Monday, July 24, 2006

T. S. Sullivant

I have stumbled upon this classical cartoonist only in the last 20 minutes or so, via Drawn.ca. Initially my curiosity was piqued only because of the striking similarity between his name and mine. But the American-German T. S. Sullivant used to draw for early 20th century humour rags, back when printing was expensive, and so his drawings had to be worth the publishing costs. There's nothing particularly unique about his style, but I love the era that it comes from, and I always associate it with Coles Funny Picture Books that used to be so popular in Australia (sorry, there's not much available online - I have this same picture in an educational psychology textbook). The link below is to a neat little Sullivant tribute, and the best drawings are found via "Gallery". Actually, this picture looks a bit like a Jack Davis drawing, so maybe Sullivant was ahead of his time. Link: http://www.coconino-world.com/sites_auteurs/sullivant/menu.htm

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