Victorian Comics

by Denis Gifford

The Victorians are usually painted as prim, proper and repressed. Yet it was in Victoria's Britain that the comic paper was born and her subjects eagerly devoured their 'Penny Dreadfuls' and 'Comic Cuts'. Originally published in 1976, this first ever compilation of Victorian comics is culled from England's largest collection by its curator Denis Gifford. In these pages many forgotten figures of fun (such as Ally Sloper, Chokee Bill, Airy Alf and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032312769
• ISBN13: 9781032312767
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 156 Pages