Pre-YK Talkies: More Advertising Strips
Resuming our series on Pre-YK “Talking” Comic Strips (sequential cartoons wherein the story is conveyed via pictures combined with in-panel dialogue, published prior to the supposed “invention” of same format in the October 25th, 1896 episode of The Yellow Kid), we return with some more examples found amongst Victorian Age cartoon advertising strips. Above, the [...]
Mfsxn Lvseks # 399
Here we have a fun 1948 parody that is essentially boxer Joe Palooka going up against Superman, interpreted here by the great Joe Simon and, according to GCD, Jack Kirby…although I don’t really see it. http://fourcolorshadows.blogspot.com/2011/04/kid-adonis-simon-kirby-1948.html Artist Nick Cardy is responsible for some of the best comic book covers of all time and a number [...]
“The Flight of Abraham” (Lincoln), March 9th, 1861
Continuing our series of American Civil War cartoons, we present — on the 150th anniversary of its first publication — The Flight of Abraham, by cartoonist John McLenan. Appearing on the rear outside page of the March 9th, 1861 issue of Harper’s Weekly, this cartoon parodies how President-Elect Abraham Lincoln (on February 21-23, 1861) snuck into Washington, D.C., [...]
Buster Brown’s Christmas
Below, from the 1907 collection, Buster Brown’s Latest Frolics, comes one of my favorite Buster Brown newspaper strips by Richard Felton Outcault — basically because it is an example of Outcault biting his own hand. Buster Brown was a highly merchandised character, and every one of the Buster Brown items shown in the below strip, [...]
MAkIN’ LINKS # 229
For those of you who weren’t there, let me tell you that Green Berets were big in the mid-sixties before the anti-war movement became pervasive. Practically Beatles big! Ssgt Barry Sadler had a # 1 record, there was a best-selling book, a newspaper comic strip, the John Wayne movie…and Tod Holton, Super Green Beret. Well, [...]
Buster Brown’s Mother’s Day
In honor of Mother’s Day today, we present Buster Brown Plays Another Little Innocent Trick on his Ma, by Richard Felton Outcault. This story comes from the 1903 collection, Buster Brown and His Resolutions. Click here to see the cover of that book, plus another episode of Buster Brown mischief! Click on either picture, to [...]
Sunday Best…
Hey boys & girls, if you and your parents are getting dressed up in your best clothes for Sunday morning Easter church services, following is a great idea! You know it’s a wholesome idea, because it’s not modern! It comes from a 107-year old comic book (Buster Brown and His Resolutions, by Richard Felton Outcault, [...]
Makin’ Links’ # 34
Today we point you toward some online comic strip sites. King Features Syndicate runs DAILY INKwhere you can read some recent strips for free and a bunch of vintage classics for a small annual subscription fee (less than those porn sites you’re always joining!). Did you know they were still making THE KATZENJAMMER KIDS? FLASH [...]
Brown Knows
Buster Brown started as a mere comic strip toon in 1902, but he really knew how to sell…Everything from clothes to candy, games, bread, jewelry, and of course, Buster Brown Shoes! Mary Jane Shoes are named after Buster’s Girlfriend! Weird but shoe!
Krazy Kat
It’s been the thrill of a lifetime that YOE! Studio has sculpted Krazy Kat not once, not twice but three times for Dark Horse (thanks to David Scroggy and Mike Richardson!). The first sculpt got a letter of criticism from a well-meaning fan who said it was wrong. “Herriman never showed Krazy baring his teeth”. [...]
