the war against hair gel

David Malki ! is an interesting character who creates some wonderful cartoons from images drawn from his collection of 19th-century books and periodicals and from other early rare books held at the Los Angeles Central Library. He publishes a collection of his cartoons at wondermark. I recommend that you spend some time flipping through his archive. The man has a completely anarchic sense of humour.

One of my personal favourites is:

I am grateful to him for permission to republish the image here.