Issue Details

Issue	#9
Published	July 17, 1897
Cover Price	0.05 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Joe Kerr
Notes	apart from the title and a 2-page ad (with no illos) for "Yellow Kid Cigarettes", there is no reference to Yellow Kid & no Outcault art.

Cover Details

Pencils	Sydney Adamson
Inks	Sydney Adamson
Notes	apart from the title and a 2-page ad (with no illos) for "Yellow Kid Cigarettes", there is no reference to Yellow Kid & no Outcault art.

1 page story "Thinking of Class"

Synopsis	Man: Do you think you could learn to love me?; Woman: Would it be any harder than Greek?
Genre	humor
Script	Harrison Fisher
Pencils	Harrison Fisher
Inks	Harrison Fisher
Letters	typeset
Notes	full page single panel cartoon

1 page story

Synopsis	A "know-it-all" criticizes a woman's painting.
Genre	humor
Script	O.C. McCauley
Pencils	O.C. McCauley
Inks	O.C. McCauley
Letters	typeset
Notes	3-panel story occupying 1/3 page

1 page story

Synopsis	darned if I can figure it out -- point of cartoon probably made sense in its day.
Genre	humor
Script	Stanlaws
Pencils	Stanlaws
Inks	Stanlaws
Letters	typeset
Notes	half-page single panel cartoon

1 page story "Why Mr. Dingle Walked Home in a Barrel"

Synopsis	A vagrant steals a man's clothes & bicycle while he bathes in a pond.
Genre	humor
Script	Fay
Pencils	Fay
Inks	Fay
Notes	4-panel silent story occupying 2/3 page

1 page story "Not Publishable"

Synopsis	Two theatre girls discuss the manager.
Genre	humor
Script	J.A. Lemon
Pencils	J.A. Lemon
Inks	J.A. Lemon
Letters	typeset
Notes	1/3 page single panel cartoon

1 page story "On the Yacht"

Synopsis	Woman: How do you know Miss Alright has a good pair of sea-legs?; Man: You should see them.
Genre	humor
Script	Fay
Pencils	Fay
Inks	Fay
Letters	typeset
Notes	1/3 page single panel cartoon

1 page story "An Ear for Music"

Synopsis	trading corn for sheet music
Genre	humor
Script	G.W. Bonte
Pencils	G.W. Bonte
Inks	G.W. Bonte
Letters	typeset
Notes	1/4 page single panel cartoon

1 page story

Synopsis	A man sings to/courts a woman, and is attacked by her mother; stereotyped blacks
Genre	humor
Letters	typeset
Notes	half-page 2-panel story; black racism story

1 page story "Had the Proof"

Synopsis	Parson: Why do you believe in a personal devil?; Woman: I'm married.
Genre	humor
Script	J.A. Lemon
Pencils	J.A. Lemon
Inks	J.A. Lemon
Letters	typeset
Notes	1/3 page single panel cartoon

1 page story

Synopsis	two women discussing the absence of a beau.
Genre	humor
Script	J.A. Lemon
Pencils	J.A. Lemon
Inks	J.A. Lemon
Letters	typeset
Notes	1/3 page single panel cartoon

1 page story "Sympathy"

Synopsis	She: Englishmen seem to be marrying all the American girls nowadays.; He: Yes, poor devils.
Genre	humor
Script	H.L. Greening
Pencils	H.L. Greening
Inks	H.L Greening
Letters	typeset
Notes	1/4 page single panel cartoon; same page as above cartoon

1 page story "An Item"

Synopsis	a couple discussing the cost of a woman's make-up.
Genre	humor
Script	Fay
Pencils	Fay
Inks	Fay
Letters	typeset
Notes	1/4 page single panel cartoon

1 page story

Synopsis	A goat steals a sock a woman is darning when she falls asleep.
Genre	humor
Letters	typeset
Notes	3/4 page 4-panel story

1 page illustration "The Bath of Psyche"

Genre	adult; erotica
Pencils	Berlin Photographic Company
Inks	Berlin Photographic Company
Letters	typeset
Notes	erotica photo; full page full-length nude photo of a young woman recreating a classic painting -- porn circa 1897.

1 page story "Useful as a Protection"

Synopsis	A young boy eyes padded bicycle pants, thinkning they'd be useful in school (against paddling)
Genre	humor
Letters	typeset
Notes	1/4 page single panel cartoon

1 page story "Contents Worthless"

Synopsis	two men trading insults
Genre	humor
Script	Stanlaws
Pencils	Stanlaws
Inks	Stanlaws
Letters	typeset
Notes	1/4 page single panel cartoon

1 page story

Synopsis	A farmer asks a hardware store employee for a sickle and is given a bicycle
Genre	humor
Script	Rigby
Pencils	Rigby
Inks	Rigby
Letters	typeset
Notes	half page two-panel story

1 page story

Synopsis	A tarred-and-feathered farmer comes home to find his daughter with a boy, and attacks him.
Genre	humor
Script	H.L. Greening
Pencils	H.L. Greening
Inks	H.L. Greening
Letters	typeset
Notes	half-page 3-panel story

1 page story "Naughty Johnny's Latest Trick on the New Girl"

Synopsis	Little boy playing a trick on a maid.
Genre	humor
Letters	typeset
Notes	1/4 page 2-panel story