Local Color/Reportage: The Sidney Smith Farm, Shirland, Il.
March 8th, 2010

Local Color/Reportage: The Sidney Smith Farm, Shirland, Il.

I had a chance to retrace some of Sidney Smith’s steps this weekend. I’ll be posting pictures from the journey over the week.

We’ll begin with his farm in the tiny town of Shirland, Illinois.

Sidney Smith Home 1930-1935

Sidney is also the creator of the long running one panel ethnic aphorist Ching Chow.

Sidney's spread

Asian Scarecrow Dispenses Wisdom, Protects Crop
March 7th, 2010

Asian Scarecrow Dispenses Wisdom, Protects Crop

here are some other images from ching chow creator Sidney Smith

the gumps by sidney smith

and his ex assistant

assistant to Sidney Smith on "Gumps" five years. Started "Annie" in New York News and Chicago Tribune, 1924.

Romantic advice for soldiers and their wives from Ching Chow
February 28th, 2010

Romantic advice for soldiers and their wives from Ching Chow

swords and paints

Sorry no exposition. too tired.

Ching Chow Returns Every Sunday
February 21st, 2010

Ching Chow Returns Every Sunday

It is wisely said, who can truthfully deny chickens are slow in coming from unlaid eggs

Ching Chow will now be running on Sunday. as C.C. himself said; If I don’t lay the eggs how wil I get the chickens?

Here is a gallery of the pages so far

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It is wisely said, who can truthfully deny chickens are slow in coming from unlaid eggs

Yet another culturally insensitive old newspaper cartoon
January 15th, 2010

Yet another culturally insensitive old newspaper cartoon

Phoning it in.

Now look Mr Smith, I know you are very busy with your hit series The Gumps but you must put more effort into your other beloved creation. Why is Mr Chow standing in front of this wall and why is he gesturing towards that signage?

Lucky Winged Money Pearl
December 7th, 2009

Lucky Winged Money Pearl

What is he chasing?

If his intentions were not so inscrutable to my Western eyes I would say that he is playing a match of Quidditch, a game not invented until the late nineties. Most likely this was something Sydney Smith dreamed up after too much canadian club and chop suey at his local chinese restaurant.

balloon and pearl

Here are the two Ching Chow’s owed from last week. I am getting thing together for this month’s dailies. expect ten by the tenth.

Three Racist Cartoons from Last Century
November 2nd, 2009

Three Racist Cartoons from Last Century
Morning Threesome Terribly busy today so here are three racist cartoons I saw recently. I ended up buying the Ching Chow book  due to it’s author being Sidney Smith, creator of the Gumps.

( A Sex Pun)

It is Truly written

Who Can Deny

 

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