Origins of the Sunday Comics by Peter Maresca for July 18, 2013

What? He couldn’t squeeze a little more stuff into that drawing? How big was the original piece of paper? Does anyone know?

Too blurry. Even on Zoom, I couldn’t read it all.

All that for a penny. Back then you were lucky if you had a penny.Both entertainment and social commentary.You are right Radish he does favor Neuman.The one thing to notice all the girl have shoes. Some guys do but most do not. It was not proper in those times for a girl to not have her feet covered.

Its alfred E. neumanBut the yellow Kid does bear a resemblance, or should we say Alfred E Neuman looks like The Yellow Kid?

This is my decoding of the handwritten note. Words in Parentheses Im unsure of.I’m a (queer dictatorship)fron the heart of newyorkIm the gay little dancer boy(Im not sweet to enjoy)(I dont have a clue) funny!I’m New York’s (verry…)Keep da change … (Mac)

Yeah that kid on the bottom looks just like Alfred E. Newman, what, me worry?

holy Moly. Look at the detail!

And what are those dogs doing! LOL!

I would love to see some commentary—-it looks like there is a lot of political satire going on. Look at what the goat is saying.

I think the Yellow Kid grew up to be Mr Natural.

All the comments on Alfred E. Neuman; remember, that character was not a MAD invention. He was around much before that.

“You’ll put your eye out!”

Ah Hearst, only a man like him can show up to ruin an innovative art form with business rivalry, profit and greed. Just you wait Hearst, just you wait until a certain MOVIE is made based on you!!!

“She’s human and she’s fly” – anyone know the origin of saying someone’s fly? (I assumed it was this century, silly me)

Alfred E Neumann was a character design from 20 years before the Yellow Kid, at least. Not that he had that name until much later but the cockeyed grinner was used in advertising and satirical cartoons from around the American Civil War.

Wow, speech bubbles in 1800’s.