- Don Martin

1925 John Held, Jr. art for "College Humor" magazine

Beautiful covers by kinda forgotten cartoonist Don Herold an early master of minimalism in cartooning a lot of his drawings take whatever is being depicted and boil them down to the simplest shapes to near stick figure proportions but you can tell he knows how to exaggerate the simplicity to make good gags.

Karl Arnold

February 1952

Parisian social life: French artist, Louis Legrand (1863-1951).

Sergei Lodygin (1893-1961), 'Орхидея' (Orchid), 1917

Wow! Its been a whole year ngl I never thought I’d ever really make it this far but hey thanks for all the folks who enjoy my reblogs and stuff tbh this blog isn’t as active as I’m trying to focus more on my Osamu Tezuka focused blog @cartoonbrain but thx for everyone who enjoys this one maybe I’ll come back to this old place soon.

Beautiful page from St.Nicholas Magazine by Walt Kelly creator of the comic strip Pogo and Disney Animator you can see some influence from Harrison Cary with this crowd shot.

William Edward Frost, 1810-1877

A Siren, n/d, oil on panel, 23.5x17 cm

Private Collection