"Bughouse Fables"

Title

"Bughouse Fables"

Description

1927 “Bughouse Fables.” 22 newspaper cartoons by Paul Fung and (Clarence “Billy”) De Beck. King Features Syndicate. From Wes Baldwin, Bartow, FL.

I learned in researching these cartoons that “bughouse” means “crazy.” Billy De Beck was the creator of Barney Google. This is a typical case of “fable” not referring to the sort of thing associated with the name of Aesop. Since I have come across them, I preserve them here. The basic movement of these cartoons is role reversal, as when a criminal asks a police officer where he can best sell a used car. In the simplest and last of these, a child in his crib smokes a cigar. Fun still 98 years later.

Date

1927

Source

From Wes Baldwin, Bartow, FL.

Subject

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