Dublin Core
Title
Sir Kaark the Crow
Subject
Animal, Australian fauna, banquet, baron, cartoon, child, children, children's entertainment, chivalry, comic, comics, crow, damsel, dream, entertainment, feast, gallantry, knight, knighthood, Lady in Distress, magic, New South Wales, NSW, prince, Prince Gallant, Sir Kaark, spell
Description
In this children's comic strip from the Sydney Morning Herald, the medieval themes of chivalry and gallantry are combined with anglicised Australian animal icons. In the comic, a dream is depicted in which Kaark the Crow imagines himself as a medieval knight. He manages to distract the evil Baron from attacking Prince Gallant using a spell, and a medieval style banquet is thrown in celebration. The other characters in the dream include a generically named ‘Lady in Distress’, which was a common motif in chivalric tales.
Creator
Cunningham, Walter, and Neville, Ken
Source
National Library of Australia: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18047893
Publisher
The Sydney Morning Herald
Date
6 August 1947
Rights
No Copyright
Type
comic