Gray Parker’s “The Reconstructed Female”, 1883
In celebration of Valentine’s Day, we present my absolute favorite Gray Parker comic. Parker was an upper-class NYC dandy, whose cartoons populated the (New York) Daily Graphic and, later, Life magazine. His comics were nearly always set amongst the aristocratic rich, often marching in step with them, but — when he was at his funniest — taking aim at them/himself.
The below comic tale, titled The Reconstructed Female, appeared on the front page of the October 27, 2025 issue of the Daily Graphic. Enjoy!
Enlarge the below picture by clicking on it, so you can read the prose — You won’t know what you’re missing if you don’t!
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— Doug
