Interesting history of one particular arresting image by Tsunehisa Kimura

Obama as Stay at Home Dad for Newsweek by Tomer Hanuka

velvetglass:

The Call of Cthulhu Cover by ~DrFaustusAU

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Dorothy P. Lathrop’s illustrations for THE THREE MULLA MULGARS by Walter de la MAre

lizadonnelly:

 The text you quote about Shermund is from my book, “Funny Ladies: THe New Yorker’s Greatest Women Cartoonists and Their Cartoons” (Prometheus Books).  I love Barbara Shermund’s work, and was so glad to find information on her from my book—but it was like finding a needle in a haystack. Her work in the early years (1925-1935) was pithy and modern. This cover is only a  representation of her drawing…her ideas were wonderful! Thanks for posting!

ladiesmakingcomics:

Heidi MacDonald tweet-pointed me to a very neat write-up about an unsung New Yorker cartoonist, Barbara Shermund.

Born in San Francisco in 1899 to artistic parents (her father was an architect), Ms. Shermund studied at The California School of Fine Arts before heading east, at the age of twenty-six, to New York. She told Colliers that her initial visit east became permanent “after she had eaten up her return fare.” In June of that very year, she made her debut at the four month old New Yorker with a cover of a young woman sporting a hip hairdo, eyes closed, resting her arm over a railing, against a black sky peppered with stars. In a year’s time her cartoons, many if not most of which were written by her, were appearing in nearly every issue of the magazine….

“Barbara Shermund was one of the more prolific cartoonists of the early New Yorker. Her breezy drawing style and humor reflected the new attitudes of urban women in the twenties and thirties, and she can be considered one of the early feminist cartoonists. The New Yorker sought to appeal to both men and women with its humor, and Shermund, along with other women cartoonists of the magazine, were groundbreakers in that regard, creating cartoons from a woman’s perspective that could be enjoyed by all. Her cartoons were irreverent, sassy, and a true reflection of her times.”

Having never heard of her before, I’m having a really good time flicking through what I can find of hers.  Her visual jokes are masterful, and her punchlines are actually funny, not just “New Yorker” funny!

And yet again, the gears get rolling in my brain—it’s easy to forget some of the most ubiquitous sources of comics and cartoons. Time to scour the New Yorker archives!

(Source: ladiesmakingcomics)