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Image: Friend of the Comic People 1906

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Description: Political cartoon, Hoist, the friend of the Comic People. by Louis M. Glackens for Puck magazine, October 31, 1906. The characters seen, clockwise are: en:Foxy Grandpa by en:Carl E. Schultze, en:Alphonse and Gaston by en:Frederick Burr Opper, en:Happy Hooligan by Frederick Burr Opper, en:And Her Name Was Maud by Frederick Burr Opper, en:The Katzenjammer Kids by en:Rudolph Dirks, en:Buster Brown by en:Richard Felton Outcault, and at the center, all of the characters having a "rally" with "Hoist" sitting on the back of Maud, the mule. "Hoist" was en:William Randolph Hearst, who was the publisher of many newspapers--all of the comic characters in the illustration appeared in Hearst-owned newspapers. W. R, Hearst ran for governor of New York State in 1906; his opponent (and the winner of the election) was en:Charles Evans Hughes.
Title: Friend of the Comic People 1906
Credit: Library of Congress.
Author: Louis M. Glackens
Permission: Pre-1923
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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