([circa 1880's])

Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
[none]
Pages
16
On-sale Date
1880 ?
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
?
Brand
?
Editing
The Donaldson Brothers
Color
printed in color on one side, blank on the other side
Dimensions
5-1/16" tall x 3-3/8" wide
Paper Stock
folded cardboard booklet, which unfolds into a long strip, one panel per fold
Binding
folded

Issue Notes

This has a more "modern" coloring and "alternative" style art which makes it different from other Victorian Age publications.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
The Donaldson Brothers
Inks
The Donaldson Brothers
Colors
The Donaldson Brothers
Letters
typeset

How Aldolphus Slim-Jim Used Jackson's Best and Was Happy (Table of Contents: 1)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
The Donaldson Brothers
Pencils
The Donaldson Brothers
Inks
The Donaldson Brothers
Colors
The Donaldson Brothers
Letters
typeset

Genre
drama
Synopsis
Adolphus is rejected by his love because he is too thin, he becomes depressed and can't eat, his doctor prescribes Jackson's Best Chewing Tobacco to help him put on weight. He does and gets married to his love.
Keywords
advertisement; racism; tobacco

Indexer Notes

Victorian style comic -- rhyming narration and dialogue beneath each picture, with only one word balloon (at the very beginning).

Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. How Aldolphus Slim-Jim Used Jackson's Best and Was Happy
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore