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
Pete Hale says:
Good post, Mark!
Odd to see the “Ignatz Beaning” applied to Felix. He even is in the Krazy Kat position (stiff fall-over).
Messmer’s strip is less like Herriman and more like Floyd Gottfredson’s Mickey Mouse before he got into serialized storytelling.
Mark says:
Thanks Pete, As I’ve said before, Felix was oftentimes an adventurer in his strip, much like Gottfredson’s Mickey.