101 Cartoons from Le Chat Noir: Early Comics from Bohemian Paris is now available from Black Scat Books! “Le Chat Noir” was one of the liveliest avant-garde papers in 19th century Paris. Published by the legendary cabaret, it delivered a weekly blast of anarchism, pranks, Decadent poetry, and black humor by such luminaries as Alphonse […]

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Hello Buddy was a small magazine (4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″, 32 pp.) intended to be sold by disabled veterans during World War 2. It contained jokes, poems, and cartoons, mostly on military subjects; it was published by Service Men’s Magazine in NYC, and subtitled “Comics of War, Facts of Service.” This copy is undated, […]

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“Merry-Go-Round,” a 1910 offering from Milton Bradley, encouraged the players to collect a series of ten cards, in order, from one to ten. The cards are small (1 x 2.5 inches), with elegant black-and-white illustrations of the components of the merry-go-round. (Posted by Doug Skinner)

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