Mr. Adabei interviews Mrs. Flu

“Adabei” (roughly, “Also there”) was a byline for a series of columnists at Illustrierte Kronen Zeitung in Vienna. Sometimes cast as a pompous mascot for the newspaper, Adabei is here depicted in a mask interviewing a disreputable visitor, another recurrence of influenza. The poster reads: “Only for a short time longer!!! Personal appearance of the true Spanish feverish dancer, Señorita Katarrhina Flu, with her coughing and sneezing ensemble.” (1931)

Austrian flu cartoon

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