Tag Archives: 1950’s

1958: Work

Posted on December 23, 2019 by

Kazuo Shiraga: Work II (1958)

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1954: Morning on the Volga

Posted on November 11, 2019 by

Georgy Nissky: Morning on the Volga (1954)

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1959: Capital and Labor

Posted on September 2, 2019 by

Sister Concilla sets the record straight on labor unions. Note the union bug indicating the comic was printed in a union shop.              

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1954: Zombies, Unite!

Posted on September 2, 2019 by

For Labor Day: a grave-digger’s strike leads to disasterous consequences in this 1954 story from Voodoo comics:            

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1956: The Hound of Heaven

Posted on August 10, 2019 by

In 1893, English poet Francis Thompson published a poem called “The Hound of Heaven.” The work is an extended metaphor: as a hound pursues a hare in a hunt, so does God pursue the human soul to restore it to … Continue reading →

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1955: 憶西環

Posted on July 14, 2019 by

Fan Ho: Surreal Sai Wan (c 1950-1960)

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1952: The Grim Thoughts which Harass Me

Posted on May 12, 2019 by

Baffling Mysteries No. 7 (March 1952); art by Lou Cameron, found here.

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