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, Cultivated Taste. From the 1895 (December 7th) Christmas Judge. Click on the above cartoon, to view a larger version, and read the caption. To find previous posts involving Christmas Comics, click here. Doug Wheeler Christmas Comics WaifComics JudgeMag
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Above, Skinny’s Christmas Dream, by J.R. Shaver. From the book, Little Shavers, published in 1913 by the Century Company, reprinting Shaver’s cartoons which had originally appeared in Life Magazine. Click on the above cartoon, to view a larger version. To find previous posts involving Christmas Comics, click here. Doug Wheeler Christmas Comics WaifComics NYLife
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Above, Preparing for the Holidays, from an 1846 (volume 1) issue, of the American comic weekly, Yankee Doodle. Click on the above cartoon, to enlarge it. To find previous posts involving Christmas Comics, click here. Doug Wheeler Christmas Comics WaifComics NYYankeeDoodle
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We return with another Michael Woolf cartoon, this time scanned from his 1896-published collection, 99 “Woolf’s” from Truth (reprinting comics that had appeared first in the weekly Truth magazine). Woolf, whose cartoons began appearing in the 1850′s, is remembered best for his sympathetic depictions of New York City’s slum-children. Click on the above cartoon, to [...]
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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 [...]
