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 [...]
“Young Troublesome, or, Master Jacky’s Holidays”, 1850, Conclusion
We arrive at the conclusion of our three-part serialization of British cartoonist John Leech‘s 1850 Christmas comic, Young Troublesome, or, Master Jacky’s Holidays. While above, are the book’s American (left) and British (right) covers. To see Parts One & Two, click here. Click on the pictures above & below, to view larger, readable versions. Above [...]
“Young Troublesome, or, Master Jacky’s Holidays”, 1850, Part 2
Below, Part Two of our serialization of British cartoonist John Leech‘s 1850 Christmas comic, Young Troublesome, or, Master Jacky’s Holidays. While above, are the book’s American (left) and British (right) covers. To see Part One, click here. Click on the pictures above & below, to view larger, readable versions. The below art comes from the [...]
“Young Troublesome, or, Master Jacky’s Holidays”, 1850, Part 1
Following, Part One of our serialization of British cartoonist John Leech‘s 1850 Christmas comic, Young Troublesome, or, Master Jacky’s Holidays. Summarized as, “From the Blessed Moment of his leaving school, to the identical moment of his going back again, showing there never was such a boy as that boy.” Young Troublesome was originally published by [...]
