Oh Skin-nay!: The Days of Real Sport

Clare Briggs’s Oh Skin-nay!: The Days of Real Sport (2007–present, Drawn & Quarterly) collects the beloved early-20th-century newspaper strip that chronicled the everyday mischief and camaraderie of small-town American boys. Briggs, the strip’s sole creator, brought a warm, gently humorous eye to their scrapes, games, and idle adventures, capturing a timeless slice of childhood. This single-issue volume preserves a foundational work of the American comic strip, offering readers a direct line to the roots of the medium’s slice-of-life tradition.