Walter Scott (1771-1832), The Antiquary, chap. XIV (Jonathan Oldbuck speaking): I love the reversion of a feast better than the feast itself. I delight in the analecta, the collectanea, as I may call them, of the preceding day's dinner...

Walter Scott (1771-1832), The Antiquary, chap. XXVIII (Jonathan Oldbuck and Edie Ochiltree speaking): 'I do bethink me you were the first person we met when Sir Arthur made his successful attack upon Misticot's grave, and also that when the labourers began to flag, you, Edie, were again the first to leap into the trench, and to make the discovery of the treasure. Now you must explain all this to me, unless you would have me use you as ill as Euclio does Staphyla in the Aulularia.' 'Lordsake, sir,' replied the mendicant, 'what do I ken about your Howlowlaria?—it's mair like a dog's language than a man's.'

Every booklet deals with a specific character or series of characters; an insert is enclosed in avery issue. The booklets where originally published for the yearly convention Napoli Comicon.

The first prototype of an American comic book was published in 1840. It was titled The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck, a translated version of a Swiss publication originally published in French …

The first prototype of an American comic book was published in 1840. It was titled The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck, a translated version of a Swiss publication originally published in French …