Exhibit C8

The Funny Wonder. London: 24 Tudor Street [Harmsworth Bros.]. Vol. 8, no. 192 (new series). 3 October 1896.

The above full-page fishing adventure is not signed, but it is possible that Tom Browne took over the Billy and Jimmy characters for this front-page strip. more

Exhibit C9

The Wonder.Special Summer Number. London: 24 Tudor Street [Harmsworth Bros.]. Vol. 11, no. 284. 9 July 1898.

The cover page has the first instalment of “The Adventures of Little Willy and Tiny Tim”, the delinquent offspring of the “world-famedtramps”, more

Exhibit C10

The Birthday Big Budget. London: 28 Maiden Lane [C. Arthur Pearson]. Vol. 13, no. 313. 13 June 1903.

The Katzenjammer Kids, courtesy of American newspaper magnate W. R. Hearst, were drawn by Rudolph Dirks, who originally created them in 1897. more

Exhibit C11

The Grand Christmas Number of the Jester and Wonder. London: Lavington St. [Amalgamated Press]. No. 159. 26 November 1904.

On page 5, Ferdy and Georgie, otherwise known as The Bunsey Boys, an unabashed fusion of the Katzenjammer Kids and the Happy Hooligan. more

Exhibit C12

Comic Cuts. London: Amalgamated Press. No. 800. 9 September 1905.

Lucky Lucas and Happy Harry take on what seems to be an easy baby-sitting job, looking after Lucky’s twin nephews. more

Exhibit C13

Comic-Life. London: James Henderson & Sons. No. 156. 22 June 1901.

The cover page of Comic-Life (with a hyphen at this time) has three short strips featuring unruly boys, more

Exhibit C14

Comic-Life. London: James Henderson. No. 100. 26 May 1900.

A boy spoils an amorous policeman’s fun (4 panels), while a coastguard gets his revenge on two boys who have annoyed him (6 panels) more

Exhibit C15

Comic-Life. London: James Henderson & Sons. No. 582. 14 August 1909.

Set somewhere in Holland, this six-panel strip features young rascals Jakey and Fritz, also their drunken uncle, more

Exhibit C16

Comic-Life. James Henderson & Sons. No. 641. 1 October 1910.

Hans and Fritz, better known as the Katzenjammer Kids, originally drawn by Rudolph Dirks for American newspaper magnate W. R. Hearst’s publications. more

Exhibit C18

Illustrated Chips. [London]: Lavington Street [Amalgamated Press]. Vol. 27, no. 684 (new series). 10 October 1903.

The silly antics presented on the centre pages of Chips at this point doubtless appealed more to children than to adults. more

Exhibit C19

Illustrated Chips. [London]: Lavington Street [Amalgamated Press]. Vol. 28, no. 751 (new series). 21 January 1905.

Casey Court, a tenement courtyard controlled by street urchins, appeared as a large-format cartoon in Chips from 24 May 1902 to 12 September 1953 in 2385 episodes, more

Exhibit C20

Illustrated Chips. [London]: Lavington Street [Amalgamated Press]. Vol. 28, no. 703 (new series). 20 February 1904.

For this week’s cash-generating venture, Billy Baggs and friends have rigged up a “full-blown observatory” more

Exhibit C21

Puck. London: B. W. Young [Amalgamated Press]. Vol. 7, no. 178. 21 December 1907.

The Casey Court Boys (soon to be called simply The Casey Boys) have now graduated from the black-print, cartoon-like panel on the centre pages of Chips more

Exhibit C22

Illustrated Chips. London: 25 Bouverie Street [Amalgamated Press]. No. 959 (new series). 16 January 1909.

These Chips centre pages have a number of short strips that would appeal to child readers: Dr. Swishem’s; Bobby Bang the Drummer Boy; more

Exhibit C23

Illustrated Chips. London: 25 Bouverie Street [Amalgamated Press]. No. 1052. 29 October 1910.

Weary Willie and Tired Tim devise a plan to kidnap the twin sons of American millionaire “Mr. Rockbilt, the hair-oil king” only to find the boys are more than their match in trickery. more

Exhibit C24

Merry and Bright. London: 25 Bouverie Street [Amalgamated Press]. Vol. 1, no. 39. 15 July 1911.

The first set in the new school series “The Boys of Coffdrop College” drawn by Bertie Brown. more

Exhibit C25

Merry and Bright. London: 25 Bouverie Street [Amalgamated Press]. Vol. 1, no.51. 7 October 1911.

Curly Kelly, “The Champion Laughter-Provider and Side-Splitter”, often finds himself surrounded by children, usually boys. more

Exhibit C26

Merry and Bright. London: Fleetway House [Amalgamated Press]. Vol. 3, no. 179. 21 March 1914.

“Addum’s Academy” (by Julius Baker, beginning 1913) is a single large Casey Court-style panel. more

Exhibit C27

The Favorite Comic. London: Fleetway House [Amalgamated Press]. Vol. 2, no. 104. 11 January 1913.

Freddie Fluence, a “good boy” who nevertheless creates mayhem, uses his remarkable hypnotic gift to compel grumpy or abusive adults to make amends for their bad behaviour. more

Exhibit C28

The Favorite Comic. London: Fleetway House [Amalgamated Press]. Vol. 3, no. 145. 25 October 1913.

The dense centre pages of this period had an obvious appeal to child readers. more