Front page of the first issue of The Boy’s Own Paper, dated Saturday January 18, 1879 Photo: Photo: Wikimedia Commons.
The Boy’s Own Paper
Jill Allum reflects on a family connection with the first magazine produced for boys
by Jill Allum
24th August 2012
How does an idea begin? I’m going back to 1879. My great grandfather, Ebenezer Henderson Smith, is twenty-eight. There are no comics for young people, but plenty of good storywriters.
