{"product_id":"bringing-up-father-second-series-comic-books-restore-9798881225377","title":"Bringing Up Father, Second Series: 1919, restoration 2024","description":"Bringing Up Father is an American comic strip created by cartoonist George McManus. ---Here the second series edited in 1919. New lay-out by Comic Books Restore. ---The strip centers on an immigrant Irishman named Jiggs, a former hod carrier who came into wealth in the United States by winning a million dollars in a sweepstakes. ---- Now nouveau-riche, he still longs to revert to his former working class habits and lifestyle. His constant attempts to sneak out with his old gang of boisterous, rough-edged pals, eat corned beef and cabbage (known regionally as \"Jiggs dinner\"), and hang out at the local tavern were often thwarted by Maggie, his formidable, social-climbing (and rolling-pin wielding) harridan of a wife, their lovely young daughter Nora, and infrequently their lazy son Ethelbert, later known as Sonny. Also a character presented in the strip (portrayed as a miserly borrower) was named, fittingly, Titus Canby (\"tight as can be\").\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Comic Books Restore,MacManus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798881225377\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Blurb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.10d","brand":"Comic Books Restore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48742860423423,"sku":"9798881225377","price":19.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bringing-up-father-second-series-comic-books-restore-9798881225377","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}