[Considers Suicide]
Dublin Core
Title
[Considers Suicide]
Creator
McCay, Winsor, 1867?-1934
Date
1907-08-27
Source
New York Evening Telegram
Publisher
New York Herald Co.
Description
Mr. Bunion is considering suicide by rat poison when a courier (Fate) delivers an umbrella.
Contributor
Kirsten A. McKinney
New York State Library
Language
English
Type
comic strip
Coverage
1900s(1905-1909)
Still Image Item Type Metadata
ImageNo.
116
Series Title
A Pilgrim's Progress By Mister Bunion
PublicationDate
1907-08-27
Publication
New York Evening Telegram
PublicationPage
6
Transcription
Mr. Bunion: The only thing on earth that will relieve me of this suffering is plain rat poison, and, I think I'll consume a box of it and end all---
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Deliveryman: I'm looking for a man by the name of Bunion!
Mr. Bunion: Bunion? Eh! That's my name! Yes!
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Deliveryman [FATE]: It's a package for you, sir, if you're the Bunion.
Mr. Bunion: Oh! I'm the Bunion there is only one that's me!
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Mr. Bunion: I'll bet its a lemon or an onion or some sort of old junk, --no! It's an umbrella!
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Mr. Bunion: Huh! It's an umbrella and a good strong one too
a green one, well! That isn't
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Mr. Bunion: bad! I donna if it is a genuine affair or just a joke of some kind
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Mr. Bunion: No, sir! It's not a joke. It's a good strong shade stick-- [HOPE]
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Mr. Bunion: Huh! I feel better now, I'll take a chance and try to plod on more merrily.
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Mr. Bunion: bad! I donna if it is a genuine affair or just a joke of some kind
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Mr. Bunion: No, sir! It's not a joke. It's a good strong shade stick-- [HOPE]
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Mr. Bunion: Huh! I feel better now, I'll take a chance and try to plod on more merrily.
Original Format
newspaper comic strip
Physical Dimensions
11.8" X 8.5"
NYSL Microfilm Citation
NY 01 New York 93-31968, AUG-OCT 1907 Reel 107
Reprinted
Winsor McCay, "A Pilgrim's Progress," Winsor McCay Early Works III, ed. Mark Thompson (West Carrollton, OH: Checker Book Publishing Group, 2004), pg.196
Files
Collection
Citation
McCay, Winsor, 1867?-1934, “[Considers Suicide],” Pilgrim's Progress, accessed April 1, 2023, https://pilgrims-progress.richmond.edu/items/show/116.