Here from the pen of Thomas O'Shaughnessy we have Friendly Fido. O'Shaughnessy, utterly forgotten today, was one of the brightest spots on the Chicago Daily News' daily comics page. His spidery pen line might make it tempting to pass him over as yet another William F. Marriner copycat, but his style was much more elegant and sophisticated. The Daily News printed their strips very small, which makes it all the more impressive that he could do such delicate work which nevertheless reproduced well when shrunk by his paper.
Friendy Fido, which was sometimes known as Faithful Fido, began on December 14 1903 and ran sporadically until June 7 1905. All of O'Shaughnessy's various Daily News features ended in 1905, and this impressive cartoonist was never heard from again, at least as far as I can tell.
He gave up a promising career in comics and got a job installing windows, or something.
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Well I'll be double dog damned, DD. So my boy O'Shaughnessy made good! Guess I'll have to amend that 'forgotten' quip!
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Yes he did very well indeed. His windows at Old St. Patrick's Church in Chicago are known to be some of the best in the World. He created these windows by making his own glass from sands and adding copper, gold and other various metals to make translucent and amazing colors. He designed, created, and installed all of these windows himself.
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