May 29 1910 — Herriman continues blasting away at Jack Johnson, but this cartoon is a complete misfire. An attempt at illustrating the superiority of white over black falls flat because it seems to me that black ducks would have no particular trouble navigating on a white sea.
It's a hen, not a duck (note beak.)
Ah, fair nuff. But …
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