Monday, October 18, 2021
Obscurity of the Day: Louis Laughs
In previous coverage of Walter Gallaway I've said that his artwork was vastly superior to his gags, and the short-lived Louis Laughs is no exception to the rule. This simple strip ran on an inside page of the New York Herald comic section from May 28 to July 2 1905*. The gag, if you can even call it that, is that Louis has such an infectious laugh that he disarms people who are angry at him. That's about all there is to it.
Louis Laughs has the minor distinction of being Gallaway's swan song at the Herald. After that the only other newspaper comic series he did, Was There Ever a Boy Like Barney Blue, was done for the Boston Herald.
* Source: Ken Barker's New York Herald index
Labels: Obscurities
