Escapist Findings

after reading "the amazing adventures...", i wanted to stretch my own escapist experience a bit so went over to the British Library's image search to see what they'd have on the history of comics. i didn't find much about superman, but this is fascinating...

maybe old news to any english boy and girl, but i don't have much of an understanding of victorian newspapers, their circulation, production and consumption... so being suddenly exposed to a well-crafted tabloid such as the "illustrated police news" from saturday sept 22, 1888 makes my brain jump and want to know more.