Buster Brown Goes Fishing [Buster Brown Nuggets Series] #[1]
In "Buster Brown Goes Fishing," the beloved comic strip character finds himself the star of a delightfully absurd holiday spree, as he’s inundated with an avalanche of merchandise bearing his name and image—each item a real product from the era. Created and illustrated by R. F. Outcault, this early 1907 installment offers a sharp, self-aware satire of the character’s commercialization, all rendered in Outcault’s signature style. The cover by R. F. Outcault captures the whimsical chaos of the moment, a 25-cent snapshot of early 20th-century pop culture at its most playful.
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Savage self-parody of the licensing of Buster Brown, as Buster is given for Christmas item after item bearing his name & likeness (all of which were real items).
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).