Judge — November 14, 1931 — page 28: what you’re looking at

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‘4 CARTOONIST’S PHILOSOPHY | toonist who e: By Percy Crosby 252 pp Me- Lean, Virginia. Percy Crosby. 82 e dren understandingly fan sy one, as a few pag many © 8uRget Of | sons who nave taken the truthful sound philosophy of the sort | peas of the “Skippy” port that one can live by to beltask would show But found in A Cartoonist’s Ph | the arguments therein tosophy.” by Perey Crosby The} ainst Mr Crosby creator of the famous “Skippy” cai toons ts, publisher aE ral to whatever brought the thousands |who nave taken wholeheartedly tm this case, also bis own into their lives this cartoonist ‘As he informs the reader, creation will be with Crosby. Eight prominent publishing houses saw no commere rare nk houses | Refore approaching Mr. Crosby’ 1 possibilities” 10 arraignment of prohibition, it should bis book, and as he had something be noted that that ne wished to put before think- ing American be took the issuance of the volume into his own hands. the complainant comes into court with hands clean Perey Crosby, who makes no co cealment of earlier friendship with The ‘irst half of the volume COD-| the uottle, from personal conviction cerns itself with a visit to EYrop*. ingt the friendship was not serving the date of which is sot even The nis best interests in life cut the scene is depicted by the author! or sne ue with one resolut with all the appreciation of the trained artist for what should be played up on the canv should be subdued these pages, the ash lence. he argues the general ques- tenet 108 from @ strictly nonpartisan ‘And reading |Stendpoint Summed up. ought suggests | 1 itself that young writers might ¢o well to take a few lessons in draw tng or painting, it would be the cartooniat’s thesis any legislative document which deprives the citizen of free “ogtmene tm art ethical choice 1s not a wholesome young writer assumes to be highly Piece Of ‘legisiation Hence. al: effective description is onty a mud. | OURD It 19 @ specific act of law. @y collection of words simply be-|™*king that Mr. Crosby brings pieag ie bece under the fire of his guns, he schooled to see composition in a| *<tually arguing. not a particular Kindecee of suyrind detail” Gros | Premise, Dut a general premise. As by’s pages are @ valuable lesson |!9 the “Skippy philosophy, the This ts bot a landscape, but aiace |caftoonist’s method is frequently depiction of a person is of even | Ade through the medium of the ter importance to a writer, it serves even better as Illustration “Harold” “Tommy” chauffeur Relaxed, Harold aiways gave the impression that be had just | finished first in a marathon race. | measure When in the attitude of listening | Phil And the American peopl be ‘puffed and perspired. while | were informed of thie is large blue coped until | aly the ‘ids slowiy closed ike ‘one | _ Phil, “tiut alter. the. war was fwooning, When he apoke the | OVer the measure ceased to exist? tyes, splashed with animation. | HPA. How could it cease to His am ‘always churned the air | exist? ICs tn the Constitution be nad an | There Is much on religion in the Tmagies | And although such a glimpse of the ‘ho tails to derive a| Varied contents as has bere been amisement from the|given may make the book appear discourses with Harold, |as more a random collection thas which, brought together, would fill| connected whole, it should be rmany pages, ls greatly to be pitied. | noted that all ts held together by Harold ts genuine: Crosby 4id not | the unifying tenet contained in the tavent him, Harold “referred to|tines trom the Hindu “Bhaga: Kings. Generals and statesmen with| Gita which Crosby quotes the same intimacy as he displayed toward members of his own squad.” This book. of course, would be sadly Incomplete if “Skippy” were not to appear, and Mr Crosby bas ade no euch error ‘Skippy. feading up trom turtles to God, in |t2 De found scattered through “A an amusing dialogue, should belp|Caftoonist’s Philosophy.” many Gore than one of us along the road | ™ay question whether eight pud- of wholesome thought lishers might not bave made a mie Evidently the road of the car-| take. eyes have never Socratic dialogue, a weapon with which Mr. Crosby ts extremely ts @ former Cockney ®dept. We give one example of who became Crosby's this skill. The repartee is between the “Hundred-Per-Cent American’ and the “Philosopher HP A. The law was a war ‘The re ot author’ er Jam the soul that dwells with Life's essence to defend; 1am the origun of fe, Its middie, and its end. Considering ail the good that is are? wave” Eccentric The rabbit doing hare-raising ncier who was alw: Evenynopy “That's no radio; it’s our washing —Brack axp Bive Jay comicbooks.com