Saturday, June 15, 2024
One-Shot Wonders: Professor Jyblitts by Walt McDougall, 1903
Walt McDougall, one of the greatest of the pioneering American newspaper cartoonists, was a bit of a one-shot wonder factory. After his very productive 1890s work in New York, most of it one-shots, he left for Philadelphia where he began a long run of one-shot comics for the Philadelphia North American. Here is one from 1903, appearing in syndication at the St. Paul Dispatch.
The book text can be hard to read on this smallish image. In panel one it says "Animal Curiosity". In panel two "They will pry into things in which they have no concern." In panel three the back of the book has the title "Animal Curiosity Vol. 2." In panel four, "...become intrusive at times." In panel 5 "...this proved by facts."
Labels: One-Shot Wonders
