A complete, restored issue of Judge from 1892-05-07 — all 16 pages of color political cartoons and topical humor, free to page through at comicbooks.com.

On the cover: # Political Cartoon Analysis: "Responsible for New York's Disgrace" This May 7, 1892 *Judge* cartoon depicts a demonic "King Croker" figure towering over a bound, gagged woman representing New York State. The woman is labeled with bands reading various corruptions: "Bribery," "Police Corruption," "Gambling," and "Saloons." The caption has Croker sarcastically address the woman, claiming she wanted reform and a "Tammany machine" but now "howls for reform." The satire targets Richard Croker, the notorious boss of New York's Tammany Hall political machine, blaming him personally for widespread civic corruption, vice, and moral degradation plaguing the state. The cartoon uses the bound woman as a metaphor for New York itself, enslaved by machine politics and criminal influence.

🖼️ 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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