Stripper's Guide: Obscurity of the Day: Buddy and his Wonderful Lamp

Monday, December 04, 2006

Obscurity of the Day: Buddy and his Wonderful Lamp

Here's another of the back page comics that were a regular feature of the Sunday Minneapolis Journal children's section. Tom Foley wrote and drew Buddy and his Wonderful Lamp October 9 1910 through February 19 1911.

In this first installment of the series, Buddy gets his magical lamp and manages to forget the genie's simple instructions in the space of one panel. I think Buddy may need to get on Ritalin...

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