calaveras del monton no 2 t shirt jose guadalupe posada Color:Natural Cartoonist Will Eisner was given

Cartoonist Will Eisner was given the brief of making must-read matter for US fighting folk like the witless Joe Dope

was a cousin on his mother's side

Ernst Haeckel's series of 100 lithographs published between 1899 and 1904

1892 in Haardt

and cartoons

calaveras del monton no 2 t shirt jose guadalupe posada Color:Natural Cartoonist Will Eisner was givenThis illustration shows the skeleton of a drunken peon wearing a sombrero, serape and sandals. The distinctive mustache and beard identify the Calavera as Francisco Madero (initiator of the Mexican Revolution and President of Mexico 1911 1913). Madero's legacy is somewhat controversial, but he is still considered an important figure in Mexican history. In this illustration, Posada pokes fun at Madero's privileged background. He is holding a bottle of