Saturday, July 20, 2024
One-Shot Wonders: Just As Good by H.B. Eddy, 1897
Is this an editorial cartoon from 2020? Nah, it's a perfectly innocent (and very cute) gag cartoon published in 1897. It was penned by H.B. Eddy for the January 31 1897 edition of the New York Journal.
Labels: One-Shot Wonders
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Allan— I’ve been a devout follower of Stripper’s Guide. Your work is important and appreciated by many! You are an amazing historian and critic. HOWEVER, that comic— its layout, its characters and its captions are creepy as hell. The longer I look at it, the seedier it gets.
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: 7/20/2024 9:18 AM
: 7/20/2024 9:18 AM
Maybe, but I think this works against the creep IMHO on a few levels - vaccinated against the creep of the church and its less savoury usurpers? Vaccinated against the whatever the recent pandemic was (Bubonic 3rd plague?) etc...
Look at her body language, absolutely leaning back against the creep, the handkerchief in his back pocket is symbolic. Have you been baptized? 'Cuz your going to die from the pandemic? No sir, I've been vaccinated you poor bastard.
Its a wonderful cartoon b/c its layered with interpretive meaning.
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Look at her body language, absolutely leaning back against the creep, the handkerchief in his back pocket is symbolic. Have you been baptized? 'Cuz your going to die from the pandemic? No sir, I've been vaccinated you poor bastard.
Its a wonderful cartoon b/c its layered with interpretive meaning.
