Drunks are a regular feature of McGill's postcards and they will appear again and again on this blog I'm sure. This card also features a bollard that the drunk is clinging on to ... this combination crops up a number of times.
For this particular card McGill drew it twice for the same publisher and then redrew it again for another.
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Inter-Art Co. "Comique" Series No. 2533
This is the earliest version, probably published around 1918
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Inter-Art Co. "Comique" Series No. 5706
In around 1926 this redrawn version was published although it is unsigned
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"New Donald McGill Comics"
D. Constance Ltd. No. 1415
This third version has been completely redone to reflect the changes in men's fashions. Gone have the spats, top hat and umbrella which seem to have been the standard outfit for McGill drunks. "Holy Smoke!" has now become "Holy Moses!"
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