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Newspaper Comic Srips - Life of Lincoln - Gene C - 01-11-2015 08:54 AM
Newspaper comic strip collection on the life of Abraham Lincoln.
Not sure how old this is, or what newspapers it may be from, but it's interesting.
https://archive.org/details/lifeofabrahamlin00mans
RE: Newspaper Comic Srips - Life of Lincoln - Eva Elisabeth - 01-11-2015 10:30 AM
Love such "history comics", thanks Gene!
RE: Newspaper Comic Srips - Life of Lincoln - LincolnMan - 01-11-2015 12:11 PM
The book cover has "1905" on it- which may be the publication date? Nice drawings. Reminds me of today's graphic novels.
RE: Newspaper Comic Srips - Life of Lincoln - Gene C - 01-11-2015 10:21 PM
Did a little bit of checking, here is a short bio on the author J Carroll Mansfield
http://www.biglittlebooks.com/worldsyn.html
one of the strips posted has a handwritten date of 4-8-26
RE: Newspaper Comic Srips - Life of Lincoln - STS Lincolnite - 01-12-2015 07:01 PM
Gene, this is great!! Thanks for posting. I agree with Bill that it is reminiscent of today's graphic novels. This is certainly a good way to engage readers of all ages. It kind of looks like these were collected together into a book. Is it possible they were orginally serial newspaper cartoons?
RE: Newspaper Comic Srips - Life of Lincoln - BettyO - 01-12-2015 07:37 PM
I noted that a few of the cartoons said "McClure's Syndicate" or some such thing about "McClure's Magazine...."
RE: Newspaper Comic Srips - Life of Lincoln - Gene C - 01-12-2015 09:19 PM
(01-12-2015 07:01 PM)STS Lincolnite Wrote: Gene, this is great!! Thanks for posting. I agree with Bill that it is reminiscent of today's graphic novels. This is certainly a good way to engage readers of all ages. It kind of looks like these were collected together into a book. Is it possible they were orginally serial newspaper cartoons?
Yes, they also were later printed into a book. They have also been reprinted, but my luck with quality reprints hasn't been good when it comes to books with lots of pictures and illustrations.
http://www.amazon.com/Life-Abraham-Lincoln-Classic-Reprint/dp/B009617YXU/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1421111563&sr=8-15&keywords=j+carroll+mansfield
You can probably find an old original copy for around $20, but the paper is usually of poorer quality.
McClure Syndicate was the first American newspaper syndicate according to Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McClure_Newspaper_Syndicate