In 1919, in partnership with the socialist cartoonist Art Young, Ellis O. Jones founded a political humor magazine called Good Morning. The two had worked together for The Masses, and had tired of not being paid for their work.
Good Morning was an American political humor magazine published launched in May 1919 by Ellis O. Jones, formerly an associate editor of Life magazine and veteran radical cartoonist Art Young. Both had worked together on the staff of the left wing monthly The Masses. Funded in large part by donations, the magazine was financially troubled from the outset and over time it was forced to decrease in frequency from weekly to semi-monthly to monthly. Costs still continued to outstrip revenues, however, and the publication was terminated in October 1921. An effort by Young to revive the publication in 1922 as the Art Young Quarterly failed after just a single issue.Establishment
The short-lived magazine Good Morning began early in 1919 through the joint efforts of 53-year old cartoonist Art Young and a former associate editor of Life magazine, Ellis O. Jones. Young sought a new remunerative venue for his ink drawings and charcoal sketches since The Liberator, the primary magazine for which he drew in this period, was chronically short of funds and able to pay those engaged in the physical production of the magazine but not content contributors such as himself...
About five months after the launch of Good Morning Ellis Jones became critical of the haphazard management of the business and resigned from the magazine. This departure left Art Young is sole possession of the franchise as editor and publisher. A steady stream of expenses took their toll, including the cost of a stenographer, paper, printers, and general office costs. Inadequate attention was paid to the selling of advertisements, which further imperiled the magazine’s cash-flow. Circulation stood at about 4,000 copies per issue during the first year, supplemented by income generated by newsstand sales. Additional funds were raised through a series of banquets and dances...The magazine never succeeded in becoming financially viable and folded in Autumn 1921
The following issues appeared under Jones' name:
- Volume 1, Issue No. 1, May 8, 1919
- Volume 1, Issue No. 2, May 15, 1919
- Volume 1, Issue No. 3, May 22, 1919
- Volume 1, Issue No. 4, May 29, 1919
- Volume 1, Issue No. 5, June 5, 1919
- Volume 1, Issue No. 6, June 12, 1919
- Volume 1, Issue No. 7, June 19, 1919
- Volume 1, Issue No. 8, June 26, 1919
- Volume 1, Issue No. 9, July 3, 1919
- Volume 1, Issue No. 10, July 10, 1919
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