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Clare Briggs
Clare Briggs is a famous cartoonist who lived from 1875 to 1930. Poems by Wilbur Nesbitt.
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John McCutcheon was considered “the Dean of American Cartoonists” in Briggs’ time. He won the Pulitzer Prize for this cartoon from 1931, which lol, is very timely this week.
His most famous cartoon seems to be “[Indian]* Summer” which is worth looking at – it’s on his Wikipedia page – but is definitely a ‘product of its time’ (1912) when it comes to Native Americans. (I.e. it’s definitely racist, but not mean-spirited about it, just ignorant)
*yeah, that other word is the actual title.Report
Couldn’t figure out how to get the link to work before the edit window timed out. This cartoon –
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Wise_Economist_Asks_a_Question.jpgReport
They worked together in Chicago and were reportedly friends. When Briggs left McC did a cartoon about Skinnay moving away. One his costumes snuck into one of my Briggs compilations.Report
When trying to see if that one was on the internet somewhere, came across this one which has all the contemporaries in one place
http://john-adcock.blogspot.com/2014/12/on-websters-wall-thrill-that-comes-once.htmlReport
Could you imagine being that boy!!?!Report
On a tangent, I started drawing cartoons at a relatively young age. I recall my youngest aunt — almost as close to my age as to my father’s — complaining, “He draws squares better freehand than I can with a ruler!”Report