Keppler, Udo J. (sold)
Udo J. Keppler (April 4, 1872 - July 4, 1956) was an American political cartoonist, Native American advocate, and publisher, known as Joseph Keppler Jr. beginning in 1894. The son of Joseph Keppler (1838 - 1894), the founder of Puck magazine, he was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and graduated from the Columbia Institute in 1888. Between 1890 and 1891, Keppler studied in Germany, and worked for Puck from 1890 until 1914. He contributed cartoons to the magazine beginning that year and became a co-owner of the magazine after his father's death in 1894. He changed his name to Joseph Keppler Jr. after he inherited his father's position at the magazine. He sold Puck in December 1913, and stayed on as art director for another four months. After the sale of Puck, Keppler contributed to Judge and Leslie's Weekly until 1915, and retired in 1920. He moved to La Jolla, California, in 1946 where he died ten years later. He married Louise (Lulu) Eva Bechtel, a match opposed by his mother and sister, on April 4, 1895.
On the Eve of Teddy's Trust Busting.
The King of the Combinations.
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A 1901 satirical J. S. Pughe / Puck chromolithograph from the later days of the Gilded Age, lampooning the expansive business interests of magnate John D. Rockefeller, who in the last decades of the 19th century dominated the American oil industry. (more details)
Highlights America's interventionist and paternalistic practices in Latin America.
The Pull of the Monroe Magnet.
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This is a 1913 Udo Keppler political cartoon lambasting American protectorates in Latin America. The cartoon portrays Uncle Sam in a leisurely position, dressed in a star-spangled waistcoat and rede and white striped pants. His legs extend south toward the Gulf of Mexico and are drawn like the poles of a magnet. This magnet attracts Caribbean, Central, and South American countries (which are all personified as small Hispanic men wearing straw hats and white clothes). Their hats bear the name of the country each man represents. Panama appears in Uncle Sam's pocket, while Cuba grabs the end of one of the magnet's poles. Nicaragua and Costa Rica zoom across the Gulf pulled from the other coast by magnetic forces. Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Colombia cling to the far shore, trying as hard as they can to resist the unwanted advances. (more details)