The Funniest of Awl and the Phunnyest Sort of Phun

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Title

The Funniest of Awl and the Phunnyest Sort of Phun

Coverage

[New York]

Publisher

Great American News Company

Date

Spring 1864

Subject

Volume 1, number 1

Description

This sporadically issued folio, edited by cartoonist Frank Bellew, contained mostly political humor and illustrations, much devoted to Abraham Lincoln. Even a president gallantly leading a nation though a Civil War could not avoid being the subject of brutal satire.