Google announced this week that it is hosting the photo repository for Life Magazine. The index is completely searchable by name and many are finding photos of famous cartoonists. The Aaugh Blog found four photos of Charles M. Schulz with family, friends; Three Men in a Tub found a photo of Johnny Hart. I found some interesting pictures of a young (he looked almost like a teenager) Bill Mauldin the day he returned home from the war.
Here’s Friday’s diversion assignment. Search Google’s Life Magazine repository for one of your heroes or interesting historical cartoonist and post the link in the comments.
Army Sgt. Bill Mauldin, 23, a pulitzer prize-winning war cartoonist, happily holding his 22-month old son Bruce Patrick on his 1st day home from the war.
I know there were a couple of people who used to show up in Life stories quite frequently.
There are three pages of Google images of Al Capp:
http://images.google.com/images?q=%22al+capp%22&q=source%3Alife
A few of Milton Caniff (including a cover of Time!):
http://images.google.com/images?q=%22milton+caniff%22&q=source%3Alife
And here are a couple of my hero, Walt Kelly:
http://images.google.com/images?q=%22walt+kelly%22&q=source%3Alife
There’s some great pics of Thurber in there, at work, some I’ve never seen before. Thanks for the news.
Charles Addams, who always looks more normal than I expect him to…
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=charles+addams+source%3Alife&btnG=Search+Images
Herb L. Block
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?q=herblock+source:life&imgurl=3b02b5431d4cc7c5
and I thought my desk was messy
This one is priceless.
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=walt+kelly+source:life+source:life&imgurl=3285a54eac213726
He’s one of the three men who lived during the 20th Century that I wished I’d met.
How about this one?
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=d70c2f63db075fc6&q=comic+strip+source:life&usg=__QgF6e65V98VSp5wosLKoPWBpGkE=&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcomic%2Bstrip%2Bsource:life%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff
From 1949 … Cartoonist Chester Gould sitting on wall beside cemetery where he “buried” vanquished villians from his “Dick Tracy” comic strip
All of the 1950s images on their main page are of Walt Disney and the Disney studio – http://images.google.com/images?q=1950s+Walt+Disney+source:life
My all time favorite Life photo…I went steady with this cover for 6 months when I was 10.
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?imgurl=298542de83a80574&q=sophia+loren+life+cover+source:life&usg=__LfKB_QrVKRfZAd4dxYIqVKXNDpY=&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsophia%2Bloren%2Blife%2Bcover%2Bsource:life%26hl%3Den
Is she the cartoonist for playboy? or maybe playgirl?
More like the centerfold.