Throughout his career Opper continued creating both political and topical cartoons. While he seldom did daily strip work, he often worked on as many as three separate full- and half-page weekly strips during the first two decades of the twentieth century. In "Our Antediluvian Ancestors," Opper uses prehistoric man as a foil to illustrate the timelessness of many of mankind’s foibles and character traits.






See more from “Our Antediluvian Life” HERE.
Read more about Fredrick Burr Opper at The American Art/Portrait Gallery Library Collection of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries HERE.
Opper’s work in the prehistoric realm was first brought to our attention in the excellent book, “Carbon Dates: A day by day almanac of paleo anniversaries and dino events”, by Don Glut available now from Mcfarland Press by clicking HERE.
NOTE: The Palaeoblog is taking the Memorial Weekend off. The Bissette interview is still in the works -- promise!