Alan E’s Gallery of Cartoon & Illustration Art

Collector’s Voice -- “I focus on researched original art -- from WWII sketchbooks to AJC editorials to pulp covers -- building a gallery where illustration is preserved with its history and context.” About the Collector -- I collect and research original illustration art with a focus on how cartoons, sketchbooks, and pulp images preserved the history of their time. Each piece is more than just ink on paper -- it carries a story of where it was drawn, who created it, how it was published, and the world it reflected. My work involves digging into service records, newspaper archives, and publication overlays to reconstruct that story, so every cartoon or illustration here is presented with its historical context intact. This gallery is both an art collection and a research archive -- preserving not just the images, but the voices and histories behind them. -- Alan E’s Gallery Rooms Overview 1. Books & Research Material – Reference, signed editions, and illustrated volumes anchoring the collection’s research base. 2. Editorial & Advertising Art – Propaganda, commerce, and cultural memory through published and unpublished work. 3. Emidio Angelo – Sharp pre-WWII political commentary in the Philadelphia Inquirer. 4. Lou Erickson – Atlanta Journal editorial wit, including the 1976 Bicentennial series Georgia’s Ragtag Rebellion. 5. Mike Luckovich – Contemporary Pulitzer-winning editorial cartooning. 6. Ralph Duzan Pollard – WWII sketchbook and postwar career, turning soldier’s humor into cultural reflection. 7. MacCornack – WWII frontline cartoons capturing foxhole perspective. 8. Sherman Ream – Postwar Navy satires aboard the USS Lake Champlain. 9. WWII & Postwar Military Cartoons – A broader category including anonymous works, concept art (Averkieff), and additional wartime imagery. 10. Miscellaneous – Westerns – Frontier mythmaking, from John Pike’s painted covers to anonymous Plains rider submissions. 11. Pulp & Science Fiction Illustration – Astounding, Analog, and beyond, with Schneeman, Freas, Fuqua, and others.