(1871)
Roberts Brothers,
1871 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- [none]
- Pages
- 76
- On-sale Date
- 1871
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Roberts Brothers
- Brand
- ?
- Editing
- ?
- Color
- hand-coloured cover and interiors
- Dimensions
- 8-1/8" tall x 5-5/8" wide
- Binding
- hardcover
Issue Notes
Printed by John Wilson and Son.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870.
Best-known Wilhelm Busch book; The Katzenjammer Kids were inspired by Max and Maurice at order of William Randolph Hearst.
This issue has variants:
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870.
Best-known Wilhelm Busch book; The Katzenjammer Kids were inspired by Max and Maurice at order of William Randolph Hearst.
This issue has variants:
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
![Cover Thumbnail for Max and Maurice -- A Juvenile History in Seven Tricks (1871 series) [1895]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1134/w100/1134685.jpg?-7950804543883460081)
Preface
Max und Moritz / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1.3 pages
- Script
- Wilhelm Busch; Charles Timothy Brooks (translation)
- Pencils
- Wilhelm Busch
- Inks
- Wilhelm Busch
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
from Trick First
Max and Maurice / comic story / 7.7 pages
- Script
- Wilhelm Busch; Charles Timothy Brooks (translation)
- Pencils
- Wilhelm Busch
- Inks
- Wilhelm Busch
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Max; Maurice
- Synopsis
- Max and Maurice set up a trick which ends up killing a widow's hens and crow.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Victorian style comic -- text above/below pictures, no word balloons
Trick Second
Max and Maurice / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Wilhelm Busch; Charles Timothy Brooks (translation)
- Pencils
- Wilhelm Busch
- Inks
- Wilhelm Busch
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Max; Maurice
- Synopsis
- The widow sets the birds on a fire to cook. Max and Maurice fish them away via hooks down her chimney.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
hybrid between highly illustrated children's story & victorian style comic story
Trick Third
Max and Maurice / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Wilhelm Busch; Charles Timothy Brooks (translation)
- Pencils
- Wilhelm Busch
- Inks
- Wilhelm Busch
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Max; Maurice
- Synopsis
- Max and Maurice sabotage a bridge to collapse when someone crosses it.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Victorian style comic -- text above/below pictures, no word balloons
Trick Fourth
Max and Maurice / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Wilhelm Busch; Charles Timothy Brooks (translation)
- Pencils
- Wilhelm Busch
- Inks
- Wilhelm Busch
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Max; Maurice
- Synopsis
- Max and Maurice put gunpowder in a minister's smoking pipe.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
hybrid between highly illustrated children's story & Victorian style comic story
Trick Fifth
Max and Maurice / comic story / 8.7 pages
- Script
- Wilhelm Busch; Charles Timothy Brooks (translation)
- Pencils
- Wilhelm Busch
- Inks
- Wilhelm Busch
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Max; Maurice
- Synopsis
- Max and Maurice stick a bag full of insects into their Uncle Fritzy's bed.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Victorian style comic -- text above/below pictures, no word balloons
Trick Sixth
Max and Maurice / comic story / 8.3 pages
- Script
- Wilhelm Busch; Charles Timothy Brooks (translation)
- Pencils
- Wilhelm Busch
- Inks
- Wilhelm Busch
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Max; Maurice
- Synopsis
- Max and Maurice, who have fallen into a vat of dough while trying to steal pretzels, are caught by the baker, who shoves them into his oven. The outer dough bakes, but they eat their way out and escape.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Victorian style comic -- text above/below pictures, no word balloons
Last Trick
Max and Maurice / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Wilhelm Busch; Charles Timothy Brooks (translation)
- Pencils
- Wilhelm Busch
- Inks
- Wilhelm Busch
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Max; Maurice
- Synopsis
- Max and Maurice slice a farmer's bags so his grain falls out when he picks them up. The farmer catches them, sticks them in a hopper, and grinds them to bits which are eaten by ducks. The town rejoices.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Victorian style comic -- text above/below pictures, no word balloons
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
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0.
Max and Maurice
Max and Maurice -
1.
Max and Maurice
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2.
Preface
Max und Moritz -
3.
Trick First
Max and Maurice -
4.
Trick Second
Max and Maurice -
5.
Trick Third
Max and Maurice -
6.
Trick Fourth
Max and Maurice -
7.
Trick Fifth
Max and Maurice -
8.
Trick Sixth
Max and Maurice -
9.
Last Trick
Max and Maurice -
10.
New Books for the Autumn and Winter of 1870-71
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Mark Q
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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