Saturday, July 12, 2014

At Lee's Comic Rack: Primitive 1905 American Boy cartoons

Bart Simpson was hardly the first little-boy prankster hero of cartoons--check out "Dickey Dont" at my comic blog.

Also, "A Furtive Look Back at the Seebackroscope," and a number of late 19th century magazine "montages" (forerunners of comic book layouts).  Lee sez, check it out.

Link: Lee's Comic Rack.



Montage from the May 12, 1887 Youth's Companion (above).


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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

The dangers of smoking weren't known until recently. Hey, wait a minute....



Okay, except for back in 1908.  From the same Home Life issue, Jimmy Fallon (right) makes an appearance:


See more ads from the genteel year of 1908, plus a near-comic strip from 1875, at Lee's Comic Rack.


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