Friday, June 13, 2025

Today in Comics History, June 13, 1763: Happy birthday, José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva!

Born on this day in 1763: the great Brazilian statesman José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva, naturalist, mineralist, professor and poet, champion of Brazilian independence, abolitionist and the discoverer of four new minerals. Wow! i bet most of us go through our lives and don't even discover one mineral, and this guy...!


from "Stamp Tips" in Tip Top Comics v.8 #12 [#96] (United Feature, June 1944), creator uncredited and unknown

Following his death in 1838, the Bonifácio was pressed flat and turned into a stamp by Colonel Gumm.

1 comment:

Blam said...

Okay, (a) I’m weirded out by that “Pan American” title using the same letterforms as the old Aquaman logo, and (2) I understand the individual words but have no idea what the first two lines of text in that piece are saying.