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Comment by Cathy Hunter on February 20, 2009 at 9:11am

Dear Scott & Jean,

Many years ago, someone at the Geographic compiled a scrapbook entitled, "References to the Geographic, Serious and Otherwise," which has quite a few of the cartoons. I wish we had a digital copy to share. If you are ever in the DC area, please call me so that we can meet and perhaps take a peek at a few items from the Archives collection.

Cathy

Comment by Scott T. Shier on February 18, 2009 at 1:02am

The most I've ever seen the satirical cartoons about the NGS or Magazine, is when the Society itself compiled some and published them in their Centenniel Index (1989), and also in the September 1988 issue. A variety of these "cartoons" also show up in the "100 Years of Adventure and Discovery" book by C.D.B. Bryan (1988).

I have yet to come across anyone that actually has possessed a collection of actual clippings, or at least copies, of the cartoons from over the years. It would be very interesting to see though!

- S.S.

Comment by Jean Thibault on February 15, 2009 at 6:15pm

With all of the attention paid to all manner of NGS collectibles & ephemera, I wonder if anybody has ever tried to compile the cartoon type jokes that used to appear regularly in all kinds of magazines and other publications about the NGM and NGS. Over the years there was a great number of them.