I got a surprise in the mail from my good friend Dick Buchanan: a copy of The All American Art -- Cartooning, which originally was published in 1944. This is the 12th printing from 1958. It's always fun to dive into this old world from the golden days of cartooning.
Don Herold drew the cover, and the interior has many of the cartoonists of the day represented. And some of them comment about their work. The book opens with an uncredited essay, "The Theory of Humor." There are also sections on pen and brush exercises, anatomy, draping, the comic strip, what they call "single box comics" (gag cartoons), political cartoons, sports cartoons, caricature and so on.
Below are a few selections from the 64 page book, as well as the entire gag cartoon section. Thanks again, Dick!
As usual, there are some cartoons that are not politically correct, such as this first one. Others, like Ned Hilton's, reference something that was going on in 1944 (rationing) but is now a thing of the past.
If this is the Garrity I think it is, he would go on to be The New Yorker's cartoon editor.
A Barbara Shermund cartoon from Esquire. Do read Caitlin McGurk's recent biography of Ms. Shermund.
Otto Soglow from Collier's Magazine:
A few pages of basic cartoony anatomy. Artist uncredited.
This is the only time I have ever seen instruction on page breaks or spot illustrations. No artist credited.
A cartoon by Richard Taylor, as well as an essay by him opens the "Spot or Gag Cartoons" section.
William Steig, Whitney Darrow, Jr.
Syd Hoff, Rodney DeSarro, Jay Irving:
Hilda Terry, Don Herold, Virgil Partch.
Gluyas Williams, Irving Roir, George Wolfe, Halpert.
Frank Beaven, Mischa Richter.
Baer, John Groth, Lawrence Lariar.
John Milligan, Gardner Rea, David Huffine, Crockett Johnson.
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