Online Exhibit: Eugene "Zim" Zimmerman

Eugene "Zim" Zimmerman was born in 1862 in Switzerland, and his family emigrated to the United States when he was seven. As a poor immigrant, Zim witnessed the "melting pot" of American culture first hand. His depictions of ethnic minorities were pointed, but honest and well observed. Although he is pretty much forgotten today, he was very well known in his time, and his humor captured the essence of turn-of-the-century America.

Zim was the founder of the so-called "Grotesque" school of caricature, and was one of the first caricaturist to incorporate exaggerated cartooniness not only in the faces of his subjects, but in the bodies as well. Zim worked for Puck and Judge, the two top humor magazines of their day.


Zim was a prolific artist, with more than 40,000 illustrations published in his lifetime. He retired from Judge in 1897 and founded the American Association of Cartoonists and Caricaturists. He was also a writer and teacher. His columns ran in Cartoons magazine during the early years of the century, as did ads for his landmark correspondence course in cartooning.

For more biographical information on Zim, see the Cartoon Hall of Fame entry... Eugene "Zim" Zimmerman

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ZIM: ONLINE EXHIBIT

• Zim's Cartoons & Caricatures


• How To Draw Funny Pictures


• Zim's Correspondence School in Cartooning, Comic Art & Caricature


• Zim At Judge Magazine

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For the first time in nearly a century, Eugene "Zim" Zimmerman's legendary 1914 cartooning course is available again in a deluxe two-volume edition published by the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive. Lavishly illustrated with nearly 1,000 B&W illustrations and 22 hand-tipped color plates, this landmark course deserves a place on every cartoonist's bookshelf.

Edited by Stephen Worth and with a foreword by Ralph Bakshi, these books cover a broad range of subjects, from practical advice for aspiring artists to philosophical musings on what it means to be a cartoonist. Zim's infectious sense of humor and vividly observed caricatures leap off the page. This drawing course may just be the keystone document of American cartooning.

These books are now being offered to the general public for $250 a set, and to members of ASIFA-Hollywood at a discounted price of $200 (plus $15 shipping and CA sales tax).

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As a special price for readers of the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive blog who are not yet members of ASIFA-Hollywood, we are offering a discounted bundle of both books and a year's membership in ASIFA-Hollywood for only $275.

Shipping to Canada on both of these offers is an additional $17. International shipping is an additional $40. Proceeds from the sale of these books go to support the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive. ASIFA-Hollywood is a 501(c)(3) California non-profit organization, so your contribution may be tax deductible. (See your tax accountant for details.)

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VISIT OUR GALLERY OF FINE ART PRINTS

The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive in association with Imagekind is proud to present a collection of fine art prints representing some of Eugene Zimmerman's best work. Produced on demand from high resolution archival scans, these prints are of sufficient quality to be printed all the way up to poster size without any image degradation. Visit the Zim Gallery at Imagekind to see all the available images.
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