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Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Happy New Year from Uncle Mun


I got going on that Grosse Pointe stuff yesterday and plum forgot that I had a special new year's strip for you. And it is a plum indeed. Uncle Mun was by Fred Nankivel and ran in the New York Herald from January 2 1910 to August 24 1913. Our sample today was printed on New Year's Day 1911. The art on Uncle Mun was gorgeous and a fitting bookend for the Herald's other flagship strip, Little Nemo.
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4 comments:

  1. Lyn Nuttall1/03/2007 6:09 AM

    Uncle Mun: what a delight! Your blog is one of my favourite places on the Net. Thanks for all the fun and curiosities in '06, and here's to more in '07.

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  2. Allan Holtz1/03/2007 8:16 AM

    Thanks much, Lyn!

    --Allan

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  3. Unknown3/31/2008 11:16 AM

    I'm Frank Nankivell's grandaughter. Uncle Mun was drawn by Fred Nankivel, not Frank. It sure is funny (punny!) though!

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  4. Allan Holtz3/31/2008 3:00 PM

    Right you are, Jody! Guess the art was so good, much more in line with Frank than Fred, that I just typed it without thinking. Thanks for catching it.

    --Allan

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