Saturday, January 22, 2022

Today in Comics History, January 22, 1881: This may sound a lot, but remember the obelisk hasn’t cost us a penny*


from "Scoops...Pictures to Remember!" in Real Fact Comics #11 (DC, November 1947), pencils and inks by George Roussos (?)

*A shiny cardboard-and-tin NO-BULL PRIZE to the first one to identify the origin and significance of that title!


2 comments:

Danny Boy Bell said...

The Goon Show Series 7 "The Reason Why" which is about the raising of the London version of Cleopatra's Needle* in 1877.
*May not be historically accurate.

Bully said...

You've got it, Danny Boy! And anyone who's got Goon Show knowledge is A-OK in my book! Please award yourself the much-coveted but never-delivered No-Bull Prize!