Bil Keane
...mes and settings revolving around a family with four small children. These cartoons reveal a lighthearted nature that is able to find humor in aspects of Catholic life, such as children getting the words wrong to prayers. Cartoons were published predominantly in The Catholic Standard and Times from the 1980s
Jack Chick (1924-2016)
...Southern Poverty Law Center. Chick Tracts Jack Chick's short pocket-sized cartoon tracts, called Chicklets, were designed to be passed on to others. These cartoons cover a wide range of topics, from basic Gospel stories to the dangers of Catholicism and Islam. The anti-Catholic tracts often framed the pope as the
Civil Rights
Civil Rights Cartoons highlighted the unfair treatment of African-Americans and served as a call-to-action to confront racism in America. Wolf, “Naughty Boy,” September 20, 1957 Wolf compares segregationists to a misbehaving child that needs to be controlled and corrected by American society. McGovern, “I Raised Him from a Puppy,” March
Redpath’s Illustrated Weekly: a rare find
...shortened further to Redpath’s Weekly. This reflected the reduction in the number of illustrations due to rising publication costs. By August 1883, the paper had become more literary and less a vehicle for Irish freedom and social activism with more space devoted to serialized fiction, including French and Russian works