The Taylor Morse Collection


Kirk Taylor was nice enough to pass on this interesting link. He has put up a website on largely forgotten cartoonist Wesley Morse. The website features images from the Taylor Morse collection, a collection of art found in the personal scrapbooks of 1920’s chorus girl Avonne Taylor, who inspired the artwork. Morse is best known for creating and drawing Bazooka Joe, and for drawing many of the better-drawn Tijuana bibles (Morse is featured in Craig Yoe‘s recent book Clean Cartoonist’s Dirty Drawings). Kirk is also working on a book on Morse, which sounds like it should be a very interesting read. Go see the site here.

Crumbling Paper: Jimmy – He Stops the Noise (strip #7)

Here’s an example I scanned of Jimmy aka Little Jimmy from 1904 by Jimmy Swinnerton. That lady upstairs knows how to throw a party!

Click the image to view the full strip.

Click here to read more examples of Little Jimmy at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read examples of Swinnerton’s Mr. Jack at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read examples of Swinnerton’s Mr. Batch at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read examples of Swinnerton’s Mr. Jack at The Stripper’s Guide

Read an article from 1906 about Jimmy Swinnerton at The Stripper’s Guide.

See an example of Swinnerton’s Mount Ararat (second series) at The Stripper’s Guide.

See examples of Swinnerton’s An Embarrassing Moment at The Stripper’s Guide.

See examples of Swinnerton’s Canyon Kiddies, Mr. Jack, Mount Ararat and Little Jimmy, as well as some of his landscape paintings, on Coconino Classics.

See examples of a variety of strips by Swinnerton at Ohio State University’s Newspaper Cartoon Artists online exhibit.

Click here to read about Jimmy Swinnerton at lambiek.net.

Click here to read more about Little Jimmy at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

Click here to read more about Jimmy Swinnerton at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

THE CARTOON CRYPT: Doctor of Forest and Brave Warrior of Sanitary Gown

THE CARTOON CRYPT

Another mysterious old Japanese cartoon from YouTube… this one is titled 森のお医者と白衣の勇士, which Babel Fish translates as Doctor of Forest and Brave Warrior of Sanitary Gown. The cartoon part starts a quarter of the way in. I like how the Brave Warrior of Sanitary Gown seems to be saluting a monkey.

Interesting Links: April 10th, 2008

Crumbling Paper: Mamma Takes Jimmy to Papa’s Office (strip #6)

Here’s an example I scanned of Jimmy aka Little Jimmy from 1904 by Jimmy Swinnerton.

Click the image to view the full strip.

Click here to read more examples of Little Jimmy at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read examples of Swinnerton’s Mr. Jack at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read examples of Swinnerton’s Mr. Batch at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read examples of Swinnerton’s Mr. Jack at The Stripper’s Guide

Read an article from 1906 about Jimmy Swinnerton at The Stripper’s Guide.

See an example of Swinnerton’s Mount Ararat (second series) at The Stripper’s Guide.

See examples of Swinnerton’s An Embarrassing Moment at The Stripper’s Guide.

See examples of Swinnerton’s Canyon Kiddies, Mr. Jack, Mount Ararat and Little Jimmy, as well as some of his landscape paintings, on Coconino Classics.

See examples of a variety of strips by Swinnerton at Ohio State University’s Newspaper Cartoon Artists online exhibit.

Click here to read about Jimmy Swinnerton at lambiek.net.

Click here to read more about Little Jimmy at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

Click here to read more about Jimmy Swinnerton at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

Interesting Links: April 9th, 2008

Crumbling Paper: Jimmy – He Keeps Clean (strip #5)

Here’s an example I scanned of Jimmy aka Little Jimmy from 1905 by Jimmy Swinnerton.

Click the image to view the full strip.

Click here to read more examples of Little Jimmy at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read examples of Swinnerton’s Mr. Jack at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read examples of Swinnerton’s Mr. Batch at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read examples of Swinnerton’s Mr. Jack at The Stripper’s Guide

Read an article from 1906 about Jimmy Swinnerton at The Stripper’s Guide.

See an example of Swinnerton’s Mount Ararat (second series) at The Stripper’s Guide.

See examples of Swinnerton’s An Embarrassing Moment at The Stripper’s Guide.

See examples of Swinnerton’s Canyon Kiddies, Mr. Jack, Mount Ararat and Little Jimmy, as well as some of his landscape paintings, on Coconino Classics.

See examples of a variety of strips by Swinnerton at Ohio State University’s Newspaper Cartoon Artists online exhibit.

Click here to read about Jimmy Swinnerton at lambiek.net.

Click here to read more about Little Jimmy at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

Click here to read more about Jimmy Swinnerton at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.