The Complete Cartoon Archive
Every plate we can restore — the full run.
For half a century the original Life — not the photo magazine, but the humor weekly founded in 1883 — set the tone of American wit in pen and ink. Its great star was Charles Dana Gibson, whose 'Gibson Girl' became the ideal of an age. This is the archive: the Life drawings we have recovered and restored, each public domain, each digitally cleaned and labeled at comicbooks.com.
"And the fool, he called her his lady fair" / C.D. Gibson (1917)
A Quiet Dinner with Dr. Bottles
"Widow" Story in Pictures to Be Presented (Charles Dana Gibson)
Eugenie
Charles Dana Gibson, "Studies in Expression: When Women Are Jurors" (1902)
Charles Dana Gibson, *The Reason Dinner Was Late*, 1912
Charles Dana Gibson, "The Turning of the Tide" (1900)
"They Are Only Collecting the Usual Fans and Gloves"
Her Poise, Her Unconsciousness, the Winning Simplicity of Her Manner Were Noticed Everywhere
College Girls — Book Poster for Abbe Carter Goodloe, Illustrated by Charles Dana Gibson
Collier's Cover
Young Man at Croquet
'House Manager' — The American Woman on the Home-Front
"A Word to the Wise" — Charles Dana Gibson
Gibson Girl, Profile
"Can I sit up here beside you, or do you rule alone?" — Frontispiece for Van Bibber and Others
Decorative Frontispiece: Comedy Masks with Roses and Trumpets
Her Plan of Attack
His Word of Honor
In Her Path
John Singer Sargent
Here's Looking At You
Margaret Abbott
"Why, it's Gallegher!" — Frontispiece to *Gallagher and Other Stories*
"Gallegher Stood Upon His Shoulders" — Illustration for *Gallegher and Other Stories*
"For God's sake, let me go" — Illustration for *Gallegher and Other Stories*
'He Sprang Up, Trembling, to His Feet' — Illustration for *Gallegher and Other Stories*
"She'd Reach Out Her Hands and Kiss Me" — Illustration for *Gallagher and Other Stories*
"But He Knew That Was Not the Reason" — Illustration for *Van Bibber and Others*
'Are you ready, Eleanore?'
"What Can Mr. Lockwood Be Calling Upon Me About?"
Sketch for a Poster
Princess Zimbazim
Princess Zimbazim — She was standing alone on the deserted platform
She Discovered to Her Astonishment That She Was Pretty
Bachelor's Wall Paper
Sketch of Phil May
The Girl He Left Behind Him
The Princess Sonia: A Romance of Girl Art Life in Paris
The Education of Mr. Pipp, No. XXVII: A Match Game at Caroney Castle
Artists and Publicity Men in the Government's Service
The Weaker Sex — II
Two Women and a Fool
Charles Dana Gibson, Committee on Public Information
Charles Dana Gibson, Portrait Photograph
C. D. Gibson (Caricature)
C. D. Gibson & Wife
C. D. Gibson & Wife
Charles Dana Gibson — Portrait Photograph
Portrait of Charles Dana Gibson
Charles Dana Gibson (1867–1944)
Charles Dana Gibson at the Drawing Board
Charles Dana Gibson (Portrait Photograph)
Charles Dana Gibson at the Drawing Board
Charles Dana Gibson
Charles Dana Gibson, Portrait
Charles Dana Gibson Is One of the Illustrators in This Month's Scribners
Charles Dana Gibson, Artist and Illustrator, c. 1917–1918
Charles Dana Gibson at Work
Charles Dana Gibson, Chairman, Division of Pictorial Publicity
Charles Dana Gibson, Council of National Defense
Cover — *Van Bibber and Others*
Irene Gibson
Miss Irene Langhorne Gibson — Marceau
"There Were 'Fans' in Those Days"
C. D. Gibson
Miss Irene Langhorne Gibson
Charles Dana Gibson, Chairman, Division of Pictorial Publicity
"Even to-day, there is the chance Samaritan" — from *Van Bibber and Others*
Charles Dana Gibson in His Studio
Scribner's: Charles Dana Gibson
Cover Illustration
Mrs. H.B. Harriman at a Women's Fusion League Rally
At the National Sporting Club
Toast to the Bride
Gibson Girl
The Weaker Sex — II
"Of Course There Are Mermaids"
The World As Seen By Him
Rose Le Moine, Gibson Girl, "In Love"
Rose Le Moine as a School Girl
Rose Le Moine, Gibson Girl
The Weaker Sex
The Weaker Sex. II
Woman at Breakfast Table with Electric Appliance
Charles Dana Gibson
Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson
Charles Dana Gibson's Seven Hundred Acre Island
Charles Dana Gibson's Seven Hundred Acre Island
Mrs. H. B. Harriman at a Women's Fusion League Rally, New York
Charles Dana Gibson Is One of the Illustrators in This Month's Scribners
London, as seen by Charles Dana Gibson
College Girls
C. D. Gibson
Charles Dana Gibson
Charles Dana Gibson
Head of a Girl
Mrs. C.D. Gibson
C. D. Gibson & Wife
Mabel Choate and Mrs. C. D. Gibson
Molly Bawn
Studies in Expression: The Author and the Soubrette
Mrs. J.B. Harriman and Mrs. C.D. Gibson at Women's Fusion League Rally, c. 1913
Picturesque America — In the Mountains
A Resolve
A Daughter of the South
Patience
Mrs. C.D. Gibson and Mrs. W. Astor & Son
Studies in Expression: When Women Are Jurors
The Reason Dinner Was Late
February Scribner's: C. D. Gibson's 1st London, with Pen & Pencil
Angler Confronts Two Soldiers and a Woman
Man with Cane
On the Ferry
I Have No Right to Be Here
Worshippers
Summer Sports
Home Again — As the Steamer Docks
The Princess Aline — Book Advertisement Illustrated by Charles Dana Gibson
Three Hatted Young Women at Restaurant, One Removing Hat
"Valerie was busy, exceedingly busy, arranging matters, in view of the great change impending"
Rich Relations
The Lady Killer
Effect of the Marathon Craze
One of Our Leisure Class
Advice to the Mentally Feeble — Keep Out of Politics
I Wonder What Those Two Can See in Each Other
Woman in Black Evening Dress
"You have been very successful with the girls — what's your rule in making love to one?"
The Agitator
Rita was not at home when Valerie came into their little apartment: the parrot greeted her, shrieking from his perch
The Girl Who Turned Old-Fashioned to Attract the Boys
Free Lunch
At Philae
His Revenge
Lighter than Air
Skyed
The New Pupil: A Candidate for Post-Graduate Honors
Lost
"I want you to like me, Jose : I want to be able to like you : I shall have need of friends, she said half to herself"
Among Those Not Invited
Reception Room or Painting Gallery in a Mansion
The mention of Mr. Tagg's name in the social column attracts some gentlemen of the press: Mr. Tagg gracefully submits to an interview
Studies in Expression: In the Monkey House
Studies in Expression: Showing a Newly Engaged Couple at a Large Dinner Party
Making Bread Pills
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Between Times, Leicester Square
Each to Her Own Taste
Karnak
"Have You Met Him Socially?" "Dear Me, No, Only in a Business Way — I Married His Daughter"
Mrs. Wiggs Rents a Cottage for the Summer: All the Comforts of Home
Elopement à la Gasoline
A Park Orator, London
A Widow and Her Friends. II. She Decides to Die in Spite of Dr. Bottles
Mr. Grubbs Walks in His Sleep
Some Women Prefer Dogs
Sweetest Story Ever Told
"I know perfectly well that this isn't right, she said, helping him and then herself: but I am wondering what there is about it that isn't right"
Mr. A. Merger Hogg Is Taking a Few Days' Much-Needed Rest at His Country Home
Studies in Expression: At a Fashionable Funeral
The Weaker Sex. II
Studies in Expression: While an Old Gentleman Listens to Some of His Son's Classmates
Called for Jury Duty
The Education of Mr. Pipp, XXXIV: On the Occasion of Mr. Pipp's Birthday, a Ball Is Given at Caroney Castle
Like the moth, it works in the dark
Is It Really Getting on His Nerves?
The Liberty Loan at Everyman's Door
Mrs. J.B. Harriman at the Women's Fusion League Rally, c. 1913
In the Shipyard
The Last Ditch
In Her Path
The Last Blow
His Word of Honor
"And the fool, he called her his lady fair" / C.D. Gibson
Eenie, Meenie, Minie, Mo
Relating the Story of His Life
The Jury Disagrees
In Diplomatic Circles — Mr. Tagg at Washington Society
The Girl Who Didn't Wait
Egypt and John Bull
The Companionate Arts
A Happy New Year 1867 – A Happy New Year 1917
Gibson Girl Matchsafe
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[Baseball game] / Zim.
Clubs We Do Not Care to Join: Club for the Retired Sons of Indulgent Fathers
All works shown are in the public domain, digitally restored by ComicBooks.com.