Stripper's Guide

When Don Wooton was working for the Cleveland Plain Dealer he began producing a Sunday feature titled The Week on Parade in the early 30s. This feature is beyond our purview here at Stripper's Guide since it was a cartoon look at the week's news stories. I classify that as editorial cartooning and take a pass.

However, on January 29 1933, Wooton renamed the feature Personalities on Parade and changed the focus to a combination of straight humor plus lampoons of  local Cleveland personalities. That change puts Wootton's delightful work in our sights, for which we are very glad. The always restless Mr. Wootton, however, did not stick with the feature for long. The weekly half-page color cartoon ran in the Plain Dealer's Sunday magazine section only until July 8 1934.

Labels: Obscurities

Garnet Warren was born very late 1873 or very early 1874 in London, England. A passenger list dated May 30, 1914, at Ancestry.com, recorded Warren’s age as forty years and five months and birthplace as London, England. A profile of Warren appeared in the February 1905 issue of The Arena and said: 

He was born in London thirty years ago, but when quite small the family moved to Australia, where all his boyhood recollections cluster. 

“I cannot remember so far back as the time when I was not drawing,” said Mr. Warren recently. “My first offences were houses with great volumes of smoke pouring from their allied chimneys. From this it was only a short step to drawing the school-masters, and then trouble began. One day when I had just finished an atrocious effigy of the teacher, he caught me red-handed, and I, ‘like a wretch o’ertaken in his tracks, with stolen chattels on his back,’ tremblingly awaited my punishment. On this occasion the master, evidently determined to make the punishment fit the crime, compelled me to make one hundred drawings of a certain face. Well, I can tell you that long before that task was finished all the artistic instinct in me seemed dead beyond hope of resurrection; but such was not the case, as a few weeks later I was again at my old pastime.

“About that time, when I was still very young, the late Phil, May arrived in Australia and was engaged to furnish regular cartoons for the Sydney Bulletin. I remember his pictures were a wonderful stimulus to me, as were also the more broadly funny drawings of the American humorist, Livingston Hopkins, who had settled in our midst. Their pictures aroused a deep interest in my mind in politics, and perhaps exerted more influence than anything else in turning my attention toward journalism. Every week I eagerly looked for the cartoons, and though only about twelve years of age I was quite a politician among my comrades and playmates and was always eager for a discussion with my elders, substituting, no doubt, the assertiveness of ignorance and immaturity for wisdom and logic, as is the way with youth.”

At length the time came when the father wished his son to select a profession. It had been his hope and desire that Garnet should follow in his footsteps and become a physician, but this the boy was disinclined to do, lacking the necessary application. Finally deciding to become a dentist, he took service as an apprentice, but after five months the master declined to have the boy with him longer because of lack of interest and application. Next he became a stenographer in a business-office, remaining in that capacity for four years.

“During this period,” said Mr. Warren, in referring to his early struggles, “my old taste for picture-making led me to join a drawing-class. I was then about twenty. My office-work required my time from nine to five each day, but from seven to ten I spent in the drawing-school; then I would hasten over to the Parliament House to make sketches of the members for one of our weekly papers, working there till two in the morning; so my life at that time was strenuous enough to suit the most exacting American taste, and perhaps too strenuous for my constitution.”

After a time a tempting opportunity was offered Mr. Warren to go to South America on a business venture. He traveled along the whole Western coast and from thence up to San Francisco, California. [A passenger list at Ancestry.com said Warren arrived August 24, 1896 in San Francisco from Panama.] When in this bustling American metropolis of the Pacific, he applied for a position in the art department of the Examiner and was promptly assigned a place; but the well-filled department, with its numbers of young men working away like steam-engines under high pressure, frightened him so that before the morning came when he was to begin his work he had decided to return to Australia instead of remaining in the republic. Arriving home, he secured the position of cartoonist on The Queenslander, which he held for two years, when again his desire to travel and seek more promising fields overmastered him. Accordingly he set out for London, in which city he remained nine months, drawing some cartoons for the Chronicle, and several pictures for The King and other publications. London, however, seemed to promise less opportunity for advancement than America, so he set out for New York. [A passenger list said Warren arrived January 17, 1901 in New York from Liverpool.] That was about four years ago. He soon obtained a place on the New York Herald, though not as a cartoonist. He remained with the Herald for over two years, when he accepted an offer from the New York News, which position he retained until the reorganization of that paper. He then came to Boston and accepted a position offered on the Boston Herald. At the time of his coming to this city he determined to make cartoon-work his life occupation, and into his labors he has thrown much of that heart-interest which Longfellow tells us “giveth grace to every art.” His cartoons are widely copied, and though only thirty years of age he to-day ranks with our best American newspaper cartoonists.

Labels: Ink-Slinger Profiles

Before John R. Bray cemented his place in history as an animation pioneer, his previous success was pretty well limited to a stint on the well-received Sunday strip Little Johnny and the Teddy Bears. When that series ended in 1909 it seems that Mr. Bray used his pay to buy a small farm, and gave his occupation as farmer to a census-taker.

Farming apparently wasn't immediately profitable, and to keep the bank account healthy he penned the series Mr. O.U. Absentmind for McClure starting on October 17 1909*. This series was obviously done purely for the paycheck. The absent-minded character had already been done to death in the early comic sections, and Bray offered us nothing unique in his take. The gags are shopworn when they do work, and often don't work at all. In the above sample, for instance, the florist has been given no direction to send a funeral wreath, so why would he? With two minutes of thought Bray could have straightened out the gag so that Mr. Absentmind gives the wrong impression to the florist -- because, ya know, he's absent-minded.

The art on this feature is actually quite fine, but that's because Bray has swiped all his characters from  William F. Marriner. Granted, that was a common bit of larceny in those days, but Bray had already shown that he could get along just fine in his own style.

The dismal Mr. O.U. Absentmind lasted a long time in one of the secondary McClure sections, proving that the syndicate really didn't care much what they used to take up space. Readers were blissfully relieved of it after November 26 1911*, except when they ran an unused or  reprint strip much later, on February 28 1915**.


* Source: San Francisco Chronicle
** Source: Washington Herald

Labels: Obscurities

November 5 1909 -- Another Baron Mooch strip that was omitted from Blackbeard's book. This one  has Herriman stealing a gag from Winsor McCay's Dream of the Rarebit Fiend. The gag swipe is unfortunate (and a rarity for Herriman), but even so not all is bad. To atone for his sin Herriman offers us a lovely graphical flourish, framing the entire strip as a word and art balloon for the sleeping Baron.

Labels: Herriman's LA Examiner Cartoons

Here's a later Walter Wellman card, I'm guessing it probably dates to the 1930s, heyday of the heavy linen look. This risque card was published by the Asheville Post Card Co. of North Carolina, and this card was coded C229.

Labels: Wish You Were Here

Well, hey, if we have a series of longer stories, that must mean we have a series of shorter ones, right? So this is that. I supposed you could also call it the Virginia Huget series, since her lovely art graced it consistently until September 1929.

I am able to track this series back to October 1927, which means it just possibly might dovetail with a missing section of that Dan Smith series (part 1 of this index). It doesn't rejoin that series in September 1928, though, so maybe not. There just aren't enough online newspapers to track this stuff with any real assurance. I seem to be joining Adventurous Anne in mid-story, so this series does go back at least a little farther.

I tracked this series in the Philadelphia Inquirer after wasting a lot of time indexing another paper that turned out to be running it really late and sometimes out of order. At the end of 1929, when this index ends, the material seems to dovetail with what I indexed in part 2 of this index. However, in the Inquirer at least, this material was copyrighted by King Features Syndicate throughout, whereas that one starts off credited to Newspaper Feature Service. Ah, what a tangled web we weave ....

Date	Title	Artist
10/23/27	Adventurous Anne	Virginia Huget
10/30/27	Adventurous Anne	Virginia Huget
11/6/27	Adventurous Anne	Virginia Huget
11/13/37	Adventurous Anne	Virginia Huget
11/20/27	Adventurous Anne	Virginia Huget
11/27/27	Merry Mary	Virginia Huget w:Berton Braley
12/4/27	Merry Mary	Virginia Huget w:Berton Braley
12/11/27	Merry Mary	Virginia Huget w:Berton Braley
12/18/27	Merry Mary	Virginia Huget w:Berton Braley
12/25/27	Merry Mary	Virginia Huget w:Berton Braley
1/1/28	Merry Mary	Virginia Huget w:Berton Braley
1/8/28	Merry Mary	Virginia Huget w:Berton Braley
1/15/28	Merry Mary	Virginia Huget w:Berton Braley
1/22/28	Merry Mary	Virginia Huget w:Berton Braley
1/29/28	Merry Mary	Virginia Huget w:Berton Braley
2/5/28	Doings of Daphne	Virginia Huget w:Berton Braley
2/12/28	Doings of Daphne	Virginia Huget w:Berton Braley
2/19/28	Doings of Daphne	Virginia Huget w:Berton Braley
2/26/28	Doings of Daphne	Virginia Huget w:Berton Braley
3/4/28	Doings of Daphne	Virginia Huget w:Berton Braley
3/11/28	Doings of Daphne	Virginia Huget w:Berton Braley
3/18/28	Doings of Daphne	Virginia Huget w:Berton Braley
3/25/28	Doings of Daphne	Virginia Huget w:Berton Braley
4/1/28	Doings of Daphne	Virginia Huget w:Berton Braley
4/8/28	Doings of Daphne	Virginia Huget w:Berton Braley
4/15/28	Flora's Fling	Virginia Huget
4/22/28	Flora's Fling	Virginia Huget
4/29/28	Flora's Fling	Virginia Huget
5/6/28	Flora's Fling	Virginia Huget
5/13/28	Flora's Fling	Virginia Huget
5/20/28	Episodes of Elsie	Virginia Huget w:Berton Braley
5/27/28	Episodes of Elsie	Virginia Huget w:Berton Braley
6/3/28	Episodes of Elsie	Virginia Huget w:Berton Braley
6/10/28	Episodes of Elsie	Virginia Huget w:Berton Braley
6/17/28	Episodes of Elsie	Virginia Huget w:Berton Braley
6/24/28	Episodes of Elsie	Virginia Huget w:Berton Braley
7/1/28	Episodes of Elsie	Virginia Huget w:Berton Braley
7/8/28	Episodes of Elsie	Virginia Huget w:Berton Braley
7/15/28	Episodes of Elsie	Virginia Huget w:Berton Braley
7/22/28	Episodes of Elsie	Virginia Huget w:Berton Braley
7/29/28	Episodes of Elsie	Virginia Huget w:Berton Braley
8/5/28	Episodes of Elsie	Virginia Huget w:Berton Braley
8/12/28	Episodes of Elsie	Virginia Huget w:Berton Braley
8/19/28	Episodes of Elsie	Virginia Huget w:Berton Braley
8/26/28	Sue Sees America	Virginia Huget w/J. Kenneth Jonez
9/2/28	Sue Sees America	Virginia Huget w/J. Kenneth Jonez
9/9/28	Sue Sees America	Virginia Huget w/J. Kenneth Jonez
9/16/28	Sue Sees America	Virginia Huget w/J. Kenneth Jonez
9/23/28	Sue Sees America	Virginia Huget w/J. Kenneth Jonez
9/30/28	Sue Sees America	Virginia Huget w/J. Kenneth Jonez
10/7/28	Sue Sees America	Virginia Huget w/J. Kenneth Jonez
10/14/28	Sue Sees America	Virginia Huget w/J. Kenneth Jonez
10/21/28	Sue Sees America	Virginia Huget w/J. Kenneth Jonez
10/28/28	Sue Sees America	Virginia Huget w/J. Kenneth Jonez
11/4/28	Sue Sees America	Virginia Huget w:J. Kenneth Jonez
11/11/28	Sue Sees America	Virginia Huget w:J. Kenneth Jonez
11/18/28	Sue Sees America	Virginia Huget w:J. Kenneth Jonez
11/25/28	Sue Sees America	Virginia Huget w:J. Kenneth Jonez
12/2/28	Sue Sees America	Virginia Huget w:J. Kenneth Jonez
12/9/28	Sue Sees America	Virginia Huget w:J. Kenneth Jonez
12/16/28	Sue Sees America	Virginia Huget w:J. Kenneth Jonez
12/23/28	Sue Sees America	Virginia Huget w:J. Kenneth Jonez
12/30/28	Sue Sees America	Virginia Huget w:J. Kenneth Jonez
1/6/29	Sue Sees America	Virginia Huget w:J. Kenneth Jonez
1/13/29	Miss Aladdin	Virginia Huget w:J. Kenneth Jonez
1/20/29	Miss Aladdin	Virginia Huget w:J. Kenneth Jonez
1/27/29	Miss Aladdin	Virginia Huget w:J. Kenneth Jonez
2/3/29	Miss Aladdin	Virginia Huget w:J. Kenneth Jonez
2/10/29	Miss Aladdin	Virginia Huget w:J. Kenneth Jonez
2/17/29	Miss Aladdin	Virginia Huget w:J. Kenneth Jonez
2/24/29	Miss Aladdin	Virginia Huget w:J. Kenneth Jonez
3/3/29	Miss Aladdin	Virginia Huget w:J. Kenneth Jonez
3/10/29	Miss Aladdin	Virginia Huget w:J. Kenneth Jonez
3/17/29	Miss Aladdin	Virginia Huget w:J. Kenneth Jonez
3/24/29	Miss Aladdin	Virginia Huget w:J. Kenneth Jonez
3/31/29	Miss Aladdin	Virginia Huget w:J. Kenneth Jonez
4/7/29	Miss Aladdin	Virginia Huget w:J. Kenneth Jonez
4/14/29	Miss Aladdin	Virginia Huget w:Arthur Wynne
4/21/29	Miss Aladdin	Virginia Huget w: Arthur Wynne
4/28/29	Miss Aladdin	Virginia Huget w: Arthur Wynne
5/5/29	Miss Aladdin	Virginia Huget w: Arthur Wynne
5/12/29	Miss Aladdin	Virginia Huget w: Arthur Wynne
5/19/29	Miss Aladdin	Virginia Huget w:Arthur Wynne
5/26/29	Miss Aladdin	Virginia Huget w: Arthur Wynne
6/2/29	Double Dora	Virginia Huget
6/9/29	Double Dora	Virginia Huget
6/16/29	Double Dora	Virginia Huget
6/23/29	Double Dora	Virginia Huget
6/30/29	Double Dora	Virginia Huget
7/7/29	Double Dora	Virginia Huget
7/14/29	Double Dora	Virginia Huget
7/21/29	Double Dora	Virginia Huget
7/28/29	Double Dora	Virginia Huget
8/4/29	Double Dora	Virginia Huget
8/11/29	Double Dora	Virginia Huget
8/18/29	Double Dora	Virginia Huget
8/25/29	Francine The Freshie	Virginia Huget
9/1/29	Francine The Freshie	Virginia Huget
9/8/29	Francine The Freshie	Virginia Huget
9/15/29	Francine The Freshie	Virginia Huget
9/22/29	High-Hat Hattie	L.T. Holton
9/29/29	High-Hat Hattie	L.T. Holton
10/6/29	High-Hat Hattie	L.T. Holton
10/13/29	High-Hat Hattie	L.T. Holton
10/20/29	High-Hat Hattie	L.T. Holton
10/27/29	High-Hat Hattie	L.T. Holton
11/3/29	High-Hat Hattie	L.T. Holton
11/10/29	High-Hat Hattie	L.T. Holton
11/17/29	High-Hat Hattie	L.T. Holton
11/24/29	High-Hat Hattie	L.T. Holton
12/1/29	High-Hat Hattie	L.T. Holton
12/8/29	High-Hat Hattie	L.T. Holton
12/15/29	High-Hat Hattie	L.T. Holton
12/22/29	High-Hat Hattie	L.T. Holton
12/29/29	High-Hat Hattie	L.T. Holton

Labels: Magazine Cover Comics

This is the second part of the index for the 'longer stories' series, this one covering 1930 to the apparent end of it in 1933.

This index was compiled based on the Cincinnati Enquirer starting in 1930, then in January 1931 I had to switch to the Miami News when the microfilmer of the Enquirer decided that Sunday magazines weren't worth the time to photograph. The Miami News dropped the cover in July of that year, so then I switched to the Minneapolis Tribune. The Tribune got me to the apparent end of the series, which I was able to confirm in a second paper.

The syndicate, which had been International Feature Service, changed to King Features Syndicate in January 1932. I believe this is when IFS was phased out as a separate syndication company for Hearst.

Date	Title	Artist
1/5/30	Wings of Love	Russell Patterson
1/12/30	Wings of Love	Russell Patterson
1/19/30	Wings of Love	Russell Patterson
1/26/30	Wings of Love	Russell Patterson
2/2/30	Wings of Love	Russell Patterson
2/9/30	Wings of Love	Russell Patterson
2/16/30	The Love Boat	Russell Patterson
2/23/30	The Love Boat	Russell Patterson
3/2/30	The Love Boat	Russell Patterson
3/9/30	The Love Boat	Russell Patterson
3/16/30	The Love Boat	Russell Patterson
3/23/30	The Love Boat	Russell Patterson
3/30/30	The Love Boat	Russell Patterson
4/6/30	The Love Boat	Russell Patterson
4/13/30	The Love Boat	Russell Patterson
4/20/30	The Love Boat	Russell Patterson
4/27/30	The Love Boat	Russell Patterson
5/4/30	The Love Boat	Russell Patterson
5/11/30	The Love Boat	Russell Patterson
5/18/30	The Love Boat	Russell Patterson
5/25/30	The Love Boat	Russell Patterson
6/1/30	The Love Boat	Russell Patterson
6/8/30	The Love Boat	Russell Patterson
6/15/30	The Love Boat	Russell Patterson
6/22/30	The Love Boat	Russell Patterson
6/29/30	The Love Boat	Russell Patterson
7/6/30	The Love Boat	Russell Patterson
7/13/30	The Love Boat	Russell Patterson
7/20/30	The Love Boat	Russell Patterson
7/27/30	The Love Boat	Russell Patterson
8/3/30	The Love Boat	Russell Patterson
8/10/30	Romances of Gloriette (verses by Berton Braley)	Nell Brinkley
8/17/30	Romances of Gloriette (verses by Berton Braley)	Nell Brinkley
8/24/30	Romances of Gloriette (verses by Berton Braley)	Nell Brinkley
8/31/30	Romances of Gloriette (verses by Berton Braley)	Nell Brinkley
9/7/30	Romances of Gloriette (verses by Berton Braley)	Nell Brinkley
9/14/30	Romances of Gloriette (verses by Berton Braley)	Nell Brinkley
9/21/30	Romances of Gloriette (verses by Berton Braley)	Nell Brinkley
9/28/30	Romances of Gloriette (verses by Berton Braley)	Nell Brinkley
10/5/30	Romances of Gloriette (verses by Berton Braley)	Nell Brinkley
10/12/30	Romances of Gloriette (verses by Berton Braley)	Nell Brinkley
10/19/30	Romances of Gloriette (verses by Berton Braley)	Nell Brinkley
10/26/30	Romances of Gloriette (verses by Berton Braley)	Nell Brinkley
11/2/30	Romances of Gloriette (verses by Berton Braley)	Nell Brinkley
11/9/30	Romances of Gloriette (verses by Berton Braley)	Nell Brinkley
11/16/30	Romances of Gloriette (verses by Berton Braley)	Nell Brinkley
11/23/30	Barbara's Bad Man (verses by Berton Braley)	John Held Jr.
11/30/30	Barbara's Bad Man (verses by Berton Braley)	John Held Jr.
12/7/30	Barbara's Bad Man (verses by Berton Braley)	John Held Jr.
12/14/30	Barbara's Bad Man (verses by Berton Braley)	John Held Jr.
12/21/30	Barbara's Bad Man (verses by Berton Braley)	John Held Jr.
12/28/30	Barbara's Bad Man (verses by Berton Braley)	John Held Jr.
1/4/31	Barbara's Bad Man (verses by Berton Braley)	John Held Jr.
1/11/31	Barbara's Bad Man (verses by Berton Braley)	John Held Jr.
1/18/31	Barbara's Bad Man (verses by Berton Braley)	John Held Jr.
1/25/31	Barbara's Bad Man (verses by Berton Braley)	John Held Jr.
2/1/31	Barbara's Bad Man (verses by Berton Braley)	John Held Jr.
2/8/31	Barbara's Bad Man (verses by Berton Braley)	John Held Jr.
2/15/31	Barbara's Bad Man (verses by Berton Braley)	John Held Jr.
2/22/31	Barbara's Bad Man (verses by Berton Braley)	John Held Jr.
3/1/31	Barbara's Bad Man (verses by Berton Braley)	John Held Jr.
3/8/31	Margy	John Held Jr.
3/15/31	Margy	John Held Jr.
3/22/31	Margy	John Held Jr.
3/29/31	Margy	John Held Jr.
4/5/31	Margy	John Held Jr.
4/12/31	Margy	John Held Jr.
4/19/31	Margy	John Held Jr.
4/26/31	Margy	John Held Jr.
5/3/31	Margy	John Held Jr.
5/10/31	Margy	John Held Jr.
5/17/31	Margy	John Held Jr.
5/24/31	Margy	John Held Jr.
5/31/31	Margy	John Held Jr.
6/7/31	Margy	John Held Jr.
6/14/31	Margy	John Held Jr.
6/21/31	Margy	John Held Jr.
6/28/31	The Spirit of '31	George Kerr
7/5/31	Betty's Boy Friend	Russell Patterson
7/12/31	Betty's Boy Friend	Russell Patterson
7/19/31	Betty's Boy Friend	Russell Patterson
7/26/31	Betty's Boy Friend	Russell Patterson
8/2/31	Betty's Boy Friend	Russell Patterson
8/9/31	Betty's Boy Friend	Russell Patterson
8/16/31	Betty's Boy Friend	Russell Patterson
8/23/31	Betty's Boy Friend	Russell Patterson
8/30/31	Margy	John Held Jr.
9/6/31	Margy	John Held Jr.
9/13/31	Margy	John Held Jr.
9/20/31	Margy	John Held Jr.
9/27/31	Margy	John Held Jr.
10/4/31	Margy	John Held Jr.
10/11/31	Margy	John Held Jr.
10/18/31	Margy	John Held Jr.
10/25/31	Margy	John Held Jr.
11/1/31	Margy	John Held Jr.
11/8/31	Margy	John Held Jr.
11/15/31	Margy	John Held Jr.
11/22/31	Margy	John Held Jr.
11/29/31	Margy	John Held Jr.
12/6/31	Margy	John Held Jr.
12/13/31	Margy	John Held Jr.
12/20/31	Margy	John Held Jr.
12/27/31	Margy	John Held Jr.
1/4/32	Margy	John Held Jr.
1/11/32	Margy	John Held Jr.
1/17/32	Margy	John Held Jr.
1/24/32	Margy	John Held Jr.
1/31/32	Margy	John Held Jr.
2/7/32	Almost a Bride	Russell Patterson
2/14/32	Behold! Emulate! The Father of Our Country	Albert T. Reid
2/21/32	Almost a Bride	Russell Patterson
2/28/32	Almost a Bride	Russell Patterson
3/6/32	Almost a Bride	Russell Patterson
3/13/32	Almost a Bride	Russell Patterson
3/20/32	Almost a Bride	Russell Patterson
3/27/32	Get-Your-Man Gloria	Russell Patterson
4/3/32	Get-Your-Man Gloria	Russell Patterson
4/10/32	Get-Your-Man Gloria	Russell Patterson
4/17/32	Get-Your-Man Gloria	Russell Patterson
4/24/32	Get-Your-Man Gloria	Russell Patterson
5/1/32	Get-Your-Man Gloria	Russell Patterson
5/8/32	Get-Your-Man Gloria	Russell Patterson
5/15/32	Get-Your-Man Gloria	Russell Patterson
5/22/32	Get-Your-Man Gloria	Russell Patterson
5/29/32	Get-Your-Man Gloria	Russell Patterson
6/5/32	Runaway Red-Head	John Held Jr.
6/12/32	Runaway Red-Head	John Held Jr.
6/19/32	Runaway Red-Head	John Held Jr.
6/26/32	Runaway Red-Head	John Held Jr.
7/3/32	Runaway Red-Head	John Held Jr.
7/10/32	Runaway Red-Head	John Held Jr.
7/17/32	Runaway Red-Head	John Held Jr.
7/24/32	Runaway Red-Head	John Held Jr.
7/31/32	Runaway Red-Head	John Held Jr.
8/7/32	Runaway Red-Head	John Held Jr.
8/14/32	The Countess and the Cowboy	Russell Patterson
8/21/32	The Countess and the Cowboy	Russell Patterson
8/28/32	The Countess and the Cowboy	Russell Patterson
9/4/32	The Countess and the Cowboy	Russell Patterson
9/11/32	The Countess and the Cowboy	Russell Patterson
9/18/32	The Countess and the Cowboy	Russell Patterson
9/25/32	The Countess and the Cowboy	Russell Patterson
10/2/32	The Countess and the Cowboy	Russell Patterson
10/9/32	The Countess and the Cowboy	Russell Patterson
10/16/32	The Countess and the Cowboy	Russell Patterson
10/23/32	Margy of the Movies	John Held Jr.
10/30/32	Margy of the Movies	John Held Jr.
11/6/32	Margy of the Movies	John Held Jr.
11/13/32	Margy of the Movies	John Held Jr.
11/20/32	Margy of the Movies	John Held Jr.
11/27/32	Margy of the Movies	John Held Jr.
12/4/32	Carolyn's Cadet	Russell Patterson
12/11/32	Carolyn's Cadet	Russell Patterson
12/18/32	Carolyn's Cadet	Russell Patterson
12/25/32	Carolyn's Cadet	Russell Patterson
1/1/33	Carolyn's Cadet	Russell Patterson
1/8/33	Carolyn's Cadet	Russell Patterson
1/15/33	Carolyn's Cadet	Russell Patterson
1/22/33	Carolyn's Cadet	Russell Patterson
1/29/33	Carolyn's Cadet	Russell Patterson
2/5/33	Carolyn's Cadet	Russell Patterson
2/12/33	Let's All Elope	Raeburn Van Beuren
2/19/33	Let's All Elope	Raeburn Van Beuren
2/26/33	Let's All Elope	Raeburn Van Beuren
3/5/33	Love Through the Ages	Dan Smith
3/12/33	Love Through the Ages	Dan Smith
3/19/33	Love Through the Ages	Dan Smith
3/26/33	Love Through the Ages	Dan Smith
4/2/33	Love Through the Ages	Dan Smith
4/9/33	Love Through the Ages	Dan Smith
4/16/33	Love Through the Ages	Dan Smith
4/23/33	April's Lady	Dan Smith
4/30/33	Rosalie Reduces	R.F. James
5/7/33	Rosalie Reduces	R.F. James
5/14/33	Rosalie Reduces	R.F. James
5/21/33	Rosalie Reduces	R.F. James
5/28/33	Rosalie Reduces	R.F. James
6/4/33	Summer Sweethearts	Raeburn Van Beuren
6/11/33	Summer Sweethearts	Raeburn Van Beuren
6/18/33	Summer Sweethearts	Raeburn Van Beuren
6/25/33	Summer Sweethearts	Raeburn Van Beuren
7/2/33	Girls Who Make Me Homesick	Alberto Vargas
7/9/33	Girls Who Make Me Homesick	Alberto Vargas
7/16/33	Girls Who Make Me Homesick	Alberto Vargas
7/23/33	Girls Who Make Me Homesick	Alberto Vargas

Labels: Magazine Cover Comics

Our next series of magazine covers is indexed starting in July 1926, premiering with the very long Gloria - The American Girl series by Penrhyn Stanlaws.

While no subsequent cover series would rival Gloria in length, my search for an identity of this syndicate offering leads me to call it the 'long stories' series. The syndicate was originally King Features Syndicate, but changed to International Feature Service in early 1929 for some reason. This change happened in the middle of a story, so I don't think there's any chance that I somehow conflated two separate series.

If you look back at part 5 of this index series, you'll think that today's series is merely a continuation of  the so-called 'romantic cover series', since the dates mesh perfectly. However, I do have samples in my collection of Gloria - The American Girl running earlier than this (back to 1925), so I think I have just not been successful in tracking this series back to its true origin. I have found the early Gloria series running in the San Francisco Call, which is not, as far as I know, available online yet.

One addditonal note; if my inventory doesn't lie, there seems to have been an earlier series of Nell Brinkley's Pretty Polly - I show one from January 1927 somewhere in my collection. Or I mistyped?
 
We'll cover this series through the end of 1929 today, and pick up the balance of the series tomorrow. I tracked this series through the end of today's post in the Minneapolis Tribune.

Date	Title	Artist
7/25/26	Gloria - The American Girl	Penrhyn Stanlaws
8/1/26	Gloria - The American Girl	Penrhyn Stanlaws
8/8/26	Gloria - The American Girl	Penrhyn Stanlaws
8/15/26	Gloria - The American Girl	Penrhyn Stanlaws
8/22/26	Gloria - The American Girl	Penrhyn Stanlaws
8/29/26	Gloria - The American Girl	Penrhyn Stanlaws
9/5/26	Gloria - The American Girl	Penrhyn Stanlaws
9/12/26	Gloria - The American Girl	Penrhyn Stanlaws
9/19/26	Gloria - The American Girl	Penrhyn Stanlaws
9/26/26	Gloria - The American Girl	Penrhyn Stanlaws
10/3/26	Gloria - The American Girl	Penrhyn Stanlaws
10/10/26	Gloria - The American Girl	Penrhyn Stanlaws
10/17/26	Gloria - The American Girl	Penrhyn Stanlaws
10/24/26	Gloria - The American Girl	Penrhyn Stanlaws
10/31/26	Gloria - The American Girl	Penrhyn Stanlaws
11/7/26	Gloria - The American Girl	Penrhyn Stanlaws
11/14/26	Gloria - The American Girl	Penrhyn Stanlaws
11/21/26	Gloria - The American Girl	Penrhyn Stanlaws
11/28/26	Gloria - The American Girl	Penrhyn Stanlaws
12/5/26	Gloria - The American Girl	Penrhyn Stanlaws
12/12/26	Gloria - The American Girl	Penrhyn Stanlaws
12/19/26	Gloria - The American Girl	Penrhyn Stanlaws
12/26/26	Gloria - The American Girl	Penrhyn Stanlaws
1/2/27	Gloria - The American Girl	Penrhyn Stanlaws
1/9/27	Her Love Letters	Alexander Popini
1/16/27	Her Love Letters	Alexander Popini
1/23/27	Babs In Society	Virginia Huget
1/30/27	Babs In Society	Virginia Huget
2/6/27	Babs In Society	Virginia Huget
2/13/27	Babs In Society	Virginia Huget
2/20/27	Peggy's Progress	John Held Jr.
2/27/27	Peggy's Progress	Virginia Huget (note artist change)
3/6/27	Peggy's Progress	Virginia Huget
3/13/27	Peggy's Progress	Virginia Huget
3/20/27	Peggy's Progress	Virginia Huget
3/27/27	Peggy's Progress	Virginia Huget
4/3/27	Peggy's Progress	Virginia Huget
4/10/27	Peggy's Progress	Virginia Huget
4/17/27	Peggy's Progress	Virginia Huget
4/24/27	Peggy's Progress	Virginia Huget
5/1/27	Peggy's Progress	Virginia Huget
5/8/27	Sentimental Sally	John Held Jr.
5/15/27	Sentimental Sally	John Held Jr.
5/22/27	Sentimental Sally	John Held Jr.
5/29/27	Sentimental Sally	John Held Jr.
6/5/27	Sentimental Sally	John Held Jr.
6/12/27	Sentimental Sally	John Held Jr.
6/19/27	Sentimental Sally	John Held Jr.
6/26/27	Sentimental Sally	John Held Jr.
7/3/27	Sentimental Sally	John Held Jr.
7/10/27	Sentimental Sally	John Held Jr.
7/17/27	Sentimental Sally	John Held Jr.
7/24/27	Sentimental Sally	John Held Jr.
7/31/27	Sentimental Sally	John Held Jr.
8/7/27	Sentimental Sally	John Held Jr.
8/14/27	Sentimental Sally	John Held Jr.
8/21/27	Sentimental Sally	John Held Jr.
8/28/27	Sentimental Sally	John Held Jr.
9/4/27	Sentimental Sally	John Held Jr.
9/11/27	Sentimental Sally	John Held Jr.
9/18/27	Sentimental Sally	John Held Jr.
9/25/27	Sentimental Sally	John Held Jr.
10/2/27	Sentimental Sally	John Held Jr.
10/9/27	Sentimental Sally	John Held Jr.
10/16/27	Sentimental Sally	John Held Jr.
10/23/27	Sentimental Sally	John Held Jr.
10/30/27	Rah-Rah Rosalie	John Held Jr.
11/6/27	Rah-Rah Rosalie	John Held Jr.
11/13/27	Rah-Rah Rosalie	John Held Jr.
11/20/27	Rah-Rah Rosalie	John Held Jr.
11/27/27	Rah-Rah Rosalie	John Held Jr.
12/4/27	Rah-Rah Rosalie	John Held Jr.
12/11/27	Rah-Rah Rosalie	John Held Jr.
12/18/27	Rah-Rah Rosalie	John Held Jr.
12/25/27	Rah-Rah Rosalie	John Held Jr.
1/1/28	Rah-Rah Rosalie	John Held Jr.
1/8/28	Rah-Rah Rosalie	John Held Jr.
1/15/28	Rah-Rah Rosalie	John Held Jr.
1/22/28	Rah-Rah Rosalie	John Held Jr.
1/29/28	Rah-Rah Rosalie	John Held Jr.
2/5/28	Rah-Rah Rosalie	John Held Jr.
2/12/28	Rah-Rah Rosalie	John Held Jr.
2/19/28	Rah-Rah Rosalie	John Held Jr.
2/26/28	Rah-Rah Rosalie	John Held Jr.
3/4/28	Dimples' Day Dreams	Nell Brinkley
3/11/28	Dimples' Day Dreams	Nell Brinkley
3/18/28	Dimples' Day Dreams	Nell Brinkley
3/25/28	Dimples' Day Dreams	Nell Brinkley
4/1/28	Dimples' Day Dreams	Nell Brinkley
4/8/28	Dimples' Day Dreams	Nell Brinkley
4/15/28	Dimples' Day Dreams	Nell Brinkley
4/22/28	Dimples' Day Dreams	Nell Brinkley
4/29/28	Dimples' Day Dreams	Nell Brinkley
5/6/28	Dimples' Day Dreams	Nell Brinkley
5/13/28	Dimples' Day Dreams	Nell Brinkley
5/20/28	Dimples' Day Dreams	Nell Brinkley
5/27/28	Frivolous Flossie	Penrhyn Stanlaws
6/3/28	Frivolous Flossie	Penrhyn Stanlaws
6/10/28	Frivolous Flossie	Penrhyn Stanlaws
6/17/28	Frivolous Flossie	Penrhyn Stanlaws
6/24/28	Frivolous Flossie	Penrhyn Stanlaws
7/1/28	Frivolous Flossie	Penrhyn Stanlaws
7/8/28	Frivolous Flossie	Penrhyn Stanlaws
7/15/28	Frivolous Flossie	Penrhyn Stanlaws
7/22/28	Frivolous Flossie	Penrhyn Stanlaws
7/29/28	Frivolous Flossie	Penrhyn Stanlaws
8/5/28	Frivolous Flossie	Penrhyn Stanlaws
8/12/28	Frivolous Flossie	Penrhyn Stanlaws
8/19/28	Frivolous Flossie	Penrhyn Stanlaws
8/26/28	Frivolous Flossie	Penrhyn Stanlaws
9/2/28	Frivolous Flossie	Penrhyn Stanlaws
9/9/28	Frivolous Flossie	Penrhyn Stanlaws
9/16/28	Adventures of Patty	Jefferson Machamer
9/23/28	Adventures of Patty	Jefferson Machamer
9/30/28	Adventures of Patty	Jefferson Machamer
10/7/28	Adventures of Patty	Jefferson Machamer
10/14/28	Adventures of Patty	Jefferson Machamer
10/21/28	Adventures of Patty	Jefferson Machamer
10/28/28	Adventures of Patty	Jefferson Machamer
11/4/28	Petting Patty	Jefferson Machamer
11/11/28	Petting Patty	Jefferson Machamer
11/18/28	Pretty Polly	Nell Brinkley w:Carolyn Wells
11/25/28	Pretty Polly	Nell Brinkley w:Carolyn Wells
12/2/28	Pretty Polly	Nell Brinkley w:Carolyn Wells
12/9/28	Pretty Polly	Nell Brinkley w:Carolyn Wells
12/16/28	Pretty Polly	Nell Brinkley w:Carolyn Wells
12/23/28	Pretty Polly	Nell Brinkley w:Carolyn Wells
12/30/28	Pretty Polly	Nell Brinkley w:Carolyn Wells
1/6/29	Pretty Polly	Nell Brinkley w:Carolyn Wells
1/13/29	Pretty Polly	Nell Brinkley w:Carolyn Wells
1/20/29	Pretty Polly	Nell Brinkley w:Carolyn Wells
1/27/29	Pretty Polly	Nell Brinkley w:Carolyn Wells
2/3/29	Pretty Polly	Nell Brinkley w:Carolyn Wells
2/10/29	Pretty Polly	Nell Brinkley w:Carolyn Wells
2/17/29	Pretty Polly	Nell Brinkley w:Carolyn Wells (switch to International Features Service)
2/24/29	Pretty Polly	Nell Brinkley w:Carolyn Wells
3/3/29	Pretty Polly	Nell Brinkley w:Carolyn Wells
3/10/29	Runaway Ruth	Russell Patterson
3/17/29	Runaway Ruth	Russell Patterson
3/24/29	Runaway Ruth	Russell Patterson
3/31/29	Runaway Ruth	Russell Patterson
4/7/29	Runaway Ruth	Russell Patterson
4/14/29	Runaway Ruth	Russell Patterson
4/21/29	Runaway Ruth	Russell Patterson
4/28/29	Runaway Ruth	Russell Patterson
5/5/29	Runaway Ruth	Russell Patterson
5/12/29	Runaway Ruth	Russell Patterson
5/19/29	Runaway Ruth	Russell Patterson
5/26/29	Runaway Ruth	Russell Patterson
6/2/29	Runaway Ruth	Russell Patterson
6/9/29	Runaway Ruth	Russell Patterson
6/16/29	Runaway Ruth	Russell Patterson
6/23/29	Runaway Ruth	Russell Patterson
6/30/29	Rosalie Goes Rural	John Held Jr.
7/7/29	Rosalie Goes Rural	John Held Jr.
7/14/29	Sunny Sue	Nell Brinkley
7/21/29	Sunny Sue	Nell Brinkley
7/28/29	Sunny Sue	Nell Brinkley
8/4/29	Sunny Sue	Nell Brinkley
8/11/29	Sunny Sue	Nell Brinkley
8/18/29	Sunny Sue	Nell Brinkley
8/25/29	Sunny Sue	Nell Brinkley
9/1/29	Sunny Sue	Nell Brinkley
9/8/29	Sunny Sue	Nell Brinkley
9/15/29	Sunny Sue	Nell Brinkley
9/22/29	Sunny Sue	Nell Brinkley
9/29/29	Sunny Sue	Nell Brinkley
10/6/29	Sunny Sue	Nell Brinkley
10/13/29	Sunny Sue	Nell Brinkley
10/20/29	Sunny Sue	Nell Brinkley
10/27/29	Sunny Sue	Nell Brinkley
11/3/29	Wings of Love	Russell Patterson
11/10/29	Wings of Love	Russell Patterson
11/17/29	Wings of Love	Russell Patterson
11/24/29	Wings of Love	Russell Patterson
12/1/29	Wings of Love	Russell Patterson
12/8/29	Wings of Love	Russell Patterson
12/15/29	Wings of Love	Russell Patterson
12/22/29	Wings of Love	Russell Patterson
12/29/29	Wings of Love	Russell Patterson

Labels: Magazine Cover Comics

It turns out in my magazine cover research that in 1921 you could get your American Weekly Hearst covers in two flavors: one with the masthead with which we're familiar, or one with no masthead at all and copyrighted by International Feature Service.

That practice seems to have halted in mid-August 1921, when the Dan Smith cover series was inaugurated and took over for the International Feature Service-branded  American Weekly.

However, it wasn't quite that simple. It seems that you could choose another new (?) series, also syndicated by IFS, that instead of Dan Smith covers offered what I call the 'romantic cover' option. This series featured lots of pretty girls as is typical of the Hearst covers, but these ones are focused on romance. In other words, looking to please the female audience more than the male.

I began tracking this series in the Butte Miner, where due to some slight crossover with the Dan Smith series at the beginning I believe that the Miner runs their covers a week later than intended. The series runs in the Miner through the end of 1923, after which I switched to the Minneapolis Tribune, filling in a long unavailable section of that from the Tampa Tribune. The Minneapolis Tribune stopped using this series in June 1926, and I can find no other paper that used it any later.

Date	Title	Artist
8/28/21	Caprices of Cupid #1	Henry Clive
9/4/21	Caprices of Cupid #2	Henry Clive
9/11/21	Caprices of Cupid #3	Henry Clive
9/18/21	Caprices of Cupid #4	Henry Clive
9/25/21	Caprices of Cupid #5	Henry Clive
10/2/21	Caprices of Cupid #6	Henry Clive
10/9/21	Behind Their Dreamy Eyes #1	Henry Hutt
10/16/21	Behind Their Dreamy Eyes #2	Henry Hutt
10/23/21	Behind Their Dreamy Eyes #3	Henry Hutt
10/30/21	Behind Their Dreamy Eyes #4	Henry Hutt
11/6/21	Behind Their Dreamy Eyes #5	Henry Hutt
11/13/21	Chiffon and Gold	Haskell Coffin
11/20/21	The Girl Scout "Little Mother"	W.T. Benda
11/27/21	Mean Old Clock!	Henry Clive
12/4/21	Poetry	Henry Clive
12/11/21	Ammunition	Henry Clive
12/18/21	Light and Airy	Henry Clive
12/25/21	Christmas Morning	Henry Clive
1/1/22	Scenting The Rose	Henry Clive
1/8/22	Beauty and Nick	Henry Hutt
1/15/22	Snowflakes	Henry Clive
1/22/22	Cold And Fair	Haskell Coffin
1/29/22	Fairy Time Story	Henry Hutt
2/5/22	A Florida Enchantment	Haskell Coffin
2/12/22	I Wonder	W.T. Benda
2/19/22	Have A Heart	Henry Hutt
2/26/22	When Eyes Meet	Henry Clive
3/5/22	Over The Rio Grande	W.T. Benda
3/12/22	The Penitent	Henry Clive
3/19/22	The Eclipse	Haskell Coffin
3/26/22	Puppy Love	M.E. Musselman
4/2/22	Coming Out	Haskell Coffin
4/9/22	No More Bon Bons	Henry Clive
4/16/22	Honey	Haskell Coffin
4/23/22	Untitled portrait of woman	Signed illegibly
4/30/22	Jackie	Maud Tousey Fangel
5/7/22	Yoo-Hoo	John Bradshaw Crandell
5/14/22	Stop! Look! Listen!	Earl Christy
5/21/22	He Loves Me...	M.E. Musselman
5/28/22	On My Palette	Henry Clive
6/4/22	Bronze Idols	Henry Clive
6/11/22	Flappers	P.J. Monahan
6/18/22	Under The Trysting Tree	Archie Gunn
6/25/22	Come On In!	Ruth Eastman
7/2/22	Hurrah For The Fourth of July	John Bradshaw Crandell
7/9/22	untitled lovers embracing with overflowing water bucket	Edmund Frederick
7/16/22	Help! Help!	Edmund Frederick
7/23/22	Watch Your Step	Edmund Frederick
7/30/22	Monday-y-y-y-!	Edmund Frederick
8/6/22	Eyes Front	Edmund Frederick
8/13/22	Keep It Dark	Edmund Frederick
8/20/22	Coming Events	Edmund Frederick
8/27/22	The Moths and the Flame	Walter Van Arsdale
9/3/22	The Last Dip	F. Tempest Inman
9/10/22	September Eve	Henry Hutt
9/17/22	Cherries	H. Knowles Hare
9/24/22	Off With The Old, On With The New	Edmund Frederick
10/1/22	Youth Finds a Way	Edmund Frederick
10/8/22	In a Flurry	Edmund Frederick
10/15/22	Book Lovers	Edmund Frederick
10/22/22	A Question of Time	Edmund Frederick
10/29/22	Hello, Halloween	Edmund Frederick
11/5/22	Dangerous Curves Ahead	Edmund Frederick
11/12/22	The Modern Venus	Henry Hutt
11/19/22	Golden Glow	Earl Christy
11/26/22	You Win	Edmund Frederick
12/3/22	baby's Bed Time	Henry Hutt
12/10/22	Will I Do?	Haskell Coffin
12/17/22	Snowed In	Edmund Frederick
12/24/22	Christmas Back Home	Louis Biedermann
12/31/22	I'll Love You Year In and Year Out	Edmund Frederick
1/7/23	At The Costume Ball	Walter Van Arsdale
1/14/23	When Their Ship of Giold Comes In	Edmund Frederick
1/21/23	Lost	Edmund Frederick
1/28/23	Only A Dream	Henry Hutt
2/4/23	Even The Snowman Has a Heart	Edmund Frederick
2/11/23	Hearts and Flowers	Edmund Frederick
2/18/23	Out of the Past	Edmund Frederick
2/25/23	Always The Right Time	Edmund Frederick
3/4/23	A Mirror Rehearsal	Earl Christy
3/11/23	Firelight Prophecies	Edmund Frederick
3/18/23	Her Newest Dolls	Walter Van Arsdale
3/25/23	TheFinishing Touch	Earl Christy
4/1/23	Easter Lilies	Henry Hutt
4/8/23	Entangled	Edmund Frederick
4/15/23	Lost and Found	Ruth Eastman
4/22/23	A Good Catch	Edmund Frederick
4/29/23	At The Society Circus	Frank X. Leyendecker
5/6/23	A Maytime Fantasy	Walter Van Arsdale
5/13/23	A Waltz Dream	Edmund Frederick
5/20/23	Blossoms	Hester Miller
5/27/23	The Story of her Pearls	Edmund Frederick
6/3/23	In The Moonlight	Henry Clive
6/10/23	The June Bride	Walter Van Arsdale
6/17/23	Stop, Thief!	Henry Clive
6/24/23	Honeymoon Kitchen	J.A. May
7/1/23	Hurrah For The Red, White and Blue!	Edmund Frederick
7/8/23	Plumes And Patches	Henry Clive
7/15/23	Breakers	Edmund Frederick
7/22/23	Midsummer Day's Dream	Henry Clive
7/29/23	Idol Worship	Edmund Frederick
8/5/23	Paddle Your Own	Walter Van Arsdale
8/12/23	Sitting Pretty	Henry Clive
8/19/23	The Rain Beau	Edmund Frederick
8/26/23	The Peace Offering	Hester Miller
9/2/23	Here's Looking at You	Edmund Frederick
9/9/23	Making Hay	Edmund Frederick
9/16/23	Monday Morning	Edmund Frederick
9/23/23	Tom, Dick or Harry?	Edmund Frederick
9/30/23	Sheltered	Edmund Frederick
10/7/23	Back To Genoa	Henry Clive
10/14/23	Just Teasing	Henry Clive
10/21/23	Hold It!	Henry Clive
10/28/23	Boo!	Edmund Frederick
11/4/23	Reflections	Henry Clive
11/11/23	Rhapsody	Edmund Frederick
11/18/23	Just What The Doctor Ordered	Henry Clive
11/25/23	One Thanksgiving Wish	Edmund Frederick
12/2/23	Tell Him I'm Busy	Henry Clive
12/9/23	Speak For It!	Henry Clive
12/16/23	Peek-a-Boo	Henry Clive
12/23/23	A Christmas Fancy	Haskell Coffin
12/30/23	The Beginning of their Greatest Year	Henry Hutt
1/6/24	Here I Come!	Edmund Frederick
1/13/24	Hoodoo!	Edmund Frederick
1/20/24	Mate	Edmund Frederick
1/27/24	Beauty Spots	Walter Van Arsdale
2/3/24	Book Lovers	Edmund Frederick
2/10/24	His Valentine	Edmund Frederick
2/17/24	Good Scouts	Edmund Frederick
2/24/24	A Tropical Honeymoon	Edmund Frederick
3/2/24	Counter Attractions	Walter Van Arsdale
3/9/24	The Right o' Way	Edmund Frederick
3/16/24	Plans And Dreams	Edmund Frederick
3/23/24	The Flash-Back	Earl Christy
3/30/24	Second Day Out	Edmund Frederick
4/6/24	Spring Song	Walter Van Arsdale
4/13/24	Nesting Time	Edmund Frederick
4/20/24	The Spirit of Easter	Edmund Frederick
4/27/24	Showers and Cooler	Walter Van Arsdale
5/4/24	I Wonder Who He Was?	Menotti Rubino
5/11/24	Brown-Eyed Susan	Earl Christy
5/18/24	Which One?	Henry Clive
5/25/24	Right Back At You	Henry Clive
6/1/24	Hail June!	Earl Christy
6/8/24	Her Captain and his Mate	J.A. May
6/15/24	(untitled)	Edna Crompton
6/22/24	Morning Glories	Henry Clive
6/29/24	Fan Fare	Walter Van Arsdale
7/6/24	Good-By Butterfly	Henry Clive
7/13/24	The Feminine Plank	James H. Hammon
7/20/24	Just Suppose	Edmund Frederick
7/27/24	Top 'o the World	Edmund Frederick
8/3/24	The Student	Henry Hutt
8/10/24	Which?	Edmund Frederick
8/17/24	Plumage	Henry Hutt
8/24/24	Overflowing	Walter Van Arsdale
8/31/24	Heart Pledges Fro Love	Alexander Popini
9/7/24	Sitting Pretty	Walter Van Arsdale
9/14/24	Mid-September	James H. Hammon
9/21/24	Done In Oil	Walter Van Arsdale
9/28/24	A Counter Attraction	James H. Hammon
10/5/24	The Winner	Alexander Popini
10/12/24	Poppy-Love	Menotti Rubino
10/19/24	Fancy!	Walter Van Arsdale
10/26/24	In The Looking Glass	James H. Hammon
11/2/24	Everybody's Candidate	Walter Van Arsdale
11/9/24	The Eavesdropper	James H. Hammon
11/16/24	Lucky Devil!	James H. Hammon
11/23/24	Winter Dreams	Walter Van Arsdale
11/30/24	Her Crowning Glory Then and Now	George Kerr
12/7/24	The Spanish Shawl	James H. Hammon
12/14/24	The Opera Deb	Edmund Frederick
12/21/24	Christmas Monring	Walter Van Arsdale
12/28/24	New Year's Eve	Alexander Popini and Louis Biedermann
1/4/25	1760 versus 1925	George Kerr
1/11/25	B-r-r!	Walter Van Arsdale
1/18/25	Stepping Out	James H. Hammon
1/25/25	Excuse My Dust	Walter Van Arsdale
2/1/25	Do You Believe In Signs?	James H. Hammon
2/8/25	To My Valentine	George Kerr
2/15/25	Firelight Fancies	Alexander Popini
2/22/25	Goodbye, Queen Carnival	George Kerr
3/1/25	Pretty Penitent	James H. Hammon
3/8/25	The Juggler	Walter Van Arsdale
3/15/25	Five To Fifty Miles an Hour	George Kerr
3/22/25	Lenten Renunciations	Alexander Popini
3/29/25	Sleeping Beauty	Edmund Frederick
4/5/25	Gone For The Day	James H. Hammon
4/12/25	Easter Sunday Fifty Years From Now	Alexander Popini and Louis Biedermann
4/19/25	The Hide-a-Ways	Edmund Frederick
4/26/25	Hello, May!	Walter Van Arsdale
5/3/25	Peter Piper	James H. Hammon
5/10/25	The Best Man At The Wedding	James Calvert Smith
5/17/25	Mother's Veil	Edmund Frederick
5/24/25	June Jazz	Alexander Popini
5/31/25	June Gold	James H. Hammon
6/7/25	Thick and Thin	Walter Van Arsdale
6/14/25	Go, Go	James Calvert Smith
6/21/25	The Crinoline Girl (Girls Series #1)	Penrhyn Stanlaws
6/28/25	Three Cheers	Walter Van Arsdale
7/5/25	Girls #2	Penrhyn Stanlaws
7/12/25	Love on the Air	Conrado W. Massaguer
7/19/25	1525 (Girls Series #3)	Penrhyn Stanlaws
7/26/25	'Mid Summer	Walter Van Arsdale
8/2/25	Girls Now -- And Then (Girls Series #4)	Penrhyn Stanlaws
8/9/25	Taking Turns	Conrado W. Massaguer
8/16/25	Wish You Were Here (Girls Series #5)	Penrhyn Stanlaws
8/23/25	Dry Fishing	Walter Van Arsdale
8/30/25	September Monring Glories (Girls Series #6)	Penrhyn Stanlaws
9/6/25	The Skipper	James Calvert Smith
9/13/25	East To West and West To East (Girls Series #7)	Penrhyn Stanlaws
9/20/25	An Autumn Fancy	Walter Van Arsdale
9/27/25	Girlhood (Girls Series #8)	Penrhyn Stanlaws
10/4/25	Autumn Colors	Edmund Frederick
10/11/25	Fashions That Were (Girls Series #9)	Penrhyn Stanlaws
10/18/25	Ancestors -- And Descendants	C.D. Batchelor
10/25/25	Witches, Past and Present (Girls Series #10)	Penrhyn Stanlaws
11/1/25	November	E. Bakos
11/8/25	Four Ages (Girls Series #11)	Penrhyn Stanlaws
11/15/25	The End Of A Perfect Fall	Alexander Popini
11/22/25	Beau And Arrow	James Calvert Smith
11/29/25	The Love Pirate	Ray Sherman
12/6/25	Her Hair (Girls Series #12)	Penrhyn Stanlaws
12/13/25	Reserved	Menotti Rubino
12/20/25	At Earlier Christmas Times (Girls Series #13)	Penrhyn Stanlaws
12/27/25	F.O.B. 1926	Alexander Popini
1/3/26	The Impartial Mirror (Girls Series #14)	Penrhyn Stanlaws
1/10/26	Pearls	Menotti Rubino
1/17/26	In Hours of Ease (Girls Series #15)	Penrhyn Stanlaws
1/24/26	Yes? No?	C.D. Batchelor
1/31/26	Old Clothes (Girls Series #16)	Penrhyn Stanlaws
2/7/26	Which?	Ray Sherman
2/14/26	Her Valentine	C.D. Batchelor
2/21/26	Earlier Fashions (Girls Series #17)	Penryhn Stanlaws
2/28/26	The Builders	C.D. Batchelor
3/7/26	Forward March	Alexander Popini
3/14/26	In The Spring	Ray Sherman
3/21/26	Not On The Program	C.D.Batchelor
3/28/26	In Old Madrid	Conrado Massaguer
4/4/26	Easter Plumes	Alexander Popini
4/11/26	Please Stand By	James Calvert Smith
4/18/26	Star Gazing	C.D. Batchelor
4/25/26	Mae First	Alexander Popini
5/2/26	Love Set	Conrado Massaguer
5/9/26	Songs Without Words	James Calvert Smith
5/16/26	Big Sister	Dorothy Flack
5/23/26	Stage Struck	C.D. Batchelor
5/30/26	Chapter XIV	C.D. Batchelor
6/6/26	In The Ring	Conrado Massaguer
6/13/26	Riding Habits	Dorothy Flack
6/20/26	Fair And Cool	Conrado Massaguer

Labels: Magazine Cover Comics

November 4 1909 -- Poetry makes the headlines in 1909 when two poets spar over what has been deemed an ungentlemanly slap at a British society dame.

William Watson penned the poem "The Woman with the Serpent's Tongue", later admitting that the subject of his poison penmanship was Margot Asquith (wife of the Prime Minister) along with her daughter Violet:

She is not old, she is not young,
The Woman with the Serpent's Tongue.
The haggard cheek, the hungering eye,
The poisoned words that wildly fly,

The famished face, the fevered hand,
Who slights the worthiest in the land,
Sneers at the just, condemns the brave,
And blackens goodness in its grave.

In truthful numbers be she sung,
The Woman with the Serpent's Tongue;
Concerning whom, Fame hints at things
Told but in shrugs and whisperings:

Ambitious from her natal hour,
And scheming all her life for power;
With little left of seemly pride;
With venomed fangs she cannot hide;

Who half makes love to you to-day,
To-morrow gives her guest away.

* * * * *
Burnt up within by that strange soul
She cannot slake, or yet control:
Malignant-lipped, unkind, unsweet;
Past all example indiscreet;

Hectic, and always overstrung, -
The Woman with the Serpent's Tongue.

To think that such as she can mar
Names that among the noblest are!
That hands like hers can touch the springs
That move who knows what men and things?

That on her will their fates have hung!
The Woman with the Serpent's Tongue.


Richard LaGallienne, A British poet who had emigrated to the U.S., was so angry about the poem that he decided to pen an answer, titled  The Poet with the Coward's Tongue:

Made out of words, to sneer and sing?
A thing of words to scan and scan,
Yet dares to sign himself a man!
He's growing old, he is not young --
The Poet with the Coward's Tongue.

Was it a woman long ago
Went through the fires of her young womb
To bear this man who sings this song --
The Poet with the Coward's Tongue?

In truthful numbers he be sung --
The Poet with the Coward's Tongue --
Made out of words, to sneer and sing;
A thing of words, a paper thing.
A little book of classic song --
The Poet with the Coward's Tongue.

Think not the woman he betrayed
Name all unknown -- is thus portrayed,
Poor poet starved for her strange eyes,
Despairs, tells all of us strange lies,
But there's an answer to his song --
O, Woman with the Serpent's Tongue!

O, Poet with the Coward's Tongue.
Come to New York and you shall know,
O, Singer of the Coward's Song,
His fate who sings a woman so.

Come to New York and face the men
Who sing not, yet whose life is song,
Because they love their women and would die
Rather than tell a William Watson lie
About a woman -- even in a song,
O, Poet with the Coward's Tongue.

ENVOI
Was he a 'guest' who dares to wrong
His hostess in so foul a song,
O, Poet with the Coward's Tongue?

Labels: Herriman's LA Examiner Cartoons

Yet another entry from Carmichael's "I Love My Wife But Oh You Kid" series, more formally known as Series 565 from Taylor & Pratt.

Interesting thing here is that this postcard was sent by Belle to her friend Marcia. The hand-written "Belle" underneath the damsel would seem to be a rather blatant admission that she flirts with married men. Get the smelling salts!

Labels: Wish You Were Here

A new week has begun and we'll continue on our quest to index Hearst magazine cover series.

I sure wish I had some way to title these series so that I could talk with some clarity about them. But I'm not even sure of what I'm doing, much less how to identify which is which. So, rather than trying to come up with some cockamamie name, I'm going to tell you that the series we're going to trace today is one that diverged from the series we talked about last week in 1935. Why this happened I couldn't even begin to guess.

What I can say is that this series tends to concentrate on pin-ups created by many very big name artists. I'm talking Petty, Barclay, Christy, La Gatta, Armstrong, etc.

This divergent series was found in  the El Paso Times.

Perhaps the most interesting discovery for comic strip fans is that Alex Raymod contributed three superb covers (above). I have none in tearsheet form, so the best I can offer are images from the microfilm.

Date	Title	Artist	Syndicate
9/15/35	Back to Horse and Buggy Days	George Shellhase	KFS
9/22/35	Got Room For Two?	John Newton Howitt	KFS
9/29/35	Come Over the Meadows With Me and Play	Alan Foster	KFS
10/6/35	Woof! Who Said Quintuplets	J. Clinton Shepherd	KFS
10/13/35	The Resemblance is Uncanny	Janice Wathen	KFS
10/20/35	My Favorite Model	George Petty	KFS
10/27/35	The Bewitcher Bewitched	John Newton Howitt	KFS
11/3/35	Splash Me, Would You?	J.W. Welch	KFS
11/10/35	The Unknown Soldier and the Forgotten Ones	Wallace Morgan	KFS
11/17/35	Flaming Jean Harlow - And They Call Her "Kittens"	J. Cannert	KFS
11/24/35	Forward, Pass	Ty Mahon	KFS
12/1/35	It Must Have Been That Earthquake	Paul Webb	KFS
12/8/35	The Back Seat Driver	Alex Raymond	KFS
12/15/35	Dream Prince of the Screen	George F. Kerr	KFS
12/22/35	A Christmas Carol	Alex Raymond	KFS
12/29/35	With My Compliments -- "Pop" Time	Alex Raymond	KFS
1/5/36	Armed For The Combat	Howard Chandler Christy	KFS
1/12/36	Waiting For That Dinner Date	Howard Chandler Christy	KFS
1/19/36	Merely A Matter Of Form (verses by Berton Braley)	John J. Floherty Jr.	KFS
1/26/36	Lady of the Dialogue	Howard Chandler Christy	KFS
2/2/36	Off Duty	Floyd R. Munson	KFS
2/9/36	St. Valentine's Day	Signature illegible	KFS
2/16/36	Debutante 1936	Howard Chandler Christy	KFS
2/23/36	Florida Fair	John Lagatta	KFS
3/1/36	Kitty Rides The Waves (verses by Berton Braley)	John Held Jr.	KFS
3/8/36	Check and Double Check (verses by Berton Braley)	John Held Jr.	KFS
3/15/36	Studio Queen	McClelland Barclay	KFS
3/22/36	Positively! (verses by Berton Braley)	Gwen Tucker	KFS
3/29/36	Blonde Betty of Beverly Hills	McClelland Barclay	KFS
4/5/36	Wedded To Her Job (verses by Berton Braley)	John Held Jr.	KFS
4/12/36	Easter Lily	Major Felten	KFS
4/19/36	Untitled (mother holding child)	Maud Tousey Fangel	KFS
4/26/36	Anticipation	Rodney de Sarro	KFS
5/3/36	Untitled (woman in dueling garb)	George Petty	KFS
5/10/36	Untitled (woman and flowering tree)	Corinne Malvern	KFS
5/17/36	Aw, Pal, Have a Heart	John Newton Howitt	KFS
5/24/36	Jean Chatburn	McClelland Barclay	KFS
5/31/36	Poppies for Remembrance	Wallace Morgan	KFS
6/7/36	Play Girl (verses by Berton Braley)	John Alan Maxwell	KFS
6/14/36	Swing High, Lovely Bride	George Petty	KFS
6/21/36	Son Dodgers 1936	McClelland Barclay	KFS
6/28/36	Maybe He's a Mutt, But He's Mine	Maud Tousey Fangel	KFS
7/5/36	My Country Tis Of Thee	Nell Brinkley	KFS
7/12/36	Night Club Nellie (verses by Berton Braley)	John Held Jr.	KFS
7/19/36	Draw To A Pair (verses by Berton Braley)	McClelland Barclay	KFS
7/26/36	Untitled (blonde and bruette women)	Nell Brinkley	KFS
8/2/36	Sweet and Cool	McClelland Barclay	KFS
8/9/36	?	?	?
8/16/36	Never-Never Land (verses by Berton Braley)	Bud Briggs	KFS
8/23/36	Prairie Flowers	Nell Brinkley	KFS
8/30/36	Vacation Dreams	McClelland Barclay	KFS
9/6/36	The New Old-Fashioned Girl	Dean Cornwell	KFS
9/13/36	Title illegible	McClelland Barclay	KFS
9/20/36	Gridiron Glories	George Petty	KFS
9/27/36	The Six Ages of a Girl	John Held Jr.	KFS
10/4/36	The Bachelor Girl and the Bores	Vincente	KFS
10/11/36	Dillinger Speaks by G. Russell Girardin (story illo)	Earl Cordrey	KFS
10/18/36	Perfect Backs	McClelland Barclay	KFS
10/25/36	Woman - The Same Eternal Question	Corinne Malvern (w/Charles Dana Gibson)	KFS
11/1/36	Away With Your Pride, Lassie	Barton Clay	KFS
11/8/36	And Just Where Did This Little Pig Come From?	Earl Cordrey	KFS
11/15/36	The Decision	Earl Cordrey	KFS
11/22/36	Know All Men (verses by Berton Braley)	McClelland Barclay	KFS
11/29/36	A Single?	Vincentini	KFS
12/6/36	Portrait of a Lovely Woman	Christopher Rule	KFS
12/13/36	Hold Everything	Earl Cordrey	KFS
12/20/36	Christ at Five	C. Bosseron Chambers	KFS
12/27/36	To 1937	George Petty	KFS
1/3/37	Right Man Wanted	McClelland Barclay	KFS
1/10/37	Untitled skiing woman	Arthur Crouch	KFS
1/17/37	Trouble Ahead	D.B. Holcomb	KFS
1/24/37	On Sands of Gold	McClelland Barclay	KFS
1/31/37	Touch and Go	Frank Reeser	KFS
2/7/37	Happy Landing	McClelland Barclay	KFS
2/14/37	Heart to Believe (verses by Berton Braley)	Arthur Crouch	KFS
2/21/37	It's a Nice Trip (verses by Berton Braley)	Arthur Crouch	KFS
2/28/37	Preview of Spring	McClelland Barclay	KFS
3/7/37	Skyline Dream Idols	signature illegible	KFS
3/14/37	Over The Cocktails	John La Gatta	KFS
3/21/37	Spring Is Here	Rolf Armstrong	KFS
3/28/37	Peace - A Woman's Prayer For Easter	Major Felten	KFS
4/4/37	photo cover		KFS
4/11/37	photo cover		KFS
4/18/37	photo cover		KFS
4/25/37	photo cover		KFS
5/2/37	Rivals	Joseph Lopker	KFS
5/9/37	Gentlemen, the Empress of Hearts (verses by Berton Braley)	George Petty	KFS
5/16/37	Do You Like It?	McClelland Barclay	KFS
5/23/37	photo cover		KFS
5/30/37	Here Comes The Bride	McClelland Barclay	KFS
6/6/37	The Love Lecture	Carl Mueller	KFS
6/13/37	photo cover		KFS
6/20/37	A Candid 50-50	John J. Floherty Jr.	KFS
6/27/37	Untitled woman caught in rain at beach	Arthur Crouch	KFS
7/4/37	In Congress	Joan Rogers	KFS
7/11/37	Untitled woman on blow-up float toy in water	Arthur Crouch	KFS
7/18/37	Back Seat Driver	Ski Weld	KFS
7/25/37	Cup Defender, 1937	Ski Weld	KFS
8/1/37	Honeymoon Eclipse	Carl Mueller	KFS
8/8/37	A New Design For Fishes	John J. Floherty Jr.	KFS
8/15/37	Lucky Dog (photographed sculpture)	Alan Foster	KFS
8/22/37	photo cover		KFS
8/29/37	Putting On The Dog	Ski Weld	KFS
9/5/37	Had A Wonderful Time	Howard Butler	KFS
9/12/37	The Knit-Wit	Earl Oliver Hurst	KFS
9/19/37	Wrong Number	Scott Evans	KFS
9/26/37	Rating The Dream Men	Howard Butler	KFS
10/3/37	Untitled woman watching greyhound race	Arthur Crouch	KFS
10/10/37	Untitled football player	Howard Butler	KFS
10/17/37	The Brave And The Fair	Earl Oliver Hurst	KFS
10/24/37	When You're In Love	Eric Godal	KFS
10/31/37	She Missed Her Man	Howard Butler	KFS
11/7/37	First Down	Howard Butler	KFS
11/14/37	Hold That Line	Scott Evans	KFS
11/21/37	Pilgrim Penelope and the Turkey	Arthur Crouch	KFS
11/28/37	Seeing Double	Scott Evans	KFS
12/5/37	Modern Diana	Scott Evans	KFS
12/12/37	Betty Can't Decide	Scott Evans	KFS
12/19/37	Every Woman	Howard Butler	KFS
12/26/37	Under The Mistletoe	Dan Osher	KFS

I gave up writing this index at the end of 1937, as I didn't see any series developing. Looking ahead, this cover series went on into the 1940s, looking pretty much like they stuck to their guns of featuring mostly pin-up covers.There are lots of great covers, just not really in my research focus. If anyone has the time and inclination to continue this index, I'll be very happy to publish it.

Labels: Magazine Cover Comics