents of the envelope mailed to prospective students of the W.L. Evans’ School of Cartooning Art. To close out April Fool’s Month, we show a small handful of publications from a second correspondence school of the early 20th century — the G.H. Lockwood Art School. The Lockwood Art School was [...]
