Postwar World: George Shellhase

Well, enough about me. It's been ages since St.-Joseph's-back Saturday flipped through the pages of A Bird's-Eye View of the Postwar World, so today we take a quick look at a spread of cartoons by George Shellhase. Embiggenate at will.

The work of George Mann Shellhase (1895-1988) appeared in publications such as Saturday Evening Post, Collier's, Esquire, The New Yorker and The New York Times in the 1930s through 60s. He also sketched trials for the New York Herald Tribune.

And, okay, so I already posted that first page last summer. I couldn't think of any other theme for this second page of his cartoons.

"It`s best to be born with real talent," the chiefly self-taught Shellhase, who sold his first drawing at age 14, once advised aspiring artists. "Next, learn to love the art of drawing and draw, draw, draw. Love the great beauties of nature. ... Experiment with enthusiasm the infinite variety of nature`s designs and forms. Love humanity and interpret at your best the many events that unfold before your eyes each day."

Postwar World: Womenfolk and Tech

It has been a month since Swoopback Saturday has leafed through A Bird's Eye View of the Postwar World, so here we go. We were discussing postwar predictions for the fairer sex, some of which were little more than flimsy excuses to draw some cheesecake.

But of more interest (to me, anyway) are when the cartoonists let their imaginations run wild predicting a world of amazing gadgets, time- and labor-saving devices, and changes to everyday life.

You will probably have to click on this picture to be able to read George Shellhases's flights of fancy, since I didn't separate them out into separate graphics: