Highlights of History 1930 – The Story of the Boxer Rebellion as Comic Strip

A little education, from 1930, on how the American newspapers presented the Boxer Rebellion. J Carroll Mansfield produced many Highlights of History comic strips that were syndicated in newspapers across America. Each historical story ran for a week or so.

Mansfield was born in 1896 in Baltimore, Maryland. He apparently realized at an early age that he wanted to pursue a career in art. He also had a strong interest in history, particularly American history. After serving in World War I in the 7th Infantry in Europe, he co-authored a history of the regiment, titled The Blue and the Grey. His illustrations were an integral part of the text. He later free-lanced for the Baltimore Sun Times. He started the Highlights of History comic strip in 1925.

Anyway, here we have the first strip in the series…I’ll post the next each day as the newspapers ran them in 1930.