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THOMAS NAST ❦ [1] [2] [3] [4] Nast's Almanac  Harper & Brothers  1874 ❦

Precious Jules (Jules Feiffer) These memoirs will sometimes coincide with other remembrances, so I was reminded that the day I write this, January 26, is the birthday of Jules Feiffer. He was born in 1929. It has been one of the honors of my life to know Jules, to call him a friend, to have worked with him. Knowing Jules is a cheap way of feeling like a whole room-full of people

Chance Browne, son of our beloved friends Dik and Joan Browne, recruited Hagar, Hi & Lois and company, to call out a cheery greeting.  I Heart Comics (Cartoonists’ Get-Well Wishes) by Rick Marschall This column is devoted to my life in comics (so far!) and readers generally expect, as do I, interaction with moldy strips, vintage collectibles, and half-forgotten masters of the art

V I O L E T Can This Be Santa Claus?  Chicago Examiner, Dec 19, 1909 ❄❄❄

An Afternoon in June (William Overgard) by Rick Marschall  A Crowded Life in Cartooning owes a lot to serendipity. June, 1967, a sunny, gorgeous Spring day. I was a high school senior at Northern Valley Regional High School in Old Tappan, NJ. School let out early for seniors, because the senior prom was that night. I started to drive home, thinking this was too beautiful a day to

Theodore Roosevelt, Cartoons, and Me by Rick Marschall Many cartoonists – and toymakers – have adopted the  Teddy Bear through the years. It was first depicted by  Clifford Berryman, who made it his “mascot.” All of these “Crowded Life in Comics” memoirs are personal, by definition, and this week a little more so. The occasion – or excuse – is the 100th anniversary of the death

❄❄❄ Among those Not Present Were Mrs. Katzenjammer and der Captain Rudy Dirks Chicago Examiner Jan 1, 1911 ❄❄❄ ❄❄❄