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r 64
as one-fortieth to one-hundredth of the content in edi-j
torial form. 12 In this century some cartoon attacks have I
j received attention, but no lasting or successful legal |
action has resulted. iI
In 1903 the Pennsylvania legislature, at the behest ^
of Governor Pennypacker, passed a bill prohibiting "the !i depicting of men in an inhuman manner or as birds or I
animals." This bill was called the "Gag Law."^^ The press'
of the nation rallied against it. Walt McDougal drew a !
series of cartoons portraying all important Pennsylvania
I
officials as vegetables. Later he drew other officials as ;
fish. No attempt was made to enforce the law, and it was
repealed in I907 by the next administration.
In 1904 Life printed a cartoon showing the Iroquois
Theatre fire in Chicago, in which many people had been I
burned. The cartoon showed the exit of the theatre open |
a few inches and held by a huge padlock. Frenzied hands j
extended through flames. Outside the door a huge skeleton j Ii
in Oriental costume was on guard. The caption said 1 I I
I "Messrs Klaw and Erlanger present ’Mr. Bluebeard* late of
I the Iroquois Theatre." Klaw and Erlanger instituted a
I 1
! a libel suit for $100,000, basing their case on the caption.
12Ibid.. pp. 2 8 -2 9 .
Murrell, A History of American Graphic
Humor (New York: The Macmillan Co., 1936), p. 173*
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| Full text | r 64 as one-fortieth to one-hundredth of the content in edi-j torial form. 12 In this century some cartoon attacks have I j received attention, but no lasting or successful legal | action has resulted. iI In 1903 the Pennsylvania legislature, at the behest ^ of Governor Pennypacker, passed a bill prohibiting "the !i depicting of men in an inhuman manner or as birds or I animals." This bill was called the "Gag Law."^^ The press' of the nation rallied against it. Walt McDougal drew a ! series of cartoons portraying all important Pennsylvania I officials as vegetables. Later he drew other officials as ; fish. No attempt was made to enforce the law, and it was repealed in I907 by the next administration. In 1904 Life printed a cartoon showing the Iroquois Theatre fire in Chicago, in which many people had been I burned. The cartoon showed the exit of the theatre open | a few inches and held by a huge padlock. Frenzied hands j extended through flames. Outside the door a huge skeleton j Ii in Oriental costume was on guard. The caption said 1 I I I "Messrs Klaw and Erlanger present ’Mr. Bluebeard* late of I the Iroquois Theatre." Klaw and Erlanger instituted a I 1 ! a libel suit for $100,000, basing their case on the caption. 12Ibid.. pp. 2 8 -2 9 . Murrell, A History of American Graphic Humor (New York: The Macmillan Co., 1936), p. 173* |
