Gettin' So A Feller Can't Sleep

Gettin' So A Feller Can't Sleep
By Hal Coffman

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Hal Coffman Cartoons and book

Welcome to the first blog about Hal Coffman and the work in progress book, Gettin' So A Feller Can't Sleep. Over the following months I will update on the progress of researching and writing the book and I'll show and discuss some of Coffman's editorial cartoons.
I would love to read your feedback, thoughts and ideas. Don't be shy, get in touch.
Here is a brief outline of Mr. Coffman and what the book will cover.

Editorial cartoonist Hal Coffman (1883 - 1958) created cartoon commentaries on the issues of his day for over fifty years. Coffman, drew for the San Francisco Examiner, The Inquirer, William Randolph Hearst's New York American, New York Journal and International Film Service. From 1938 until his death in 1958 Coffman worked for The Fort Worth Star Telegram.
Book
Many of Coffman's cartoons feature the weary, put upon, everyman character, John Public. In "Getting So A Feller Can’t Sleep" John Public, after years of fretting, fighting and being bullied by Big Government, Big Business and other heavy handed characters, finds he has been labeled a trouble maker and crack pot. Public debates his foes and defends himself against this reputation by showing his fears were well founded as the issues he fretted over and ranted and raved against in the 1930's, 40's and 50's have only grown and worsened over the years.
Coffman's original cartoons will be accompanied by new drawings depicting John Public debating old foes and defending his sullied reputation by showing the problems of half a century ago are still prevalent, sometimes even magnified, in today’s modern times.

1 comment:

  1. Good morning. I am handling an estate with an origianl Hal Coffman political cartoon regarding the Dixiecrats. Could you please call me at 254.386.8558 to discuss this artwork? Thanks. Nancy

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