Michael Angelo Woolf’s Waif Collections
Michael Angelo Woolf (above, left; born 1837), worked as a cartoonist from the 1850′s, until his death on March 4th, 1899. His work appeared in nearly all of the New York City-published comic periodicals of that period, as well as the many non-comic, but still cartoon carrying, publications by Harper and Frank Leslie. He was [...]
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We return with another Michael Woolf cartoon — Only a Dream — from the December 1899 Waifs issue of Judge’s Library. Click on the above cartoon, to view a larger version. To find previous posts involving Christmas Comics, click here. Doug Wheeler Christmas Comics WaifComics JudgeMag
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Above, Her Small Wish, from the December 1899 issue of Judge’s Library. A monthly magazine, Judge’s Library reprinted material from earlier issues of Judge, organizing each issue by a theme. The December 1899 issue’s title theme was Waifs, and was dominated by the cartoons of Michael Woolf, whose work began appearing in the 1850′s. He [...]
