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Alfred Z. Baker’s Images à renversement

Posted on April 19, 2013 by

Antoine Sausverd over at Töpfferiana has unearthed some contributions by Alfred Zantzinger Baker to the French children’s magazine La jeunesse illustré, 1906-1907 (Gallica). I have now created a set of pages which, besides providing information on Baker and his toy … Continue reading →

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Edward Lear’s Romulus and Remus

Posted on April 1, 2013 by

The following is another picture story available from the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, where you will find higher resolution scans. It is the incomplete (or unfinished) companion to Edward Lear’s other Roman history: The Tragical Life and Death of … Continue reading →

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Mr Lear Recovers his Hat

Posted on March 31, 2013 by

I have updated the Manuscripts page with information on the Edward Lear material available at the Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscript Library. Among the many items which are also part of the Beinecke Digital Collections are at least three picture … Continue reading →

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The Padloctopus and the Alligatorang-oorang

Posted on February 9, 2013 by

Here is the 15 March 1914 strip for Gustave Verbeek‘s Terrors of the Tiny Tads; below an example of Thornton Fisher’s The Wishing Wisp (see yesterday’s post):

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Polly Sleepyhead Passes Through a Small Cyclone

Posted on February 8, 2013 by

Another late strip from Peter Newell‘s series Polly Sleepyhead; it is from 1907, but I do not know the date:

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More Wishing Willy

Posted on February 7, 2013 by

Here is the second episode of Peter Newell’s Wishing Willy, I do not have any more, though there were six, if Allan Holtz‘s American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide is correct. Help in finding the missing ones (and better scans … Continue reading →

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Peter Newell’s Wishing Willy

Posted on February 6, 2013 by

In addition to The Naps of Polly Sleepyhead (1906-1907), Peter Newell produced a second newspaper strip, Wishing Willie (or Willy), published in a few papers, e.g. the Atlanta Constitution, between 3 August and 7 September 1913: a grand total of six … Continue reading →

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No More Naps for Polly

Posted on October 10, 2012 by

In the last episodes of Peter Newell’s The Naps of Polly Sleepyhead the naps disappear, not only from the title: she is now the intended victim of Tom and Dicky’s practical jokes, but she regularly manages to inadvertedly turn the … Continue reading →

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Peter Newell, Polly and Her Papa

Posted on July 22, 2012 by

Peter Newell’s strip “The Naps of Polly Sleepyhead” for 22 April 1906.

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Gustave Verbeek, Pelicanned Tomatoes

Posted on June 27, 2012 by

Boston Sunday Post, 31 August 1913.

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