John R. Fischetti Collection, 1945-1980 | Columbia College Chicago Archives
Title: John R. Fischetti Collection, 1945-1980
ID: 1000/02/MSS1002
Arrangement: Arranged chronologically by year within each series.
Extent: 5.0 Boxes
Finding Aid/Inventory
Series 1: Sketchbooks and Sketches
Series 2: Punch Magazine
Series 3: Projects and Ideas
Series 4: Personal Material
Series 5: Other Artists Work
Series 6: Finished Editorial Cartoons
Series 1: Sketchbooks and Sketches
Series 2: Punch Magazine
Series 3: Projects and Ideas
Series 4: Personal Material
Series 5: Other Artists Work
Series 6: Finished Editorial Cartoons
Show Forms of Material (links to similar genres)Scope and Contents: The collection is composed of sketchbooks, original drawings, and photomechanically reproduced drawings by John Fischetti. A small amount of work by other artists is also in the collection and include: Pat Oliphant, Bill Mauldin, and Walt Scott.
Writing on his editorial cartoon sketchbooks in his autobiography, Fischetti stated "Before 1961 I used to doodle ideas on the backs of envelopes, scraps of paper and yellow copy paper... Since even half-formed ideas are invaluable, I decided to use layout pads for the gestating periods. By dating each page, it turned out to be a sort of log of historical and personal events" Zinga, Zinga, Za!, pg. 98.
Writing on his editorial cartoon sketchbooks in his autobiography, Fischetti stated "Before 1961 I used to doodle ideas on the backs of envelopes, scraps of paper and yellow copy paper... Since even half-formed ideas are invaluable, I decided to use layout pads for the gestating periods. By dating each page, it turned out to be a sort of log of historical and personal events" Zinga, Zinga, Za!, pg. 98.