There's a lot of feeling old going on, and i'm going to embrace that today. So the most recent of our Sunday Morning Funnies is 100 years old. Today's cartoons range from 1902-1917, so buckle up those cultural comfort safety belts and let's read on!
It's 1902 and superheroes are not yet a thing. What's a super strong fellow to do? Hugo Hercules had his own unique notions...
Before Smarty Grandpa there was the Merry Pranks Of Foxy Grandpa (1902)-
Even way back in 1904, cats were getting their own comics with Aubrey Of The Tenements-
Our most recent strips today, these Asthma Simpson The Village Queen Sunday comics come from some point between 1915-1917-
And we end up in the middle with a couple of 1907 comics from the surreally odd Loony Literature comic-
I think that last one still works today, though i must admit to a bit of surprise at seeing the telephone in a 110 year old comic. It's easy to forget that Bell filed his patent back in 1876, and phones were big enough business for AT&T's hostile takeover of the Western Union Telegraph to have occurred in 1911. While it may not yet be a generally accessible device in 1907, it was exactly 30 years after the establishment of the first commercial telephone service in 1877. So it certainly makes sense that a "Princess" would have one at that time.
But i wouldn't have thought in that context if i was creating something that was supposed to exist back then.
Hmm...
I may have rambled off track once again.
It's 1902 and superheroes are not yet a thing. What's a super strong fellow to do? Hugo Hercules had his own unique notions...
Before Smarty Grandpa there was the Merry Pranks Of Foxy Grandpa (1902)-
Even way back in 1904, cats were getting their own comics with Aubrey Of The Tenements-
Our most recent strips today, these Asthma Simpson The Village Queen Sunday comics come from some point between 1915-1917-
And we end up in the middle with a couple of 1907 comics from the surreally odd Loony Literature comic-
I think that last one still works today, though i must admit to a bit of surprise at seeing the telephone in a 110 year old comic. It's easy to forget that Bell filed his patent back in 1876, and phones were big enough business for AT&T's hostile takeover of the Western Union Telegraph to have occurred in 1911. While it may not yet be a generally accessible device in 1907, it was exactly 30 years after the establishment of the first commercial telephone service in 1877. So it certainly makes sense that a "Princess" would have one at that time.
But i wouldn't have thought in that context if i was creating something that was supposed to exist back then.
Hmm...
I may have rambled off track once again.
