[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---
/
Deliveryman: I'm looking for a man by the name of Bunion!
Mr. Bunion: Bunion? Eh! That's my name! Yes!
/
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!
/
Mr. Bunion: I'll bet its a lemon or an onion or some sort of old junk, --no! It's an umbrella!
/
Mr. Bunion: Huh! It's an umbrella and a good strong one too

a green one, well! That isn't
/
Mr. Bunion: bad! I donna if it is a genuine affair or just a joke of some kind
/
Mr. Bunion: No, sir! It's not a joke. It's a good strong shade stick-- [HOPE]
/
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

Tags

hope
umbrella
suicide

Files

116-1907-8-27.jpg

Citation

McCay, Winsor, 1867?-1934, “[Considers Suicide],” Pilgrim's Progress, accessed April 1, 2023, https://pilgrims-progress.richmond.edu/items/show/116.