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| Sambo (...and his funny Noises, Misto...) by William Marriner (1250-) 1st Sunday April 2, 1905?- Created by William Marriner & Otis Wood in 1905, Sambo is a gag strip whose central themes were mostly racially insensitive stereotypes. The main character was Sambo, a neighborhood pre-adolescent who had a habit of getting into comic trouble. The distasteful portrayals of Sambo's attitude and speech were intended to add humor. Close to 100 years after their printing, those portrayals are shockingly insensitive. Each page of Sambo is a view into an era of racial ignorance which should never happen again. The market for Sambo is quite hot, more than likely attributable to the historic significance of the strip. Offered exclusively as a sunday, collectors pay high premium for color versions when available. (319) |
| Item # | Date-#-size* | Condition* | Price | Notes |
Note: The source for the date of the first Sambo sunday is not confirmed with multiple sources. 1905, April 2 is the earliest I have personally seen and is also the earliest listed in inventory at the Ohio State University Libraries, San Francisco Academy of Newspaper Comics - Billy Ireland collection. If anyone out there has an earlier strip or an authoritative source with the first appearance date, please, please, please, contact me. |
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| S1250-0317 | 1906/12/23 - F | G/G/G | $30.00 | On reverse Wags(H), BW Simom Simple(H) |
| S1250-0318 | 1907/01/06 - H | G/FR-G/G | $10.00 | On reverse BWP Stuttering Sammy(H) |
| S1250-0319 | 1907/01/27 - H | G/FR-G/G | $10.00 | On reverse BWP Stuttering Sammy(H) |
| S1250-0086 | 1907/10/06 - F BWBR | G/G/G | $18.00 | No reverse |
| S1250-0089 | 1907/10/20 - F BWBR | G/G/G | $18.00 | No reverse |
| S1250-0094 | 1907/11/17 - F | G/G/G | $25.00 | No reverse |
| S1250-0154 | 1908/07/26 - F BWBR | G/G/G | $18.00 | No reverse |
| S1250-0169 | 1908/08/30 - F BWBR | G/G/G | $18.00 | No reverse |
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