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Puck was the first successful humor magazine in the United States of colorful cartoons, caricatures and political satire of the issues of the day. It was founded in 1876 as a German-language publication by Joseph Keppler , an Austrian immigrant cartoonist. [ 1 ]
His best-known works appeared in Viennese satirical magazines such as Kikeriki and Der Floh, and in the American magazine Puck. [2] Puck was the first magazine to print cartoons in color. [3] Many of Graetz's cartoons were political, targeting issues of government responsibility and public health and urging social change.
Keppler's 1889 cartoon depicts monopolists as dominating American politics as the "Bosses of the Senate". The Bosses of the Senate is an American political cartoon by Joseph Keppler, [1] [2] published in the January 23, 1889, issue of Puck magazine. [3] [4] The cartoon depicts the United States Senate as a body under the control of "captain of ...
In one of his cartoons entitled "Looking Backward" (Puck, January 11, 1893), he depicted a group of nouveau riche hypocritally protesting the arrival of an eastern European immigrant—notwithstanding the fact that the "protesters" themselves had been immigrants or sons of immigrants. [11] Initially Keppler drew all the Puck cartoons.
He returned to Puck in 1885, and continued his attacks on Jews. Wales was the only prominent caricaturist of the newer school who was born in America. He was clever at portraiture, and produced some excellent cartoons, according to contemporary scholarship. [2]
Udo J. Keppler (April 4, 1872 – July 4, 1956), known from 1894 as Joseph Keppler Jr., was an American political cartoonist, publisher, and Native American advocate.The son of cartoonist Joseph Keppler (1838–1894), who founded Puck magazine, the younger Keppler also contributed cartoons, and became co-owner of the magazine after his father's death, when he changed his name to Joseph Keppler.
Louis Dalrymple (January 19, 1866 – December 28, 1905) was an American cartoonist, known for his caricatures in publications such as Puck, Judge, and the New York Daily Graphic. Born in Cambridge, Illinois , he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts , and the Art Students League of New York , and in 1885 became the chief cartoonist ...
Gillam's cartoons on James G. Blaine during the 1884 US presidential campaign played a large part in Grover Cleveland's election to office. " Phryne before the Chicago Tribunal ", also known as "The Tattooed Man", which appeared in the Puck issue of June 4, 1884, showed Blaine's body covered in tattoos detailing corruption charges from his ...