Hoist, the friend of the comic people
Subject(s): Elections, Fictitious characters, Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951, New York (State)
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Vignettes show panels from comic strips featuring Foxy Grandpa, Alphonse and Gaston, Happy Hooligan and the donkey Maud, Buster Brown, and the Katzenjammer Kids, around a central panel with William Randolph Hearst, a candidate in the election for governor of New York, sitting on Maud, with clones of the “comic people” behind him.
Comments and Context
It might seem a cold day when a cartoonist contemplates the gubernatorial election of the godfather of the comic strip and foresees a dystopia, but that is how L. M. Glackens portrayed the campaign parade of William Randolph Hearst on election eve, 1906. That issue’s cover cartoon depicted publisher (and congressman) Hearst as a virtual murderer, but in the center spread’s glory, a grand parade of Hearst and, presumably, his most loyal or sole supporters, the stars of his Sunday comic supplements, march with him.
In the five vignettes, Glackens (achieving fair approximations of the actual cartoonists’ work; some of them had recently drawn for Puck) had fun with the logical extensions of such characters in positions of power.
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1906-10-31
Creator(s)
Glackens, L. M. (Louis M.), 1866-1933
Period
U.S. President – 2nd Term (March 1905-February 1909)
Repository
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Page Count
1
Record Type
Image
Resource Type
Rights
These images are presented through a cooperative effort between the Library of Congress and Dickinson State University. No known restrictions on publication.
Citation
Cite this Record
Chicago:
Hoist, the friend of the comic people. [October 31, 1906]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o279024. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Glackens, L. M. (Louis M.), 1866-1933. Hoist, the friend of the comic people. [31 Oct. 1906]. Image.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. May 14, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o279024.
APA:
Glackens, L. M. (Louis M.), 1866-1933., [1906, October 31]. Hoist, the friend of the comic people.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o279024.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. May 14, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
APA:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/library-of-congress-prints-and-photographs.
