Monthly Archives: February 2006

The Laughable Looloos

Posted on February 20, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

Helen Stilwell’s Laughable Looloos 1906 series is now available in full colour at Nonsense in the Early Comics.

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The Woozlebeasts

Posted on February 16, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

The architect, John Prentiss Benson (1865-1947), had always dreamed of becoming an artist like his older brother Frank. In 1905 he lived in Flushing NY with his wife and four children and worked at his architecture firm of Benson and … Continue reading →

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American Limericks

Posted on February 10, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

I had just finished my previous post when I received the following article from Arthur: A New Book of Nonsense The nonsense craze started by Edward Lear in the 1840s eventually swept through the entire English speaking world. The spread, … Continue reading →

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The Limerick Craze!

Posted on February 7, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

A number of early limerick books are now available for your online enjoyment, including the four published in the 1820s that inspired Edward Lear: The History of Sixteen Wonderful Old Women. Illustrated with as many engravings; exhibiting their principal eccentricities … Continue reading →

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Three Lear Limericks

Posted on February 7, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

Although it may sound sacrilegious, some artists have actually chosen to re-illustrate the verses in Edward Lear’s A Book of Nonsense. These Latter Day Neo Reform Limericks keep popping up everyday in bookshops. It’s not that Lear didn’t get it, … Continue reading →

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To the Land Where the Jam-tree Grows !?

Posted on February 6, 2006 by Marco Graziosi

Nothing […] amused Lear more than the failure of some people to appreciate the utter absence of sense in his nonsense. He used to relate that some one once wrote to him to say that he had marched various botanical … Continue reading →

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