CSotD: Classic special: The flapper

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1. f

   Artist: Art Young, appeared in “The Best of Art Young,” Vanguard, 1936.
   My source: Women are Wonderful, edited by William Cole and Florett Robinson, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1956. Page 130.
   (Sometimes having a collection of 1000+ cartoon books comes in handy. That and a memory like a pack rat–I only had to look through two books before I found it. Too bad I can’t remember important stuff, like names, directions, etc.)

2. Mike

   I have a small but devoted following — devoted to cartoons, that is, not to me. Thanks!
   Here are a couple of links, for those who are playing along at home:
   http://www.chicagohistoryjournal.com/2008/06/hell-on-earth-political-cartoonist-art.html
   http://www.marxists.org/subject/art/visual_arts/satire/young/
   and, in general,
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Young
   And, yes, it’s nice to have a kind of trash-can memory, but, as you note, it’s not always of any practical value, though Morey Amsterdam used to say that his career was based on having a good memory for jokes. So far, I haven’t found a way to harness the odd things lodged in my memory, though I did write Quiz Bowl questions for a time … but, alas, as part of a job, not for separate $$$.

3. Mary

   Glad to hear this won’t make the teaching guide for our serial story…but it would be great if one or two cartoons from the era did find there way into the guide.

4. f

   You underestimate yourself, sir. I’ve been following and enjoying your work for years. All right, not as long as I’ve been collecting books (I was given my first (non-cartoon) book for Christmas, 1960, when I was less than two months old), but quite a long time anyway.
   (Sorry for the delay in responding–it’s pollen season here in the DC area, and I’ve been feeling like a pile of old leaves lately.)

5. Mike

   Oh, oh — did you see the “on” at the end of my name? I am often mistaken (in print) for Mike Peters. Never on royalty checks, alas. In fact, this is the second time I’ve gotten to use that joke in a week.

6. f

   Well, if Nellie Bly and RACS ring a bell, you’re the Mike I’m thinking of. If not, then my brain is worse off than I thought. T
   And as long as I’m blathering, do you have a list of the 200 comic strips a day that you follow posted somewhere? I follow about 50, and I’d like to see if we overlap.

7. Mike

   That’s the one. I tend not to think of it as “years” but, yeah, it guess it has been. My list of strips is a little fluid, so I don’t have a list. Maybe sometime I’ll put one together and post it, but I often add new ones and let them run a few months and then drop them. And, to be honest, I’ve got a few that are on the list by virtue of my not taking them off — no names, but I’d be a little reluctant to name them, since, alas, they don’t have a chance of ever making “comic strip of the day.” Still, I live in hope that one of them will suddenly catch fire …