A complete, restored issue of Judge from 1890-01-18 — all 16 pages of color political cartoons and topical humor, free to page through at comicbooks.com.

On the cover: # "An Unwelcome Visitor" - Judge, January 18, 1890 This political cartoon depicts "La Grippe" (influenza) as a personified disease visiting "Uncle Sam" (America). The sick figure on the right represents the United States suffering from illness, surrounded by medicinal bottles and pills. The departing figure on the left, labeled "La Grippe," says "Good-bye; I've had a splendid reception," while Uncle Sam responds "Don't come again!" The satire comments on a widespread flu epidemic affecting America during this period. By personifying the disease as a visiting dignitary who's "had a splendid reception," Judge mocks how extensively the illness spread through the population—suggesting Americans unwittingly welcomed it. The accompanying medicine bottles underscore the public health crisis and ineffective treatments of the era.

🖼️ Every page has a plain-English note on what you’re looking at — the figures, the references, the point of the satire.

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