Alfred E. Neuman's grandpa

By at 10:21 am Monday, Oct 24

I love this portrait of an Alfred E. Neuman ancestor from 1908. From Fantagraphics Books' Flog!:
Blog Uploaded Images Tour05 Newman-754867 Comics historian Craig Yoe will present a multimedia presentation on the history of "The What Me Worry Kid" at the Yorktown Museum 1974 Commerce St. Yorktown Heights, NY on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25 at 7:00 pm. This talk will take a fun look at the history of America's favorite grinning idiot without a care (not to be confused with America's *least* favorite grinning idiot without a care, George W. Bush). Yoe recently authored the book MODERN ARF, where the origin of Mad's mascot was one of those revelations covered in graphic detail.
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David Pescovitz

Collector of anomalies, esoterica, and curiosities.

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