The highly regarded Saturday Evening Post cartoonist Herbert Johnson was for a short time the art director of the Sunday comics section of the Philadelphia North American (specifically 1906-09 as per Rick Marschall). During that period Johnson only applied his considerable talent to a Sunday comics feature once. His somewhat crude but energetically drawn Eph Jackson, also known as Uncle Eph Jackson, had a short run from December 3 1905 to February 11 1906. The stereotyping, both of blacks and rural whites, tempers our appreciation today for this otherwise delightful feature.Thanks again to Cole Johnson who provided the scan.
I love the interaction between the two dogs along the bottom of the strip!
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