Saturday, January 28, 2023
Herriman Saturday: May 14 1910
May 14 1910 -- Herriman runs the prejudice gauntlet here, calling Jack Johnson -- if I get this right -- a womanizer, a glutton, a scofflaw, a dandy, a money-grubber, a laughingstock, and a pretender to wisdom. All of which, in this cartoon, are looked upon as positive character traits by black mothers.
Nice job George, hope you slept well after drawing this one.
Labels: Herriman's LA Examiner Cartoons
Comments:
Jackson as a dandy trailed by worshipful children seems to echo this 1904 Charles Dana Gibson drawing. A deliberate reference to a popular image or were they both drawing on a real-life cliche?
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