#George McManus

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Bringing Up Father

Art by George McManus

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Buster Keaton stands beside cartoonist George McManus during a break in filming The Cameraman (1928)

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George McManus (1884-1954) “Maggie and Jiggs (of George McManus's comic strip ‘Bringing Up Father’) are in a hotel room; to Maggie's horror, Jiggs keeps ordering pitchers of water... which are delivered by the hotel bellhop, an attractive young woman.” (1921) Source

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Bringing Up Father

by George McManus

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Set of “The Kid”, Charlie and Jackie Coogan pose with famous cartoonist George McManus and wife Florence along with Jackie’s father and mother Jack and Lillian Coogan.

In 1913 George McManus created a cartoon "Bringing Up Father" main characters being Irish immigrants Jigg's and wife Maggie. Distributed by King Features Syndicate, it ran for 87 years, from 1913, to 2000 long after McManus death in 1954. Shortly before his death he said the cartoon earned him approx. 12 million dollars.

Charlie had met McManus previously in 1916: Charlie pictured center with McManus to his right in center of photo.

February 16th 1916

In his book "My Life in Pictures" 1974 Charlie said of this photo:

“I’m fourth from the right in the centre row at this dinner given for me in New York. I remember that the man with a moustache on the far right - a well known cartoonist - got drunk that night and was very funny. That’s Marcus Loewe in a pointed cap in the back row.”

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Buster💕

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Bringing Up Father #15 - 1929

Cover: George McManus

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Centre Pompidou in Paris celebrates “The Ninth Art” this summer

This summer, the Centre Pompidou in Paris is to present "La BD à tous les étages" ("Comics on All Levels"), a landmark programme of exhibitions and events celebrating the comics art form, aka “The Ninth Art”

This summer, the Centre Pompidou in Paris is to present “La BD à tous les étages” (“Comics on All Levels”), a landmark programme of exhibitions and events celebrating the comics art form, aka “The Ninth Art”. Organised in all the Centre Pompidou spaces in partnership with the Hélène & Édouard Leclerc Fund, “La BD à tous les étages” is described as an exceptional celebration of the Ninth Art that…

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Plane Dumb (1932)

Tom and Jerry make the poor choice to don blackface so they be safe in Africa. Of course the locals see right through them and don't take it kindly.

Real shame because there are some creative visuals in this one, but of course it's so insensitive I can't recommend it unless you're into cartoons as a medium. Props (?) to Van Bueren though since Tom and Jerry are both voiced by African American performers in this one. Aubrey Lyles and F.E. Miller both making up the early Broadway duo called "Miller and Lyles."

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Bringing Up Father (1947)

Art by George McManus

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Buster Keaton & George McManus

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George McManus (1884-1954) "Bringing Up Father" (circa 1933) Source

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Bringing Up Father (11-12-15)

by George McManus

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Some Van Beuren cartoons that credit the animators

1. Stone Age Stunts

2. The King Of Bugs

Two of them (George “Vernon” Stallings and John “J.J.” McManus) later worked for Disney and all of them later got director credits at VB as well