Early Comic Books Revue
Above, extracted from Fun magazine, July 2nd, 1879, The Book Borrower, by artist James Sullivan. Click on it, to enlarge it to readable size. This being San Diego Comic Con weekend, when better than to look back at a few of the 19th & early 20th century comic books that can be found here on [...]
When Women Get the Vote
Florence Claxton’s 1870s comic book Adventures of a Woman in Search of Her Rights, which we presented the past four Mondays, was by far the exception to the kinds of cartoons on the subject, drawn, edited and published mostly by men, which were the norm. (Even Leslie Publications, run eventually by Frank Leslie’s widow, knew where its readership stood, [...]
Florence Claxton’s c1870s “The Adventures of a Woman in Search of Her Rights”, Part 4
Our presentation of Florence Anne Claxton’s comic novel, The Adventures of a Woman in Search of Her Rights, concludes. In last Monday’s installment, our heroine takes her seat in Parliament, presents before it Bills, and is promptly tossed out. Rejecting suit by a widower (who has six children), she next pursues a career as an [...]
Florence Claxton’s c1870s “The Adventures of a Woman in Search of Her Rights”, Part 3
We resume our Women’s History Month presentation of Florence Anne Claxton’s comic novel, The Adventures of a Woman in Search of Her Rights, published in Britain and the United States in the late 1860s to early 1870s. In last Monday’s installment, our heroine completed her Oxford education, joined the British Bar as a practicing attorney, and [...]
Florence Claxton’s c1870s “The Adventures of a Woman in Search of Her Rights”, Part 2
In honor of Women’s History Month, every Monday from March 1 through 22, we are presenting Florence Anne Claxton’s 1870s comic book, The Adventures of a Woman in Search of Her Rights. In last Monday’s installment, our heroine’s elopement with her love ended in abandonment to another. Now instead, she pursues her own destiny. The Adventures of a Woman in [...]
Florence Claxton’s c1870s “The Adventures of a Woman in Search of Her Rights”, Part 1
In honor of Women’s History Month, every Monday from March 1 through 22, we will be presenting in its entirety, the 1870s comic book by artist Florence Anne Claxton, The Adventures of a Woman in Search of Her Rights. Adventures of a Woman was published first in Britain, by the Graphotyping Company, Limited, in London. An American [...]
