Ally Sloper’s Half Holiday

First Issue: 3rd May 1884Last Issue: 9th September 1916Copyright: Gilbert Dalziel Thought to be one of the first recurring comic characters, Alexander ‘Ally’ Sloper was born in the pages of Judy, the satirical magazine dated 14th August 1867. He was the creation of the then ‘Judy; or the London Serio-Comic Journal’ editor Charles Ross. From…