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 [...]
John Leighton’s 1847 “London Out of Town”, Part 3 (Conclusion)
Today, we present the conclusion of artist John Leighton’s 1847 British comic book / graphic novel, London Out of Town, or, The Adventures of the Browns at the Sea Side. In the prior two parts (Click Here to view them), the Brown family leave London for a summer vacation at an unnamed English sea port. [...]
John Leighton’s 1847 “London Out of Town”, Part 2
We continue with Part Two of our serialization of artist John Leighton’s 1847 British comic book / graphic novel London Out of Town, or The Adventures of the Browns at the Sea Side, published under Leighton’s pseudonym, Luke Limner. Last Monday, in Part One, we followed the Brown family’s misadventures in travelling from London to their unnamed [...]
John Leighton’s 1847 “London Out of Town”, Part 1
To round out our series of Victorian Era Summer Comics, today we start a three-part serialization of the story of a family taking a summer vacation - London Out of Town, or The Adventures of the Browns at the Sea Side. This 1847 British comic book / graphic novel, was published by David Bogue, and written/drawn by [...]
