What an unsettling piece. I know "fallen women" were a pop culture obsession at this time, but the idea of doing a strip about a mother who prostitutes herself in the (vain) hope of saving her baby strikes me as truly macabre. The final panel packs a wallop.
What an unsettling piece. I know "fallen women" were a pop culture obsession at this time, but the idea of doing a strip about a mother who prostitutes herself in the (vain) hope of saving her baby strikes me as truly macabre. The final panel packs a wallop.
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