Ally Sloper, 1867: Wall Street Frauds Make Wonderful Cartoons #110
Above, from the August 14th, 1867 issue of British comic weekly magazine, Judy, we have the debut sequential comics appearance of writer/artist Charles H. Ross’ continuing comics character, Ally Sloper. Being the scheming swindler type (albeit, never any good at it), it’s appropriate that Ally’s first misadventure would involve an investment/banking swindle, of the type [...]
Polar Exploration: Tigwissel Tuesdays #33
This week for Tigwissel Tuesdays, we touch again on Polar Exploration — the goal of reaching either pole being the 19th Century’s (and before) equivalent of landing on the Moon. Above, by artist William Heath, from the November 14th, 1825 tenth issue of Glasgow Looking Glass, we find Jack Frost consuming ships engaged in a [...]
Tigwissel Tuesdays #11: Contemporaries: Judy Magazine, October 28, 2025
Jenkinson, by Archibald Chasemore October 28th, 1874 Above, from the October 28th, 1874 issue of Judy magazine, is Episode 51 of artist Archibald Chasemore‘s series, Rattletrap Rhymes. (I do not believe Rattletrap Rhymes contained any continuing characters, but I’ll be honest and say that I haven’t fully checked.) This episode features a highly Tigwissel-appearing egghead [...]
The Happy Family Get Together
Click on the above picture, to open an enlarged version. Another Victorian Age cartoon on the timeless joys of the holidays! I’m not absolutely certain on the artist, but the style matches that of Phiz (Hablot Knight Browne). From Judy magazine, December 22nd, 1869. Merry Christmas! Doug Wheeler BritJudy Christmas Comics
Music Appreciation
Click on the above picture, to open an enlarged version. Today’s Victorian Christmas Comic, is an example of the eternal appreciation of the Christmas Waits… Christmas Eve in our Street, by H. Holland, from the British comic weekly, Judy magazine, December 21st, 1887. Merry Christmas! Doug Wheeler BritJudy Christmas Comics
Ye Byrth & Death of an Xmas Pudding
Click on the above picture, to open an enlarged version. This week’s Christmas Celebration continues, with Ye Byrth & Death of an Xmas Pudding, by George Cruikshank, Jr. (nephew of the legendary British caricaturist). From Britain’s Judy magazine, December 28th, 1870. Merry Christmas! Doug Wheeler BritJudy Christmas Comics
The Coming of Christmas
Click on the above picture, to open an enlarged version. Today, a parade, to celebrate The Coming of Christmas. (More to come, daily, all this week!) By Archibald Chasemore, in the British comic periodical, Judy, December 17th, 1873. Merry Christmas! Doug Wheeler BritJudy Christmas Comics
Buffalo Bill & Queen Victoria, at Her Golden Jubilee, 1887
Greetings everyone, and Happy Victoria Day! To which all dozen of our American readers are likely going, “Huh?”, but I’m sure our one reader each in Canada, Britain, and Australia, should be pleased that we’ve remembered them (those three are, after all, twenty percent of our audience)! Being American, we naturally have to twist this holiday honoring Queen [...]
