Bully Says: Comics Oughta Be Fun!: Today in Comics History, February 10, 1863: It's a nice day for a tiny wedding

Hey little sister, what have you done? / Hey little sister, who's the only one?

"Courtship in Miniature" from Classics Illustrated #88 (Gilberton, October 1951), creators uncredited and unknown
That's a nice love story, right?

Well, I dunno, David the Gnome had...(looks it up)...uh, never mind.

Well, I dunno, David the Gnome had...(looks it up)...uh, never mind.

Oh hey, Wikipedia, is that true?

From Wikipedia: 'Minnie Warren, who grew to be 27 inches (69 cm) high, also married a little person in P.T. Barnum's employ: Major Edward Newell. She became pregnant with a normal-sized child, but excitement was cut short by tragedy on July 23, 1878, when Minnie and her 6 pounds (2.7 kg)-baby died during the birthing. Several years later on January 10, 1883, Warren and her husband stayed at Newhall House in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on the day it caught fire. They were narrowly rescued by their friend and manager, Sylvester Bleeker, from what had been referred to as 'one of the worst hotel fires in American history.' Within 6 months, on July 15, 1883, her husband suddenly died at age 45 of a stroke.'

(tugging on my collar, looking away nervously) Yeeeeeesh.

Friday, February 10, 2023

Today in Comics History, February 10, 1863: It's a nice day for a tiny wedding

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