Remember this was the competitor to the original draw by Outcault. Draw by his so called rival Luk. The newspaper wars were raging at the time. Copyright laws were not well enforced back then. The artist normally did not have “ownership” of his works like today. The newspaper owned them and could do whatever they liked. Look at the differences and you can tell. Luk was no where near as funny as Outcault.
So this is what comics looked like just over 100 years ago? Wow…cartoonists back then really lacked humor. At least they had decent art, but honestly…I don’t care about quality as much as I do humor.
@ Benjamin Scott: I don’t think that it was a matter of lacking humor. I think that it’s more a matter of how humor was defined back then and what topics were considered humorous. I imagine that a “Yellow Kid” reader from the period would find our humor downright strange — if not scandalous, considering how much more free contemporary comics are in discussing topics like sex, violence, drug abuse, interracial/same-sex relationships, etc.
davidf42 over 10 years ago
“Lacked the humor” is right.
eric stott over 10 years ago
Some very high level draftsmanship here at least.
Darryl Heine over 10 years ago
Christmas at the end of July.
Vet Premium Member over 10 years ago
Remember this was the competitor to the original draw by Outcault. Draw by his so called rival Luk. The newspaper wars were raging at the time. Copyright laws were not well enforced back then. The artist normally did not have “ownership” of his works like today. The newspaper owned them and could do whatever they liked. Look at the differences and you can tell. Luk was no where near as funny as Outcault.
Attila The Voice! over 10 years ago
This really scares me!
katina.cooper over 10 years ago
They used XMAS in 1896? If I saw the way they thought about Christmas in that paper, I’d never buy it again.
dawnsfire over 10 years ago
I never could get into the Yellow Kid, no matter who drew him.
HankTheSock over 10 years ago
So this is what comics looked like just over 100 years ago? Wow…cartoonists back then really lacked humor. At least they had decent art, but honestly…I don’t care about quality as much as I do humor.
reynard61 over 10 years ago
@ Benjamin Scott: I don’t think that it was a matter of lacking humor. I think that it’s more a matter of how humor was defined back then and what topics were considered humorous. I imagine that a “Yellow Kid” reader from the period would find our humor downright strange — if not scandalous, considering how much more free contemporary comics are in discussing topics like sex, violence, drug abuse, interracial/same-sex relationships, etc.