Chatterbox is a famous children's story paper that
was first published in 1866 by Reverend John Erskine Clarke. Clarke
wanted to produce a paper that would offer an alternative to the popular
'Penny dreadfuls' of the time. Clarke had also produced a paper for
younger children in 1863 called 'The Prize'.
Clarke's thinking bears a striking similarity to that
of another
Reverend, Reverend Marcus Morris
who 84 years later created 'The
Eagle'
in response
to what he saw as the growth in popularity of violent
American comics.
