Stuff and Nonsense by A. B. Frost.

This Fantagraphics book includes the work of Arthur B. Frost in the comic field from 1851 to 1928. Yes, you have read the date correctly. It is a very old work and it was published long before the adventures of Yellow Kid.

The volume includes the stories
Stuff & Non-sense 1884
The Bull Calf and Other Tales 1892
Carlo 1913 that a year later appeared as a comic strip in some major newspapers.

The first Story published by A. B. Frost were in 1879 and his last in 1928. There is a little example of the work before 1884 Stuff & Non-sense.

Frost work in England along Lewis Carroll in “Rhyme? And Reason?”, returning to USA after his formation with Eadweard Muybridge, an specialist in moving fotographic displays.

There is a tremendously funny story, A Cat Eats Poison, that was reconstructed as part of Stuff and Non-sense. Frost’s pace and knowledge of timing makes this book a constant laugh. I must confess that I laugh aloud all the time. It is a great way of relaxing daytime tensions.

Winsor McCay admired Frost and this page reminds me of Little Sammy Sneeze’s series.

Here is an example of Frost work, taken from Carlo. There are many illustration that did not appear here, but it is a good example of A. B. Frost work.

He translated his ink drawing directly to the printing machine. It was called a work in zincographic. Please, double clic on the picture to see it in a correct way.