Comments on: CARTOONISTS MAKE BIG MONEY (Mar, 1922) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/28/cartoonists-make-big-money/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:12:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Lidian http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/28/cartoonists-make-big-money/comment-page-1/#comment-1075277 Lidian Sat, 30 Jan 2010 15:14:30 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8951#comment-1075277 Thank you so much once again for a most inspiring ad! http://kitchenretro.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-laugh-means-money.html Thank you so much once again for a most inspiring ad!

http://kitchenretro.blogspot.c.....money.html

]]> By: GaryM http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/28/cartoonists-make-big-money/comment-page-1/#comment-1075273 GaryM Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:44:08 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8951#comment-1075273 "Federal Schools." I guess in the post-World War I years, making people think they had something to do with the federal government was considered an advantage rather than a disadvantage. “Federal Schools.” I guess in the post-World War I years, making people think they had something to do with the federal government was considered an advantage rather than a disadvantage.

]]> By: Toronto http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/28/cartoonists-make-big-money/comment-page-1/#comment-1075251 Toronto Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:28:16 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8951#comment-1075251 Scott- don't look up what Al Capp or Chic Young made, then. You'll get <i>really</i> depressed. Scott- don’t look up what Al Capp or Chic Young made, then. You’ll get really depressed.

]]> By: Scott B. http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/28/cartoonists-make-big-money/comment-page-1/#comment-1075242 Scott B. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:04:41 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8951#comment-1075242 Sad to know that illustrators in the '20s were making more than I make now illustrating. I'd eat a bug to be making 10 grand in 1920's inflation-adjusted dollars. Or even ad-hyperbole-adjusted dollars. Sad to know that illustrators in the ’20s were making more than I make now illustrating. I’d eat a bug to be making 10 grand in 1920′s inflation-adjusted dollars. Or even ad-hyperbole-adjusted dollars.

]]> By: docca http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/28/cartoonists-make-big-money/comment-page-1/#comment-1075187 docca Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:56:30 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8951#comment-1075187 A biography can be found here: http://www.pantagraph.com/special-sections/news/history-and-events/article_56296e82-5bd1-57af-9340-c91cea71586d.html A biography can be found here:

http://www.pantagraph.com/spec.....1586d.html

]]> By: John Savard http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/28/cartoonists-make-big-money/comment-page-1/#comment-1075184 John Savard Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:33:33 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8951#comment-1075184 Yes, I thought I recognized the cartoon character in the ad, and so I searched the Web and found information on that famous old comic. Although still humorous, it introduced the idea of having things happen to the characters in the comic from one day to the next, instead of each strip simply being one new gag in isolation. Yes, I thought I recognized the cartoon character in the ad, and so I searched the Web and found information on that famous old comic. Although still humorous, it introduced the idea of having things happen to the characters in the comic from one day to the next, instead of each strip simply being one new gag in isolation.

]]> By: Toronto http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/28/cartoonists-make-big-money/comment-page-1/#comment-1075183 Toronto Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:04:46 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8951#comment-1075183 Nope - Sid Smith drew "The Gumps" (you can see them in the photo.) That was a pretty popular strip in its day, and it lasted until 1959. They even made a couple of films based on the strip. Nope – Sid Smith drew “The Gumps” (you can see them in the photo.) That was a pretty popular strip in its day, and it lasted until 1959.

They even made a couple of films based on the strip.

]]> By: /\/\ike http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/28/cartoonists-make-big-money/comment-page-1/#comment-1075181 /\/\ike Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:24:42 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8951#comment-1075181 Unfortunately by 1929 his cartoons had degenerated into gag ads for the likes of “Dainty Maid” feminine hygiene products. By the end of 1933 he was reduced to making illustrations for Modern Mechanix. He reportedly was so distraught that he took to drawing square airfields and cartoons of “Whistling Beacons that Mark Airfields for Blind Landings” in a desperate cry for help. Unfortunately by 1929 his cartoons had degenerated into gag ads for the likes of “Dainty Maid” feminine hygiene products. By the end of 1933 he was reduced to making illustrations for Modern Mechanix. He reportedly was so distraught that he took to drawing square airfields and cartoons of “Whistling Beacons that Mark Airfields for Blind Landings” in a desperate cry for help.

]]> By: Myles http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2010/01/28/cartoonists-make-big-money/comment-page-1/#comment-1075171 Myles Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:57:56 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=8951#comment-1075171 Or, you could become a best selling author, they make good money too. Bad proof reading on this one as they forgot the "l" in leading. Or, you could become a best selling author, they make good money too. Bad proof reading on this one as they forgot the “l” in leading.

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