Puck #439

"Shacob Knew" presents a striking, period-specific tableau in Puck #439, a 10-cent satire from 1885 capturing a moment of national reflection. Bernhard Gillam handles every aspect of the interior art, from writing to coloring, crafting a layered scene around a monument to Ulysses S. Grant that bears "Grant's Last Letter," where figures representing Southern and Northern Soldiers, Capital, Labor, and various political and ethnic groups pay tribute. Eugene Zimmerman’s cover, rendered in pencils and inks, complements the issue’s thematic weight with a distinct visual style.