Month: July 2024
Felix Goes Camping
Hi Folks, Our special header this time is by my favorite cartoonist and artist, Cathy Hill, inspired by Otto Messmer’s art, called “Felix On The Rocking Horse”. I love the Felix rug on the floor and the little duck following the rocking horse, ably rendered in Prismacolor pencils. Thanks, Cathy! The Felix strips this time are from 19320814 to 19320827. In the dailies, Felix goes camping with the selfish wealthy man and his wife, but has a miserable time of it. Felix grows tired of being kicked and starved, so he goes home to the wealthy family’s town house in the city, and takes up residence while the couple are still roughing it. I love the 8-25 with the owl being gagged, and the giant prehistoric fish skeleton in the 8-23. Look at the beautiful stippling effect Otto tried in the 11th and 12th panels of the 8-14 Sunday as the dogs bust a vacuum cleaner bag, thinking it’s a sausage. In the 8-21 Sunday, in panel 5, Felix gets konked with a rock, not unlike Garge Herriman’s Krazy Kat! I hope you enjoy little Felix’s 1932 adventures and keep watching for the next batch! Comically, Mark
Felix Home Alone
July 27, 2024
Cathy Hill's Comic Art, Comic Strips, Felix the Cat
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Mark
Hi Readers, Here’s Felix from 19320828 to 19320910. The Sundays involve the farm animals rehearsing for the Summer Olympic Games, and Felix winning the shot put and broad jump. Pipe those cut-out Felix play money lucky bucks! In the dailies, Felix is left home alone by the snooty family. Snobbs the butler gets back in to the action in the 9-10 and kicks Felix out of the house again. Felix is accosted by Skidoo the Mouse in the 9-1, but defeats the rodents in the 9-6. My favorite in this batch of dailies is the 9-8, in which a strange cat is put out for the night by Felix, so he can see how if feels. I love Otto’s alternate designs for cats, they are all appealing, but never more than Felix. Speaking of appealing, Cathy Hill has contributed another header to the blog this time with her rough sketches, inspired by Otto Messmer drawings of the 1930s. I like Felix running two different ways with a puzzled version of Felix looking on. Enjoy all these wonderful comics, see you soon! Mark