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Frank Beard 'It Didn't Work for a Cent' (from Puck 'On the Road' 1889)




C.J.Budd 'The Bill-Poster's Revenge' (Harper's Round Table, Annual 1897)



R.F. Bunner - (The Circus Lion) (Harper's Round Table, Annual 1897) (without words)



Chinks 'Mr. Hardy Lee, His Yacht' (1857) - Series of illustrations



J.B. Clark 'Le Maleurs d'un chat' (from 'Album Noel', 1900)




A.S.Daggy 'A new use for the Japanese Umbrella' (Harper's Round Table, Annual 1897) (without words)



Dalrymple Index
'The unexpected always happens' (from 'Puck's Library')
(At the theatre) (Le Rire, 11.Mai 1895 - originally published in Puck)
'His Diploma'



M. Dunk 'How a Famous Hunter Won a Reputation' (Harper's Round Table, Annual 1897) (without words)



A. B. Frost 'He was a Tenderfoot' (from Scribner's Magazine Vol.XIII No.1, January 1893 )



W.M. Goodes 'The Funniest Thing He ever Saw' (Bear & Fishing Rod) (from Harper's Round Table, Annual 1897) (without words)
        External link (John Adcock's Blog) (Possum for Thanksgiving)
        External link (John Adcock's Blog) (The Skates on the Livingroom Floor)




Syd B. Griffin Index
'Snap-Shots'/A Friend in Need
His Name was Mud (from Puck's Library)
Let Her Go




O. Herford Index
'The Bow Legged Admiral and the Educated Dog' (Harper's Round Table, 1897)
'The Lost Joke Recovered by Xray'(Harper's Round Table, 1897)




Livingstone Hopkins 'Professor Tigwissel' (1875) - A very early American Newspaper comic



F.M. Howarth Index
Récréation Chinoise (from 'Album Noel', 1900)
Editor and Poet (Puck 1894)
'An ingenious Device' (originally published in Life - reprinted in Picture Magazine 1893)
'Lovers of Art' (originally published in Life - reprinted in Picture Magazine 1893)
'Pelle et Brouette' (originally published in Puck, reprinted in 'Polichinelle' 31 July 1898)
Le Portrait trop resemblant et la veuve trop démonstrative' (originally published in Puck - reprinted in Le Rire, 4.Mai 1895)
Un enlevement acrobatique ou le vrai amour ne connait pas d'obstacles' (originally published in Puck - reprinted in Le Rire - 9 May 1896 )
The dog at the butcher's (orginially published in 'Judge' - reprinted in Le Rire, 2.November 1895)
An Assisted Flirtation (Puck 28. July 1897 )
Easily Arranged (Puck 28. July 1897 )
        External link (John Adcock's Blog) Selfportrait & short strip




W.C.Kemble 'An Ingenious Escape' (Harper's Round Table, Annual 1897)



Chas May Index
Un sac, un homme, un chien & un tonneau (from 'Album Noel', 1900)
Dans la cave (from 'Album Noel', 1900)




Hy Mayer 'How the Dromedary became a Camel' (Harper's Round Table, Annual 1897)

External link (John Adcock's Blog) 'The Many Inventions of Hy. Mayer' by V. Robard, Godey's Magazine Vol. CXXXV No.807 Sept. 1897



Winsor McCay Index
Comparison of McCay dragon to Baroque theatrical design
Dream of the Rarebit Fiend (19.1.1913)
Dream of the Rarebit Fiend (27.7.1913)



Walt McDougal Index
Professor Jyblitz (1.2.1902)
Hank the Hermit (29.9.1912)



John Mclenan 'The Flight of Abraham - as reported by a Modern Daily Paper' (Harper's Weekly 1861)



P.Newell - (Policeman and Matchstick) (Harper's Round Table, Annual 1897)




Fred Opper Index (before 1900) (see also the post-1900 Opper Index)
The Wicket Seal Hunter and the Clever Seal
His Doctors, and how they didn't do him any good
A Real English Outfit in America
In Maine
The Result of Feeding a Neapolitan Greyhound on Macaroni
The Power of Habit
A Close Shave
(The Pretty Typewriter)
Mike Cassedy's Toothache
A Distinct Success
Saved - A Tale of Simple Heroism Rewarded
The latest dodge
A story of the road
A Quick Response
A slight error of judgement
Not quite out of practice
True too his word (Puck 28. July 1897)



Fred Opper (after 1900) Index (see also the Pre-1900 Opper Index)
Si puts in a good word for Happy Hooligan (1912)
Happy Hooligan - There might have been a lot of wisdom... (1912)
Happy Hooligan - Sometimes it almost seems as if (1913)
(Happy Hooligan in German) (Deutsches Journal 1913)



H.W. Philips - A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed (Harper's Round Table, Annual 1897)
        External link (John Adcock's Blog) H. W. Phillips



J. S. Pughe A Small Story with a Large Application (from Puck 28.July 1897)



F.T. Richards Index
It's an Ill Wind Blows Nobody Good (Harper's Round Table, 1897)
The Fakir and the Prestidigitateur (Harper's Round Table, 1897)
An Occidental Transformation (Harper's Round Table, 1897)



Gustav Verbeek Index
'The Hunter's Strategy' (Harper's Round Table, Annual 1897)
'A quelque chose malheur est bon' (The Swan)



Gustav Verbeek - The Upside Downs of Little Lady Lovekins and Old Man Muffaroo - The Thrilling Adventure of the Dragon (8. Mai 1904)



Zim (Eugene Zimmerman) Index
Blackville (originally published in 'Judge')
(Mule Récalcitrant) (originally published in 'Judge')
('Le Renseignement exact') (originally published in 'Judge')