tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500704922792766299.comments2024-03-07T05:55:18.221-08:00Yesterday’s Papersjohn adcockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02601087030921802835noreply@blogger.comBlogger1288125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500704922792766299.post-521922787775533542024-03-07T03:13:59.011-08:002024-03-07T03:13:59.011-08:00Hello. I don't understand exactly what activit...Hello. I don't understand exactly what activity the company (ANC) did, especially at the end of the 19th century. Was it just distribution, storage and sales, or did they print anything themselves? Did they have printers or publishing houses?<br /><br />In an old newspaper article I came across the text: "the Novelty company of Broadway". I don't understand what they mean, what Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500704922792766299.post-82442052380058425782024-02-13T07:48:37.637-08:002024-02-13T07:48:37.637-08:00Yes, the American News Company was renamed as ANCO...Yes, the American News Company was renamed as ANCORP National Services and was a publicly traded entity until 1972.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500704922792766299.post-20169766573657546692024-02-07T16:13:45.974-08:002024-02-07T16:13:45.974-08:00Well, it's ten years later, and there are now ...Well, it's ten years later, and there are now two more giant Sundays volumes and two dozen more books of dailies reprints—with more on the way. I hope you've run across them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500704922792766299.post-39512341983805660142024-01-24T08:45:59.423-08:002024-01-24T08:45:59.423-08:00An excellent piece of research. Just you know The...An excellent piece of research. Just you know The Belfast News-Letter for Thursday 16 February 1871 has a notice of C.H.M. Clarke's marriage:<br /><br />CLARKE-DOAKE- February 14, at the First Presbyterian Church, Dromore, by the Rev. Wm. Craig, assisted by the Rev. W.J. Patton. Charles Henry Montague, eldest son of C.H. Clarke, Rosetta Villa, Hammersmith, and 13, Paternoster Row, London, Jolyon50https://www.blogger.com/profile/01331882838796428888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500704922792766299.post-84455275890386389442024-01-05T10:49:15.051-08:002024-01-05T10:49:15.051-08:00Wonderful column, much information.
I met John Br...Wonderful column, much information.<br /><br />I met John Bray toward the end of his life. He was around 100, in a nursing home in Bridgeport CT when I was in my early 20s, a cartoonist on the staff of the Connecticut Herald.<br /><br />The "Heeza Liar" cartoons were parodies of Theodore Roosevelt, subsequent to his famous African safari and claims that were questioned by some people. Rick Marschallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05042725183037008281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500704922792766299.post-51801130643133461512023-12-24T17:02:18.721-08:002023-12-24T17:02:18.721-08:00A very belated thank you for the information provi...A very belated thank you for the information provided here. I am reading this book at the moment and enjoying it immensely. I will see if I can locate (via Gale, the currently disabled British Library and other online sources) some of the other titles that you speculate were written by the same author. These "Penny Dreadfuls," such as those by Thomas Peckett Prest (whose Death Ship I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500704922792766299.post-55286719967393504752023-12-24T12:55:53.354-08:002023-12-24T12:55:53.354-08:00Did anyone ever figure out somewhere to sell these...Did anyone ever figure out somewhere to sell these? Or what they are worth??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500704922792766299.post-75664484780289352952023-12-24T12:52:55.927-08:002023-12-24T12:52:55.927-08:00I also have a lot of foreign currency from the 70s...I also have a lot of foreign currency from the 70s 80s and 90s all sorts of bills ranging from yen too Australia, Baisa, South Africa, Argentina, Germany England, Turkey, Iran, and othersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500704922792766299.post-72616389180879591602023-12-24T12:44:27.346-08:002023-12-24T12:44:27.346-08:00I have a lot of facsimile 100s 300s50s 20s10s 2s 1...I have a lot of facsimile 100s 300s50s 20s10s 2s 1s. Ones that say just copy. They range from Virginia commonwealth, Tennessee, North Carolin, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas. And I also have a MAP from 1961 of the civil war chronologically. All in perfect condition but don’t know where to sell them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500704922792766299.post-33482175337201777892023-12-04T14:58:41.709-08:002023-12-04T14:58:41.709-08:00Rick Marschall comments:There should be a book on ...Rick Marschall comments:There should be a book on TAD and his several contributions to culture and comics history. S J Perelman wrote an article on him for the New York Times Magazine; Clark Kinnaird (John Paul Adams) of the Hearst Corporation and KEN Magazine fame proposed collaborating with me on a book, but he died before it could happen. I would love to pick up that ball...john adcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02601087030921802835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500704922792766299.post-20073729495635137902023-11-05T23:02:52.328-08:002023-11-05T23:02:52.328-08:00was also used as sheet music art for 1894's &q...was also used as sheet music art for 1894's "The New Boy"Gravydog316https://www.blogger.com/profile/18348087460298696393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500704922792766299.post-22433262992513247972023-10-29T06:57:40.756-07:002023-10-29T06:57:40.756-07:00Millie and her brother Richard 31/3/90 to 1/9/90 w...Millie and her brother Richard 31/3/90 to 1/9/90 was only on Saturdays as a double sized strip then went to the normal size when it was printed Monday to saturday on the 3/9/90 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500704922792766299.post-8614759684798053042023-09-15T10:43:57.862-07:002023-09-15T10:43:57.862-07:00I love your biography. My dad passed away in 2020....I love your biography. My dad passed away in 2020. Among his belongings are 2 paintings I grew up with. My dad Thomas Denham(Yutzy) was a cousin/ relative. The 2 paintings are signed by Bill and given to my folks for an anniversary gift in 1957. <br />Going through my dad’s stuff I found a book titled “A Man with no Country”. Inside the pages were 6 hand drawn pencil sketches on 3”x5” paper. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500704922792766299.post-450221920863622342023-08-30T16:18:06.469-07:002023-08-30T16:18:06.469-07:00RICK MARSCHALL answers Olivier:
Yes, Jean Giraud (...RICK MARSCHALL answers Olivier:<br />Yes, Jean Giraud (Moebius) was at the 1978 Lucca Festival. That is the reason I ran the photograph (I have others) of him in Lucca in this YP column about the 1978 Lucca Festival. It was the first of many times I met him... but, yes, that's him, that's Lucca, and it was 1978.Rick Marschallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05042725183037008281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500704922792766299.post-77274406226655758182023-08-30T10:30:31.620-07:002023-08-30T10:30:31.620-07:00Hello, thanks for your very interesting & rich...Hello, thanks for your very interesting & rich blog. I have a question challenging your memory. Do you remember if Moebius was at this Lucca festival in 1978. People told me that he was there, maybe at a "Métal Hurlant" stand but i did not find any information about this.<br />merci. best.<br />olivier (from Paris)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500704922792766299.post-39107431976929855352023-08-02T06:03:35.850-07:002023-08-02T06:03:35.850-07:00Thanks for your reminiscences. I wrote a much long...Thanks for your reminiscences. I wrote a much longer post on Tad here: https://john-adcock.blogspot.com/2017/12/tad-dorgan-and-friends-in-san-francisco.htmljohn adcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02601087030921802835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500704922792766299.post-18587355001776649682023-08-01T20:29:10.108-07:002023-08-01T20:29:10.108-07:00It seems we are related! I am Tad’s 3rd cousin (ou...It seems we are related! I am Tad’s 3rd cousin (our side of the family stayed in N. California). One of my distant family members regularly wrote to him and was his biggest fan. Her name was Kate O’Brien and lived on Cheney Street in San Francisco. Look and see if her name pops up anywhere in your family “lore”.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500704922792766299.post-22400790149772481412023-08-01T20:20:14.025-07:002023-08-01T20:20:14.025-07:00I am Tad’s 3rd cousin (as explained to me by my fa...I am Tad’s 3rd cousin (as explained to me by my father). As the family story goes......Tad lost the fingers on his right hand when he was like 7 to 10 years old. <br /><br />The boys of the neighborhood would go down to the turntables in San Francisco to “help” push the cable cars around. Back then, the cable cars were actually horse-drawn.<br /><br />Tad put his hand on some sort of device that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500704922792766299.post-18733522699040963842023-07-30T11:32:29.812-07:002023-07-30T11:32:29.812-07:00Since I posted five years ago, I have learned a bi...Since I posted five years ago, I have learned a bit more about Arthur George Cutler aka Dan Leno. My great grandfather, I have also placed a marker on his unmarked grave in Acme, Alberta. The most notable thing I learned is while he was the only father my grandmother new (and he died when she was 7 years old), he was not her biological father. My grandmother's mother Freda/Marie Collier Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500704922792766299.post-89174854536419769312023-07-01T09:21:13.642-07:002023-07-01T09:21:13.642-07:00Wonderful, John! Thanks so very much. I find Pow...Wonderful, John! Thanks so very much. I find Powers' work to be acquired taste. Early in my collecting, I was not a fan, but he grew on me as time went on. Now I yam a huge fan!Rob Stolzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03468042054866483300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500704922792766299.post-49584706708816171372023-06-25T14:42:36.864-07:002023-06-25T14:42:36.864-07:00I gave several of these postcards. Are they valuab...I gave several of these postcards. Are they valuable? Uncirculated from my dads Navy days in WW2.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500704922792766299.post-72690264834940648092023-05-28T09:30:09.590-07:002023-05-28T09:30:09.590-07:00Thank you for all the research required spotlighti...Thank you for all the research required spotlighting the Duncombe family and this fascinating period of British publishing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500704922792766299.post-62665256483050212802023-05-20T04:19:51.662-07:002023-05-20T04:19:51.662-07:00Sure wish you could identify the photos you posted...Sure wish you could identify the photos you posted. Also- I just read about Texas Jack "Jr", and that's a story in & of itself!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500704922792766299.post-525612046573570742023-05-17T05:46:09.724-07:002023-05-17T05:46:09.724-07:00That was my comment on Aug 17, 2016, BTW. Just not...That was my comment on Aug 17, 2016, BTW. Just noticed it was anonymous, for some reason. Thanks again for the post, John. I got my own copy from eBay ASAP after reading it.Guy Lawleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10244723245891511608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500704922792766299.post-79573340892089204532023-05-11T06:20:47.285-07:002023-05-11T06:20:47.285-07:00Thanks for pointing that out, Richard. It is very ...Thanks for pointing that out, Richard. It is very possible that Burnand was making reference to Verne's novel. Balloons as a mode of transportation were common in the penny papers, particularly for boys, but the pseudo-scientific explanation is something I have never seen and makes it very likely that his intent is to parody Jules Verne.<br />john adcockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02601087030921802835noreply@blogger.com