The “Queen of Hearts” from the “Queen of Comics”, Nell Brinkley (September 5, 1886 – October 21, 1944)
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Odd Facts About Mars, 1912
Odd “Facts” About Mars, published in a variety of American newspapers in October, 1912
The Cave Girl
The creature dodged back, and the blow that would have crushed its skull grazed a hairbreadth from its face. Waldo struck no second blow, and the cold sweat sprang to his forehead when he realized how nearly he had come to murdering a young girl. “I crave your pardon,” he said. “I had no idea that there was a lady here. I am very glad that I did not injure you.” But now his attention was required by more pressing affairs — the cave men were returning to the attack. . . .
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Mr. Skygack and the Football Game
Tacoma Times, Nov 27th, 1912
Came upon field-enclosure with earth-men acrobating ~~ Wore strange pad-armour and nose elastics ~~ Made foot-steps on each other’s face features in dispute over skin-spheroid ~~ Slaughter gave onlookers great rah-rah gladness.
Who’s Who in the Comics, 1912
WHO’S-WHO IN THE COMICS
By Fred Schaefer
Some years ago a gentle inoffensive stranger landed on this terrestial sphere with no luggage but a notebook. Since then “he has tarried with us, pussyfooted and unobtrusive as a Japanese spy, picking up information and knitting his intellectual brow over the incomprehensible things so different from those on his own planet. This was Mr. Skygack from Mars. It is, however, not clearly known how long he will continue his earth study of earth beings at their earth work’s, nor how he will get back to Mars when he concludes to return. It will probably be by the same means by which he arrived, unless by chance he came as a meteorite. Continue reading “Who’s Who in the Comics, 1912”
I Must Have OREO… 1912
