Stripz


barker-bill-7-11-55.jpgbarker-bill-7-12-55.jpgbarker-bill-7-13-55.jpgbarker-bill-7-14-55.jpgbarker-bill-7-18-55.jpgbarker-bill-7-19-55.jpgbarker-bill-7-20-55.jpgbarker-bill-7-21-55.jpg At long last, it’s back to the strips! Here’s Barker Bill from 7-11 to 7-21-1955, courtesy of the Greensburg Daily Tribune. It’s lucky that the strip was mostly gags by this time, as the Greensburg Trib. only used four strips a week! Some of the regulars like Perkins, Col. Whetwhistle and Phyllis the strong lady are back. I’ve got enough strips for two more posts, then Barker Bill vanishes into comic strip oblivion.

jr-times-fido-bark-by-wick-10-10-26.jpgjr-times-fido-bark-by-wick-10-31-26.jpgjr-times-fido-bark-by-wick-2-10-31-26.jpgjr-times-captain-jonah-smith-by-i-ellis-10-3-26.jpgjr-times-fishy-tales-by-i-ellis-10-10-26.jpgjr-times-i-ellis-cover-10-15-26.jpgjr-times-dunk-dank-by-i-ellis-10-24-26.jpgjr-times-dunk-dank-by-i-ellis-10-31-26.jpgjr-times-dunk-dank-by-iellis-10-31-26.jpgjr-times-average-home-by-tipper-10-17-26.jpgjr-times-the-average-home-by-tipper-10-31-26.jpgjr-times-louie-salkin-cartoon-10-3-26.jpgjr-times-pit-and-pat-by-ed-schultz-10-3-26.jpgjr-times-hezy-tate-by-phil-delara-10-24-26.jpgjr-times-keen-and-feeble-tat-by-moreno-10-24-26.jpgjr-times-macy-by-lee-morehouse-10-3-26.jpgjr-times-fred-moore-strip-10-17-26.jpgjr-times-portrait-of-true-boardman-10-24-26.jpg From the Los Angeles Junior Times in Oct. 1926, we have more “Fido Bark” strips by Bob Wickersham. He really kisses up to Aunt Dolly, but you will notice that she runs the strips out of order (the rule against continuity, you know), so buttering her up didn’t help. I. Ellis really worked hard and produced a couple of one shot strips, a ten dollar cover, and started a new strip called “Dunk Dank”. We also have strips by Lee Morehouse, who later became a top Donald Duck animator (“Hockey Champ”, “The Autograph Hound”), Phil DeLara, who became an animator for Bob McKimson at Warner Bros. in the 1940s and 1950s, “Louie” (Leo) Salkin, Manuel Moreno (another Keen and Feeble Tat, where the characters visit fellow Times cartoonist, Al Perez), a strip by Fred Moore and a portrait of True Boardman, who did some acting on stage in Aunt Dolly’s theatre parties and later became a great radio announcer (Chase and Sanborn Hour), radio actor (Famous Jury Trials), and wrote on the radio series “Lux Radio Theater”, “Silver Theater” and wrote on the cartoon series: “The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo”! I’ve also put in the first “Pit and Pat” strip by Eddie Schultz. I KNOW I’ve seen his credits on some animated cartoons, but can’t find the titles, any of you experts know about them?

felix-8-26-35.jpgfelix-8-27-35.jpgfelix-8-28-35.jpgfelix-8-29-35.jpgfelix-8-30-35.jpgfelix-8-31-35.jpgfelix-9-1-35.jpg Felix, from 8-26 to 9-1-1935 continues Felix and Danny’s excavation of the ancient city. They find a newspaper column 5000 years old, and get caught in a cave-in! The Sunday (9-1) episode continues Felix’s adventures in Dreamland. He helps a poor clerk named Mr. Pluggin to survive a boring speech by his boss. I’ll bet Otto survived many a boring speech in his life by dreaming of Felix!

krazy_vintage7-7-41.gifkrazy_vintage7-8-41.gifkrazy_vintage7-9-41.gifkrazy_vintage7-10-41.gifkrazy_vintage7-12-41.gif Ignatz is hiding in a long box in the Krazy strips from 7-7 to 7-12-1941. Offissa Pupp can’t stifle his curiosity about Ignatz’s hiding place and in the 7-12, he gives in to temptation. Note the elaborate stage decoration on the 7-12, as Garge fills the space with his unique designs. I’m sorry the strip for 7-11-41 is not here, do any of you great collectors have it?

myrtle-3-24-to-3-29-47.jpg Myrtle this time from 3-24 to 3-29-1947 is full of springtime shenanigans! First Hyacinth has a litter of kittens, followed by Sampson’s Easter Bunny and then Mytle’s goldfish Wilbur has a bunch of guppies! It’s amusing to see how the fathers of the neighborhood deal with the animal and fish progeny. The 3-24 is a very endearing look at Myrtle’s sassy kid personality. She blurts right out at her Mother that she’s getting “FA-AT” and gets spanked AND has to stand in the corner. I love the last panel as she learns the meaning of “tact”. Well, this was another labor-intensive post, sure hope you enjoyed the “stripz”.

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