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Colonial Williamsburg Journal

Title Ingenious and Inimitable, Artist William Hogarth Chided Authority, Ridiculed Pomposity, Mocked Religion, Pointed Out Misbehavior, and Invented the Satirical Comic Strip
Issue Volume 36, Number 01, (CWJ, Winter 2014)
Description Article's title is expanded with illustrations and historical background of William Hogarth (d. 1764) who was basically a social reformer. Comparisons to contemporary cartoonists and satirists such as Oliphant and Garry Trudeau, as well as 19th century activists, are drawn. Entire Issue of "Colonial Williamsburg Journal" is available as a pdf.
Author Breig, James
Pages 44-50