OH SKIN-NAY! The Days of Real Sport~Claire Briggs~PF Volland

Poetry Verses by Wilbur D. Nesbit
Afterword by Comics Historian Jeet Heer
A grittier and less sentimental predecessor to Norman Rockwell, Clare Briggs exemplified the larger journey of American society from small-town innocence to urbane sophistication. The son of a farm machinery salesman, Briggs left his rural home as a young man to forge a career as an illustrator and cartoonist, earning success in such big-city papers as "The Chicago Examiner," the "Chicago Tribune," and the "New York Tribune," Within a few years, he became one of the most popular and imitated cartoonists in America: Frank King, Milton Caniff, and the first generation of "New Yorker" cartoonists all emulated Briggs. Eschewing the roughneck humor of early comic strips, Briggs drew low-key strips in two modes: nostalgic reveries focused on memories of small-town boyhood and satirical strips about the squabbles inherent in married life.
First published in 1913 by P. F. Volland and Company of Chicago, "Oh Skin-Nay!" is a collaboration between Briggs and poet Wilbur D. Nesbit and portrays a year in the life of small-town America through the eyes of the twelve-year-old boy--wood gathering, sleigh rides, games of post office, swimming holes, and sandlot ball games.


Binding: Hardcover

Publisher: Chicago, Volland

Date Published: 1913

Description: Description: [125] p. 23 x 33 cm. Subjects: Caricatures and cartoons. American wit and humor, Pictorial. Good+ copy in the original cloth-backed pictorial boards. Panel edges somewhat ncked and dust-toned as with age. Former owner's inscription. Corners bumped. 139pg.