EUGENE "ZIM" ZIMMERMAN (1862-1935)
ZIM was a familiar a name to people in the early years of the 20th century; but today, he is largely forgotten. He was a pioneer of the art of caricature with over 40,000 illustrations published in his lifetime. ZIM was a mainstay of the magazines Puck and Judge, lampooning politicians of all parties and poking fun at the ethnic roots of America's melting pot. After his retirement, he created a correspondence school in cartooning that educated many fledgling artists who went on to follow his lead.
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ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive
Please Note: These prints are made from high resolution archival scans from the collection of the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive. They are of sufficient resolution to be printed as large as five feet high.