Laugh Out Loud Cats: more 1900s comics unearthed

Ape Lad has just discovered and published more of his grandfather Aloysius' 1900s-era comic, The Laugh Out Loud Cats.

As we now know, this is the true historic precursor of the contemporary LOLcats meme. First published in 1912, the Laugh Out Loud Cats featured the hijinks of pro-LOL-gonist Meowlin Q. Kitteh ("a sort of cat hobo-raconteur," says Ape Lad) and his diminutive sidekick, Pip.

Explains Ape Lad, "The strip did not last long due to a run-in my great-grandfather had with none other than William Randolph Hearst."

Link to the latest painstakingly restored frames. And to all the killjoys out there who believe the Laugh Out Loud Cats is not real, or some kind of internet juvie joke -- stick the Lascaux cheesburger cave painting in your pipe and smoke it. (See also "long horse.")

BTW, Cthulhu Monkey!

Previously on BoingBoing

True historic origins of the Laugh Out Loud cats

(posted from on the road in central america / xeni)

[#1 posted by roflcopter , January 13, 2008 8:51 PM]

Shouldn't we be responsible and maintain at least a mild skepticism before buying into whatever we read? Just because it's on the internet, doesn't necessarily mean it's true. What gives with the Tuna company with the initials ROTFL? Sounds awfully fishy to me.

[#2 posted by Takuan , January 13, 2008 9:19 PM]

what I want to know is what hand positions were used for Hobo life?

(ah Mehitabel!)

[#3 posted by AMBV , July 15, 2008 2:34 PM]

LOL you should have looked up when the Cheeseburger was invented before you made these:) Would have been better off using a hamburger;p But very clever and I got a great laugh out of it, thanks!