Comments on: 19th century political cartoons reveal timeless scumbaggery of US senators http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/19th-century-politic.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 11:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/19th-century-politic.html#comment-745740 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745740 The 'lady' on the left makes me think of a quote from The Lion in Winter. "Imagine snuggling to a chancred whore, and bending back your lips into something like a smile saying, 'yes, I love you, and I find you beautiful.'" The ‘lady’ on the left makes me think of a quote from The Lion in Winter. “Imagine snuggling to a chancred whore, and bending back your lips into something like a smile saying, ‘yes, I love you, and I find you beautiful.’”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/19th-century-politic.html#comment-746300 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-746300 Read The Gilded Age. 19th century government scumbaggery was certainly no secret to Mark Twain. Regards, M. Ilard Read The Gilded Age. 19th century government scumbaggery was certainly no secret to Mark Twain.

Regards,
M. Ilard

]]> By: jw3 http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/19th-century-politic.html#comment-746047 jw3 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-746047 #8: You may be thinking of Punch, the British humor magazine which started in the 1840s, and published until a few years ago, sez Wikipedia. The same source also says Puck was published in the U-S (there was a very short-lived British edition) from the 1870s until 1918 --- it was owned for its final two years by the Hearst newspaper chain. As a child in the 60s, I remember our household getting the Sunday edition of the Chicago American, a former Hearst paper that had been bought up by the Tribune. Its Sunday comics section featured the Puck logo, including the old magazine's motto, "What Fools These Mortals Be". No cartoons on the order of Joseph Keppler, though. #8: You may be thinking of Punch, the British humor magazine which started in the 1840s, and published until a few years ago, sez Wikipedia. The same source also says Puck was published in the U-S (there was a very short-lived British edition) from the 1870s until 1918 — it was owned for its final two years by the Hearst newspaper chain.

As a child in the 60s, I remember our household getting the Sunday edition of the Chicago American, a former Hearst paper that had been bought up by the Tribune. Its Sunday comics section featured the Puck logo, including the old magazine’s motto, “What Fools These Mortals Be”. No cartoons on the order of Joseph Keppler, though.

]]> By: JonStewartMill http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/19th-century-politic.html#comment-745327 JonStewartMill Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745327 Some things never change. We are royally Pucked. Some things never change. We are royally Pucked.

]]> By: Terry http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/19th-century-politic.html#comment-745366 Terry Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745366 And here we all thought corruption in public office was a twentieth century phenomenon. We also thought ours was the first generation to enjoy sex. And here we all thought corruption in public office was a twentieth century phenomenon.

We also thought ours was the first generation to enjoy sex.

]]> By: robcat2075 http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/19th-century-politic.html#comment-745625 robcat2075 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745625 How does he actually document "most famous cartoonist in America"? Or is that just a made-up factoid like the one about Seabiscuit being the most followed news event of the 1930's? My guess would have been Thomas Nast as most famous. How does he actually document “most famous cartoonist in America”? Or is that just a made-up factoid like the one about Seabiscuit being the most followed news event of the 1930′s?

My guess would have been Thomas Nast as most famous.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/19th-century-politic.html#comment-745889 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745889 I wonder who the Limbaugh and Beck of the age were and what outrageous idiocy they spouted. You know they had to be there. I wonder who the Limbaugh and Beck of the age were and what outrageous idiocy they spouted. You know they had to be there.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/19th-century-politic.html#comment-745380 Stefan Jones Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745380 This scumbaggery led to the 17th Amendment -- direct election of senators. Which some in the GOP would like to see overturned. This scumbaggery led to the 17th Amendment — direct election of senators.

Which some in the GOP would like to see overturned.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/19th-century-politic.html#comment-745908 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745908 I thought Puck was British. If these are two different publications, which preceded the other? I thought Puck was British. If these are two different publications, which preceded the other?

]]> By: Sekino http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/19th-century-politic.html#comment-745416 Sekino Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745416 <i>In 1882, Puck's editor, H.C. Brunner wrote, "There must be something wrong, either in the laws or social system, by which one man can acquire so much wealth and power to the detriment of other men."</i> Welcome to 130 years later: Plus ça change, plus c'est la meme chose :( In 1882, Puck’s editor, H.C. Brunner wrote, “There must be something wrong, either in the laws or social system, by which one man can acquire so much wealth and power to the detriment of other men.”

Welcome to 130 years later: Plus ça change, plus c’est la meme chose :(

]]> By: kentakun http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/19th-century-politic.html#comment-746221 kentakun Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-746221 These drawings are fantastic. What struck me, though, was that although these people were obviously well-known in the US at the time (in fact, the movers and shakers of the age), how many of them have you ever heard of? How many of the blowhards and airheads and timeservers who clog up the news channels like cholesterol in 2010 will anyone recognize or care about or rate even a footnote in 100 years' time? Besides being great art, these drawings are a reality check. These drawings are fantastic. What struck me, though, was that although these people were obviously well-known in the US at the time (in fact, the movers and shakers of the age), how many of them have you ever heard of? How many of the blowhards and airheads and timeservers who clog up the news channels like cholesterol in 2010 will anyone recognize or care about or rate even a footnote in 100 years’ time? Besides being great art, these drawings are a reality check.

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