Go, Read: The Cartoonist William Dobson Profiled

I'm a huge sucker for obscure cartoonists and historical research, so I spent most of the morning batting this article around between my paws and sniffing it with delight. It's a profile of an amateur cartoonist whose work showed up in the archives of a figure of local historical interested. It turns out he was a soldier that corresponded with the daughters of the historical figure, women he met while serving in World War I. I love hearing about amateur cartoonists of the first half of the 20th Century because that is one art form in which the general facility of those who dabble seems to have declined over the years rather than surged. So the pictures themselves are interesting, as well as the idea that this kind of communication was a frequent road-not-traveled for many a young man.
 
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