Comments | papajoemambo: More importantly, "SHALL LADIES SMOKE?"

papajoemambo

More importantly, "SHALL LADIES SMOKE?"

Jun 28, 2007 12:59

"The Stuff I Find At Work - Platinum Age Comic Strips" Dept.:

For the longest time, the Yellow Kid was considered the first newspaper comics character by a lot of American comic book historians, and yes, while The Kid was the first AMERICAN ongoing comic strip character, he was far from the first in the medium ( Read more... )

platinum age comic strips, victoriana, cyril r. hallward, the stuff i find at work

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buzzylittleb June 28 2007, 17:44:31 UTC

I have to say, I find this really odd.

lucieandco June 28 2007, 18:25:10 UTC

Oh dearie me, I can't decide whether to find that 'so wrong', equality 'n' all, or 'so right', smoking-is-evil, girls-wiser-than-boys 'n' all ... kudos for the discovery :D

lostjane June 29 2007, 02:18:08 UTC

I don't get it. Were they smoking marijuana?

papajoemambo June 29 2007, 02:40:46 UTC

I think they may have been, yes, Janie.

Missed you at The Vic last night - could have used someone who isn'ty embarrassed to have a little fun to cut through some of the politics.

Politics was *rife*.

lostjane June 29 2007, 05:02:07 UTC

I would have liked to go, if I wasn't working. Did you at least have a good time?

papajoemambo June 30 2007, 03:08:44 UTC

I had a good time, but I have a few friends who were feeling awkward with how blatent some of the territory-marking was. As usual, Ty's class and I closed the place.

Pilgrim's Progress as rolling papers??? memphishipshake June 30 2007, 03:06:00 UTC

This reminds me a bit of the Louisa May Alcott short story, "The Lotus Eaters," about some well-to-do Victorians holidaying in southern Europe, who decide to eat hash one day to ease their well-to-do ennui. Louisa M used to write some potboiler bodice-rippers for newspapers before she became a wholesome novelist (had to pay Marmee and Papa's bills somehow after the war). Virginal ladies start peaking at a Spanish villa and young rakes stagger around seeing visions of hell... but eventually true love prevails..."we owe it all to Hasheesh!"

THERE YOU ARE!!! (I know - crazy, eh?) Re: Pilgrim's Progress as rolling papers??? papajoemambo June 30 2007, 03:13:00 UTC

I have some more like this I'll be posting up , Miss Hipshake.

Want to back your nephew up in August and do the convention this year? I *HAVE* to be there on the Sunday this year - Adam West is one of the guests this year and Malcolm MacDowall is there as well. If he can't make it you sghould come anyway because I can get you into a fun elbow-rubby party on teh night before.

I need you to document my full fledged West-MacDowall spazz attacks, Ma'am.

Re: Pilgrim's Progress as rolling papers??? papajoemambo June 30 2007, 03:14:27 UTC

Email me your new cell number - hoo-boy do I have stories....