Durham Whiffs, Blackwell's Durham (c. 1890's) comic books 1890
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Issue #1
Published 1890 by Blackwell's Durham.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
No date, circa 1890's or earlier. Promotional advertisement booklet for Blackwell's Durham Tobacco. The front cover "Teaching Time" and back cover "The School Takes A Holiday" illustrations are both in full color. The interior pages, black and white, have two cartoons per page. These cartoons are based on familiar fictional folk characters like Jack and the Candlestick, Little Boy Blue, and Old King Cole. Each character is ascribed his or her own poetry, but the poem has a 'tobacco smoking' twist thrown in. The centerfold holds the self-contained short comic strip "The Course of True Love Never Does Run Smooth". 6 1/2-in. x 9-in., 8 pages, BW.
