(1955)
Hanover House,
1955 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- ?
- Pages
- 136
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Hanover House
- Editing
- ?
- Color
- Black and White
- Dimensions
- 6 3/4" w x 10 1/4" h
- Paper Stock
- Bond
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publishing Format
- One-shot
Issue Notes
Selection of "Out Our Way" cartoons (1924-1955) by J. R. Williams [James Robert Williams]. George Scarbro and Neg Cochran were assistants for Williams.
"Redrawn by Request"
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Half-title page
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Great Cartoons of J. R. Williams
- Characters
- Mother; son; cowboys
Indexer Notes
Title page, front matter, spot illustrations
Biographical Note
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages
Indexer Notes
Includes one cartoon
[no title indexed]
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Glaciers and blizzards, tempests and floods washed away a great deal from which we might have read the early chapters of history, but they left us a few pictures on rocks and the walls of caves to give us at least a clue to what went on.
Indexer Notes
Introduction
[no title indexed]
text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Redrawn by Request
Indexer Notes
Similar to half-title page
Starring Tonight
Out Our Way / cartoon / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Father; mother; daughter; son; moviegoers
- Keywords
- Family; movies; newspaper panel cartoon; nostalgia; radio; television; theater; theatre; TV; vaudeville
Indexer Notes
Eight cartoons about audiences over time.
Sporting Blood
Out Our Way / cartoon / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Father; mother; daughter; son; kids; the Worry Wart
- Keywords
- Family; fishing; football; newspaper panel cartoon; nostalgia; sports; Worry Wart
Indexer Notes
Eight cartoons about sports and outdoor activities
Way Back When
Out Our Way / cartoon / 10 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mother; father; daughter; son; boys; firemen; fire fighters; doctor
- Keywords
- Born Thirty Years Too Soon; family; horse; newspaper panel cartoon; nostalgia; train; trolley
Indexer Notes
Twenty cartoons of life in the "good old days" of the early twentieth century... all subtitled "Born Thirty Years Too Soon."
Yankee Ingenuity
Out Our Way / cartoon / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mother; son; father; teenagers
- Keywords
- family; Invention; newspaper panel cartoon; Why Mothers Get Grey
Indexer Notes
Six cartoons on family members trying to create "labor saving" techniques, most under the subtitle "Why Mothers Get Grey."
Do It Yourself?
Out Our Way / cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Father; mother; son
- Keywords
- Automobile; car; family; newspaper panel cartoon; nostalgia
Indexer Notes
Two cartoons about hauling awkward loads by car.
The Life of the Party
Out Our Way / cartoon / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Kids; young teenagers; the Worry Wart
- Keywords
- Newspaper panel cartoon; nostalgia; party
Indexer Notes
Six cartoons about awkward youngsters at parties
American Folklore
Out Our Way / cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Boys; mother; grandfather
- Keywords
- Newspaper panel cartoon; nostalgia; superstition
Indexer Notes
Two cartoons about boys trying out popular folk myths.
Go West, Young Man, Go West
Out Our Way / cartoon / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Characters
- Cowboys; horses
- Keywords
- Cowboy; horse; newspaper comic strip; nostalgia; west; western
Indexer Notes
Eight cartoons affectionately but honestly depicting the cowboy's life. Before taking up cartooning, J. R. Williams worked both as a cowboy and as a cavalry trooper in the American west.
The Tenderfoot
Out Our Way / cartoon / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Characters
- Curly; Wes
- Keywords
- Cowboy; horse; newspaper comic strip; nostalgia; west; western
Indexer Notes
Eight cartoons about the tribulations of a novice cowboy.
Back in the Saddle
Out Our Way / cartoon / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; western-frontier
- Characters
- Cowboys; veterinarian
- Keywords
- Cowboy; horse; newspaper panel cartoon; nostalgia; veterinarian; west; western
Indexer Notes
Eight cartoons about cowboy life.
Shopping
Out Our Way / cartoon / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mother; daughter; son; policeman
- Keywords
- Family; newspaper panel cartoon; nostalgia
Indexer Notes
Four cartoons on the tribulations of shopping.
...Drink, and Be Merry
Out Our Way / cartoon / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mother; father; policeman; milkman; drunks
- Keywords
- Alcohol; drink; drunk; family; inebriation; police
Indexer Notes
Eight cartoons about drink.
Every Dog Should Have a Boy
Out Our Way / cartoon / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Father; son; dog; the Worry Wart
- Keywords
- Dog; family; newspaper comic strip; nostalgia; pet
Indexer Notes
Four cartoons about having dogs in the family.
The Little Red Schoolhouse -- or Progressive Education?
Out Our Way / cartoon / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Boy; girl; teacher; schoolchildren
- Keywords
- Newspaper panel cartoon; nostalgia; one-room school; school; student
Indexer Notes
Four cartoons on old-time schools.
Clothes Make the Man
Out Our Way / cartoon / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mother; daughter; son; boys; teenagers; the Worry Wart
- Keywords
- Children; clothes; family; kids; newspaper comic strip; nostalgia; style; teen; the Worry Wart
Indexer Notes
Eight cartoons on styles and clothing among the younger set.
The Greatest Show on Earth!
Out Our Way / cartoon / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Buffalo Bill; boys; policeman; Indian; mother
- Keywords
- Born Thirty Years Too Soon; circus; newspaper panel cartoon; nostalgia
Indexer Notes
Four cartoons about the circus, all with the subtitle "Born Thirty Years Too Soon."
The Breadwinner
Out Our Way / cartoon / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Father; mother; daughter; son
- Keywords
- Family; father; husband; newspaper panel cartoon; nostalgia
Indexer Notes
Eight cartoons about harried husbands and fathers (or harried families WITH husbands and fathers).
Conflict -- Family Kind
Out Our Way / cartoon / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Father; mother; daughter; son
- Keywords
- Family; newspaper panel cartoon; nostalgia; Why Mothers Get Grey
Indexer Notes
Twelve cartoons about harried families.
Get a Horse
Out Our Way / cartoon / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Father; mother; daughter; son
- Keywords
- Automobile; Born Thirty Years Too Soon; car; family; newspaper panel cartoon; nostalgia
Indexer Notes
Twelve cartoons about the tribulations encountered with early automobiles.
American Institutions
Out Our Way / cartoon / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Father; mother; daughter; son; milkman; barber; Fuller Brush man; street-corner Santa Claus
- Keywords
- Family; newspaper panel cartoon; nostalgia; picnic; salesman
Indexer Notes
Eight cartoons about daily life.
The Curse of Smoking
Out Our Way / cartoon / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mother; father; kids; old man; the Worry Wart
- Keywords
- Cigar; cigarette; family; newspaper panel cartoon; nostalgia; smoking; snuff; tobacco
Indexer Notes
Eight cartoons on tobacco use
Bull of the Woods
Out Our Way / cartoon / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Bull of the Woods; factory hands
- Keywords
- Factory; foreman; industry; labor; mill; the Bull of the Woods; workers
Indexer Notes
Eight cartoons of factory life, all featuring a foreman called the Bull of the Woods.
Run of the Mill
Out Our Way / cartoon / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Factory hands; nurse
- Keywords
- Factory; industry; labor; mill; newspaper panel cartoon; nostalgia; workers
Indexer Notes
Eight cartoons about factory work
Mother's Little Angels
Out Our Way / cartoon / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Mother; kids; the Worry Wart
- Keywords
- Family; kids; mother; Why Mothers Get Grey
Indexer Notes
Eight cartoons on why mothers get grey.
Trick or Treat
Out Our Way / cartoon / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Boys; mother; policeman; blacksmith
- Keywords
- Halloween; kids; newspaper panel cartoon; nostalgia; practical joke; prank
Indexer Notes
Eight cartoons about boyhood pranks and practical jokes, at Halloween and other times.
Boys Will be Boys
Out Our Way / cartoon / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Boys; policeman; teacher; doctor
- Keywords
- Kids; newspaper panel cartoon; nostalgia
Indexer Notes
Eight cartoons of boys getting into trouble and being punished for it.
No More Pencils, No More Books...
Out Our Way / cartoon / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Boys; girl; mother; policeman
- Keywords
- Kids; newspaper panel cartoon; nostalgia; summer; vacation
Indexer Notes
Eight cartoons of summertime and school vacation.
What Are Little Boys Made Of?
Out Our Way / cartoon / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Boys
- Keywords
- Family; kids; newspaper panel cartoon; nostalgia
Indexer Notes
Eight cartons on boys and their adventures.
All This and the Worry Wart, Too
Out Our Way / cartoon / 8 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- The Worry Wart; brother; kids
- Keywords
- Dog; kids; newspaper panel cartoon; nostalgia; the Worry Wart
Indexer Notes
Sixteen cartoons featuring the Worry Wart, a small boy whose inexperienced stabs at life's pleasures wind up frustrating his elders.
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Table of Contents
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0.
Redrawn by Request
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1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
"Redrawn by Request"
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3.
[no title indexed]
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4.
["The Great Cartoons of J. R. Williams"]
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5.
Biographical Note
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6.
[no title indexed]
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7.
["Glaciers and blizzards, tempests and floods washed away a great deal from which we might have read the early chapters of history, but they left us a few pictures on rocks and the walls of caves to give us at least a clue to what went on."]
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8.
["Redrawn by Request"]
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9.
[no title indexed]
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10.
Starring Tonight
Out Our Way -
11.
Sporting Blood
Out Our Way -
12.
Way Back When
Out Our Way -
13.
Yankee Ingenuity
Out Our Way -
14.
Do It Yourself?
Out Our Way -
15.
The Life of the Party
Out Our Way -
16.
American Folklore
Out Our Way -
17.
Go West, Young Man, Go West
Out Our Way -
18.
The Tenderfoot
Out Our Way -
19.
Back in the Saddle
Out Our Way -
20.
Shopping
Out Our Way -
21.
...Drink, and Be Merry
Out Our Way -
22.
Every Dog Should Have a Boy
Out Our Way -
23.
The Little Red Schoolhouse -- or Progressive Education?
Out Our Way -
24.
Clothes Make the Man
Out Our Way -
25.
The Greatest Show on Earth!
Out Our Way -
26.
The Breadwinner
Out Our Way -
27.
Conflict -- Family Kind
Out Our Way -
28.
Get a Horse
Out Our Way -
29.
American Institutions
Out Our Way -
30.
The Curse of Smoking
Out Our Way -
31.
Bull of the Woods
Out Our Way -
32.
Run of the Mill
Out Our Way -
33.
Mother's Little Angels
Out Our Way -
34.
Trick or Treat
Out Our Way -
35.
Boys Will be Boys
Out Our Way -
36.
No More Pencils, No More Books...
Out Our Way -
37.
What Are Little Boys Made Of?
Out Our Way -
38.
All This and the Worry Wart, Too
Out Our Way -
39.
[no title indexed]
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- Pat Conolly
- Kirk House
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