Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum

Mr. Go-Easy Does Likewise--And Regrets It / Coontown Calamities. The Boy On Top. "No den, when I say jab, you jab"

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Date Issued
  • September 16, 1900
Version
  • tear sheets
Summary
  • Mr. Go-Easy: Mr. Go-Easy sees a handler petting a moose and the moose licks the man. Mr. Go-Easy thinks he can do the same thing. The moose gets angry when he pets him and hits him with his horns. Mr. Go-Easy runs to and climbs a tree as the moose angrily looks at him.
  • Coontown Calamities: An African American boy is walking with a basket of fruit on his head. Two boys follow, one standing on the others head. The bottom boy had a pitchfork, the top boy held a basket. The boy with the pitchfork pokes the boy carrying the fruit on his head. He tilts back, fruit falls into the other basket.
Description
  • Mr. Go-Easy is a six panel color comic strip.
  • Coontown Calamities is a two panel color comic strip.
Item Identifier
  • Finding Number: CGA.SFS1-4-2
  • Digital ID: d_7500
Collection Identifier
  • SPEC.CGA.SF
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Extent
  • 52.75 x 40.5 cm
Medium
  • ink
  • newsprint
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Published In
  • Chicago American
Rights Statement
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  • This item, made available for research and educational purposes, may be protected by copyright; the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status.
Credit line: San Francisco Academy of Comic Art Collection, The Ohio State University, Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum

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