Template:Did you know nominations/Darktown Comics

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The result was: promoted by Maile66 (talk) 20:44, 8 March 2021 (UTC)

Darktown Comics

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Liberty frightenin' de world

... that Darktown Comics, a series of racist caricatures (example pictured), was a perennial bestseller for Currier and Ives and by 1884 represented a third of the company's production? Source: https://books.google.co.uk/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&id=-U93AAAAMAAJ&dq=%22The+best+-+selling+item+appears+to+have+been+%E2%80%9C+Darktown+Comics%22%22&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22The+best+-+selling+item+appears+to+have+been+%E2%80%9C+Darktown+Comics%22%22 "The bestselling item appears to have been Darktown Comics" https://books.google.com/books?id=tNbq3-vuIPkC&newbks=0&hl=en&source=newbks_fb (forgot to note exact quote for 'one third', have re-ordered the book but it's an interlibrary loan, could be a couple weeks!)

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Manuel Komnenos (son of Andronikos I)

Created by Valereee (talk). Self-nominated at 18:33, 16 February 2021 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I verified the hook [1] and here, though not based on the article's source. Otherwise looks good to me. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 20:45, 17 February 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the review, Eddie891! —valereee (talk) 15:49, 18 February 2021 (UTC)

Note to promoter: I think the image slot is crucial for this hook. —valereee (talk) 18:30, 23 February 2021 (UTC)