More Dailies!
Hi Folks, thanks for coming back to the old blog. It seems that blogs are “out” and Twitter and Facebook are “in”. I read an article in the L.A. Times that says that only “old folks” use Blogs anymore. I tried Facebook and thought it nothing but a waste of time, I don’t even care to look at Twitter. If you want to comment you have only to click on the link, or email me at blogmolasses@att.net if you don’t want the comments published. If that’s acting old, to want to avoid Facebook and Twitter, then I prefer the word “mature”. Here’s Felix from 8/31 to 9/6/1936. Great stuff with the animals, Socky and Snobbs in the woods this week, I especially love the Sunday page. I just can’t resist kittens! We also learn from the Sunday that Felix is a really valuable cat!
Krazy this time is from 2/19 to 2/24/1940 and has one storyline for the whole week. Offissa Pupp and Judge Pupp are one and the same person, and they work separately, but in concert to arrest and try Ignatz for brick-tossing. I like all the mice “like-alooks” in the jury box in the 2/20 strip.
Patrick is from 11/22 to 11/26/1965 this time, with the Thanksgiving strip missing, as the Post-Dispatch did not print on holidays. I like the timing of the joke in the 11/22, as Patrick looks expectantly over at his mother (in the third panel) to see if she will respond favorably to his gibe. Mal Hancock even uses Schulz’s patented “AAAUGH” in the 11/23 strip. See you next time.
Charles Brubaker says:
Ah, back when words like “Injuns” were allowed in the funny pages. Good times!
Did the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ever ran “Polly”, which was also drawn by Mal Hancock?
Mark Kausler says:
Hi Charles,
Glad you are reading the Patrick strips. “Polly” is not known to me. I never saw it in the Post when I was reading it avidly in the 1950s and 1960s. Mal Hancock was a funny writer as well as a cartoonist, so maybe Polly was more of the same. If you find any examples, let me know.
Thanks, Mark
Charles Brubaker says:
Mark,
This is the only sample of “Polly” I can find on the internet. The strip ran 1972-74
http://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2005/11/mal-hancocks-polly.html
Mark says:
Thanks Charles!
No wonder I never saw “Polly”, I wasn’t living in St. Louis then, and the Los Angeles papers didn’t carry the feature. Looks like Mal’s over-the-top acting and posing. I’d love to see more!
Mark