Bill Peckmann &Comic Art &Daily post 10 Feb 2011 08:11 am
A.B. Frost – 1
- Rowland Wilson gave this Dover art book to Bill Peckmann way back in 1977. Many thanks to Bill for sharing it.
AB Frost was a turn-of-the-century cartoonist who had a agreat wit and a sharp pen.
Here are two series of cartoons from that book that were originally published in Life Magazine 1921-1922.
Because the scans are a bit small, I’ve rewritten the captions under the images.
The Front Book Cover
The Back Book Cover
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“Look at that hill, Maria. When we was children hoiw we did roll down hills like that!
Wouldn’t it be fun now!”
“Lor’, Toby. We’re too fat and old for the likes of that!”
“Fat nothin’ come on let’s do it?”
“Well you go ahead, I’ll foller.”
2
“Hi, Maria. Aint this glorious? – like we was children again.”
“I don’t know, Toby. I think I’ll stop!”
3
“Hold on Maria; Stop me !!!”
“Hold onto what? You ole fool, stop yourself!”
4
“Them – was – briars -Maria !!”
“Think – I’m – ‘s – big – fool – as – you?
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“Hol’ – on, – Maria, – hol’ on!”
“I – won’t – ol’ – fool!”
6
“Are you there, Maria?”
“What’s eft of me’s here.”
“Hol’ on tight, Maria. We may start agin any minit”.
“I wish you would, and never stop!”
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“Well, you’re a nice lookin’ objeck, Maria.”
“If I look half as bad as you, I want to die right here.”
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Voices of the night: “You ole fool. I wish I’d never seen you!”
“Fool who? You proposed it, Maria!” etc, etc
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on 10 Feb 2011 at 10:34 am 1.Tim Rauch said …
I really love Frost’s work for the energy in every pose and the way the whole composition always communicates comedic action so quickly. Much like Daumier, I think Frost is a great source for animators to study in getting dynamic gestures that really read for the viewer. Thanks for posting!
on 10 Feb 2011 at 11:51 am 2.Eric Noble said …
These are absolutely fantastic. I agree with Tim Rauch, artists like A.B. Frost and Eugene Zimmerman are great references for animators. Many thanks to you and Bill Peckmann.
on 10 Feb 2011 at 7:10 pm 3.Achi levin said …
i really like his illustrations for Lewis Carroll’s
“Rhyme? and Reason?” and “A Tangled Tale”.
http://lambiek.net/artists/f/frost_ab/frost_cat.gif
that’s how i came to know this great artist
on 12 Feb 2011 at 12:16 am 4.lewis achenbach said …
Great posts. New to Frost. The buoyant tumblers are wonderful snaps.
on 15 Feb 2011 at 10:53 am 5.Joel Brinkerhoff said …
His Uncle Remus illustrations are a lovely mix of anthropomorphic realism and anatomical caricature. They form my mental image of Brer Rabbit like Tenniel has with Alice in Wonderland