A panel from a newspaper comic from the 1890s. The punchline has something to do with a "scorcher" (a fast or reckless rider in the parlance of the times) trying to make a pig jump, and as you might imagine, the pig jumps the wrong way. Not exactly complex humor, but I do enjoy this particular panel. I've been looking at early cycling cartoons, trying to work up a thesis about how the advent of the automobile affected popular perceptions of bicycling. Very interesting, I should have something to share on the subject before long. Until then, I've got a few more of these in the queue, just for fun.SOURCE: Chicago Tribune, 24 August 1895
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Adventure Cycling's magazine has often had articles about this subject (early cycling). A topic I find endlessly fascinating and enjoyable to read. Many of these articles are available in their archives (if you didn't know about this already)
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