Tuesday, December 10, 2024

GREETINGS FROM C W KAHLES, A HAIRBREADTH FROM IMMORTALITY

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  The Forgotten Comic-Strip Pathfinder by Rick Marschall A Christmas card by C W Kahles, ca 1930, produced for family and fans. Hairbreadth ...
Thursday, December 5, 2024

VIDEO BIOGRAPHY OF LEGENDARY POLITICAL CARTOONIST THOMAS NAST

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  'HOW SANTA CLAUS WON THE CIVIL WAR' -- A SILLY TITLE FOR A SERIOUS PROFILE by Rick Marschall Two years ago I was featured in a tel...
Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Joseph Keppler, in PUCK Magazine, around 1890, made a prediction

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125 Years Ago, PUCK Magazine Speculated on Canada Becoming Part of the United States... by Rick Marschall Canada, and the Colonies-then-USA,...
Monday, November 25, 2024

A Bodacious Birthday -- the First Hillbilly Elegy

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BARNEY GOOGLE'S GOO-GOO-GOOGLY EYES...  AND SNUFFY SMITH'S ASCENSION TO THE THRONE by Rick Marschall The current stars of Barney Goo...
Friday, November 22, 2024

F. OPPER'S THANKSGIVING DILEMMA

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To be a comic artist,  thankful for ONE new idea!  by Rick Marschall The great Frederick Burr Opper was a mainstay of the comic-art staff of...
Monday, November 18, 2024

BARTON IS SUCH SWEET SORROW

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The Candle That Burns Twice As Bright Burns Half As Long by Rick Marschall Ralph Barton and his friend Charlie Chaplin A few words about Ral...
Monday, November 11, 2024

Before Terry AND the Pirates...

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 ORIGINS: THE ROOTS OF MILTON CANIFF -- HIS FIRST PUBLISHED STRIPS by Rick Marschall In 1925 Milton Caniff of Dayton, Ohio, was a senior at ...
Thursday, November 7, 2024

WHEN ELECTION DAY IS CONFRONTED BY DEADLINE DAY

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  How Cartoonists Addressed Presidential Campaigns' Results... BEFORE the Votes Were Taken by Rick Marschall Appropriate to the theme of...
Thursday, October 31, 2024

PERCY CROSBY ASPIRES TO PLAY IN THE MAJOR LEAGUE...

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  Now that the Whirled Series Has Ended --  by Rick Marschall Percy Leo Crosby was born in New York City, on the border between Queens (wher...
Monday, October 28, 2024

AT THE INTERSECTION OF FUNNY AND FUNNY -- CHARLIE CHAPLIN AND BUD FISHER

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 AMERICA'S FAVORITE FUNNY-MAKERS OF THE 1910s MEET by Rick Marschall If a poll had been conducted in the early 'teens in America -- ...