among his best-known works are "injun summer," considered one of the best in his "boy" series of cartoons; his series of "bird center" cartoons, which depicted daily life in a fictional small town; and "the colors," one of his most famous wartime cartoons. his autobiography, "drawn from memory" (1950), was published posthumously. as a war correspondent and combat artist, mccutcheon covered the spanish–american war, the battle of manila bay and the philippine–american war, and the second boer war in south africa. he also reported from europe during world war i, beginning with his eyewitness account of the german invasion of belgium. in addition, mccutcheon, made several trips to asia, mexico, africa, and the bahamas, where his owned a private island called salt cay.