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October 27, 1907: On the Comics Page

Posted on October 27, 2025 by lmharnisch

October 27, 1907: Buster Brown was a popular feature of the Sunday comics. Like other cartoon characters of the era, Buster was fond of pulling pranks, but he usually learned his lesson the hard way and ended each strip with a long block of text titled: RESOLVED. Continue reading →

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On the Comics Page

Posted on October 27, 2018 by lmharnisch

Note: This is an encore post from 2006. Oct. 27, 1907 Los Angeles Along with “Little Nemo,” “Buster Brown” was a popular feature of the Sunday comics. Like other cartoons of the era, such as “The Katzenjammer Kids” and “Foxy … Continue reading →

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Black comix

Posted on February 16, 2008 by lmharnisch

Here’s 50 years of "progress" in the portrayal of African Americans in newspapers’ Sunday comic strips. The top panel is from Windsor McCay’s "Little Nemo in Slumberland," as published in The Times on Feb. 9, 1908. To be fair, McCay … Continue reading →

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Little Nemo

Posted on February 15, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 16, 1908Los Angeles

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