If you think today's political cartoons and comic strips are too edgy, you should take a peek at their Victorian forebears. They were crude, rude and full of attitude. Most notably in the landmark ...

Does Homer have his origins in anti-Irish bigotry? Homer Simpson, the cuddly but stupid cartoon character familiar from our TV screens, may have been inspired by an Irish comic strips from the late ...

Richard Scully receives funding from the Australian Research Council. He is affiliated with the Political Cartoon Society, the Cartoon Museum (London), and the Australian Cartoonists' Association. It ...

“The famous New Year’s good luck symbol of a little chimney sweeper is turned upside down: In The Chimney Swift, a real British sweeper master describes his everyday routine of forcing young kids to ...

Cover -- LGBT Victorians: Sexuality and Gender in the Nineteenth-Century Archives -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction ...

Over the course of Queen Victoria’s reign, Britain transformed into an imperial power. Show more Over the course of Queen Victoria’s reign, Britain transformed into the world's foremost industrial and ...

Homer Simpson, the cuddly but stupid cartoon character familiar from our TV screens, may have been inspired by an Irish comic strips from the late 1800s. The cartoons portrayed the Irish as both lazy ...