The other
day I went cyber surfing looking for a New Year's kid, or a cartoon of,
hopefully wearing a top-hat.
I came
across cartoons of THE YELLOW KID. I
remember reading about THE YELLOW KID.
The Yellow Kid lived in the poor section of New York City. He wore a dress or a gown, or a long t-shirt
with no pants.
I remember
reading that The Yellow Kid was one of the first comic strips in newspapers
(1895-1898). He was named that because
it was in the Hearst Newspapers, which was published on cheap yellow paper,
thus they got the name of Yellow Journalism, which they passed the name on to
the kid. It was drawn by William
Outcault, and was a spinoff from the HOGAN'S ALLEY strip.
It reminded
me of me of a picture I have. I was a just a few months older than a toddler,
living in the Clay Homes, which was low income housing. And I was wearing a t-shirt and pantless (in
the picture).
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