Friday, June 23, 2023
Toppers: The Neighbor Next Door
We covered all the other Just Boy/Elmer topper series in this post; the only remaining series to cover is The Neighbor Next Door, which ran for a grand total of three episodes, from June 13 to 26 1926. That's not counting the one-shot topper titled Absent-Minded Andy that ran on June 6.
This series, with a lifespan about that of a mayfly, concerns a family of what we in Nova Scotia call "curtain twitchers", people who seem to have nothing better to do than watch the activity of their neighbours (hi Craig!). What more needs be said about a three-episode series? Hmm, nothing much. Oh, wait a sec. There's a very important footnote to provide that one episode had a slightly different title, Our Neighbor Next Door. I think we can now call it a day.
Labels: Topper Features
I know that Fera stopped doing the strip sometime in 1926, and the sample today is one of his, so when is the actual first one by Winner? If "The Neighbor Next Door" only existed in June, with Alexander Smart beginning in July, could we assume that was when Winner took over,and adding his own creation to the page?
: 6/23/2023 7:58 AM -Allan
