tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174776832024-03-18T20:48:02.273-05:00Stripper's GuideThe Stripper's Guide blog discusses the history of the American newspaper comic strip.Allan Holtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09888151821396553652noreply@blogger.comBlogger5607125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17477683.post-1074522031422522392024-03-18T06:03:00.173-05:002024-03-18T06:56:58.564-05:00Obscurity of the Day: Adventures of Aaron<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD-67RJoV6PbGJLQBuNdBDZlyqx8HqCroKNGy6Wp4_aQI3MMhNg1ioG0nBY5oeu3NMjwwfyeFukZOTMGC7Ww0S5DtgYxCYkWqYlUW6-wU89elGyTeXwofdYxrsKwijccu62kXp6ZUhHTNJFjkfOWfH_rfJNrPLSreoW7cmhSbYyWMK4wzaVlId/s1800/Adventures%20Of%20Aaron.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="895" data-original-width="1800" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD-67RJoV6PbGJLQBuNdBDZlyqx8HqCroKNGy6Wp4_aQI3MMhNg1ioG0nBY5oeu3NMjwwfyeFukZOTMGC7Ww0S5DtgYxCYkWqYlUW6-wU89elGyTeXwofdYxrsKwijccu62kXp6ZUhHTNJFjkfOWfH_rfJNrPLSreoW7cmhSbYyWMK4wzaVlId/w640-h318/Adventures%20Of%20Aaron.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSMOIG1Gt82ZttKBPHVmEXDJhgfJxT65ikcCKcNM6fqgK4J3uF2PKczYSQwNM8HgwJof5sdS7nGlWHUgWYedDl1VJ7ugaQfaMV3iHt6NketZJvqaFpTPKLW-_8Xb0Z2swSk4PM7O89XxQ5GHApSh4TcZDS7XOYpcxrk-E11oMAX9LJvZ-Xu5c7/s1800/Adventures%20Of%20Aaron4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="896" data-original-width="1800" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSMOIG1Gt82ZttKBPHVmEXDJhgfJxT65ikcCKcNM6fqgK4J3uF2PKczYSQwNM8HgwJof5sdS7nGlWHUgWYedDl1VJ7ugaQfaMV3iHt6NketZJvqaFpTPKLW-_8Xb0Z2swSk4PM7O89XxQ5GHApSh4TcZDS7XOYpcxrk-E11oMAX9LJvZ-Xu5c7/w640-h318/Adventures%20Of%20Aaron4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguY3ccj0k4lJXvn_OWK8wjepiPYZQZaLFPQYzT2iV3azyT56-saG29GC56Asv2vRz7QzEkU-mF7IQoz419YWvBbgSlP-A5faG_PpK-XeGkqO3_q-QwFt4mt3MD4zfacRwRG40zAb3oEAL0K8v6sVlFI-YluMh_cWj8x0wgYUZOoQc4zOEJ8j6Q/s1800/Adventures%20Of%20Aaron3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="1800" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguY3ccj0k4lJXvn_OWK8wjepiPYZQZaLFPQYzT2iV3azyT56-saG29GC56Asv2vRz7QzEkU-mF7IQoz419YWvBbgSlP-A5faG_PpK-XeGkqO3_q-QwFt4mt3MD4zfacRwRG40zAb3oEAL0K8v6sVlFI-YluMh_cWj8x0wgYUZOoQc4zOEJ8j6Q/w640-h314/Adventures%20Of%20Aaron3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq6RRCTa5K4abx0AU0w94ZG9WAFprda5LKlyW9YqBCyY7S2VTTZrrMxoC4bu_qgUww9VuBk-vy55gOr28sWrAxx6QQv6m6qdCz7WqPwCSvf9Z8am-2TjPSUmfca6fU1D64WiP9Kib75UDxzCLGJ_Hsn0BVZR0lDkVI0yzomndfY7_3jBO7-9-_/s1800/Adventures%20Of%20Aaron2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1800" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq6RRCTa5K4abx0AU0w94ZG9WAFprda5LKlyW9YqBCyY7S2VTTZrrMxoC4bu_qgUww9VuBk-vy55gOr28sWrAxx6QQv6m6qdCz7WqPwCSvf9Z8am-2TjPSUmfca6fU1D64WiP9Kib75UDxzCLGJ_Hsn0BVZR0lDkVI0yzomndfY7_3jBO7-9-_/w640-h316/Adventures%20Of%20Aaron2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><b>Adventures of Aaron</b>, in my opinion one of the most innovative, well-drawn and just downright funny newspaper features of the 1990s was, sadly, ignored by most in the newspaper world. </p><p>In 1991, at the tender age of twenty-one Aaron Warner exhibited art and writing chops well beyond his tender years. He was already freelancing to the <b>Kalamazoo Gazette</b> when he created <b>Adventures of Aaron</b>, a zany absurdist take on autobiographical comics. He shopped the feature around to papers in his home state of Michigan, placing it at the <b>Kalamazoo Gazette</b> and a few additional papers. The new comic was well-received and after getting a few years worth of weekly installments under his belt, the series was picked up by Michigan-based comics publisher Chiasmus. Warner's high energy attitude toward his career got him into several more papers, culminating when he snagged the <b>Detroit News</b> as a client. He even found time to write and produce a stage musical version of the strip, create an interactive website, and produce a CD-ROM and other merchandise<br /></p><p>With these successes it was time for Warner to approach syndicates, and it wasn't long before the strip was picked up by Tribune Media Services. Tribune had a pretty well-deserved rep for being a bit of a stick-in-the-mud syndicate, but they were trying to upgrade their image a bit in the 90s, and <b>Adventures of Aaron</b> must have seemed perfect for that. Oh, and of course it sure didn't hurt that Warner came to them with an impressive list of clients already on board. </p><p>The syndicated <b>Adventures of Aaron</b> debuted on October 20 1995, and to their credit some of the more forward-thinking papers did sign on, though I understand that only about twenty papers total took the plunge. And what ensued was a low-pitched battle between the young set, who doted on it, and the grannies, who were mortally offended. <b>Adventures of Aaron</b> even won the "Most Hated" vote in a poll by the <b>Corpus Christi Caller-Times</b>, beating out even <b>Zippy</b>, which normally walks away with that honour. </p><p>In the boxing ring teens beat grannies almost every time, but those roles are definitely reversed in the newspaper world. Once those grannies start writing pettish letters to the editor the hammer is poised to strike. <b>Adventures of Aaron</b> managed to stay afloat, due I think in good part to tireless marketing and gladhanding by Warner, until August 3 1997. </p><p>Quality may generally lose the wars, but it does occasional win a battle. <b>Adventures of Aaron</b> got a temporary reprieve from the graveyard of cancelled newspaper strips. The <b>Detroit Free Press</b> asked Warner to continue it just for them. Warner accepted and continued producing the strip for another two years, finally deciding to call it quits to pursue other projects with the installment of August 15 1999. </p><p>If you're interested in reading more <b>Adventures of Aaron</b>, there have been a number of comic book reprints; all out of print but not terribly hard to source. The only problem with them is that it is hard to figure out what is reprinted in which comics. It would be great (hint, hint) if Warner would take all his almost decade-long run out of mothballs and publish a complete edition. <br /></p>Allan Holtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09888151821396553652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17477683.post-48364768371684653642024-03-17T06:00:00.012-05:002024-03-17T06:00:00.137-05:00Wish You Were Here, from Cobb Shinn<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGRF36KYvXHASHgErrsi6JRMMDHO9PCKLf3twWoyjQiT4gW4dNUxu1xoJJOHyVwPEbXe_UN9QVKBTJRPFonpe9tip9sp0ifctUr14ki4YBA5XyYCjEjXwDB7JUSENXRVQBCsCv_BNze1Q8whg2azWWHMghUeVZC9Q-E9kOKnyQH6gB8ZCZq0Zg/s1000/Postcard-Cobb%20Shinn-Taylor%20Pratt%20896.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="639" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGRF36KYvXHASHgErrsi6JRMMDHO9PCKLf3twWoyjQiT4gW4dNUxu1xoJJOHyVwPEbXe_UN9QVKBTJRPFonpe9tip9sp0ifctUr14ki4YBA5XyYCjEjXwDB7JUSENXRVQBCsCv_BNze1Q8whg2azWWHMghUeVZC9Q-E9kOKnyQH6gB8ZCZq0Zg/w408-h640/Postcard-Cobb%20Shinn-Taylor%20Pratt%20896.jpg" width="408" /></a></div><p></p><p>Most of Cobb Shinn's postcards don't specify a maker, but this one is from Taylor-Pratt's "Automobile Series", #896. The card was postally used in 1913.<br /></p>Allan Holtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09888151821396553652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17477683.post-9558595033237635092024-03-16T06:00:00.030-05:002024-03-16T06:00:00.135-05:00One Shot Wonders: Nine Red Jokes by Clarence Rigby, 1898<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsun-hmhv3yXgAnx9dJFxmiB-D_v2VD4MxEqArwwPOcPTRIjFSQguieC_W-pIZuakj-P-XCvxi6dZsl1gwai7NxDVs5O10M8Ks5oovPw-OuYYU57KUF7qlMWjzCoinsI81wOzRqeIVMnkPf6K5OPmCyHbyA5aSea30rAFcT6YAX73n8Ns3-1jM/s5102/Nine%20Red%20Jokes%20-%20Rigby%20-%20NY%20World%20-%2001-30-1898.tif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2937" data-original-width="5102" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsun-hmhv3yXgAnx9dJFxmiB-D_v2VD4MxEqArwwPOcPTRIjFSQguieC_W-pIZuakj-P-XCvxi6dZsl1gwai7NxDVs5O10M8Ks5oovPw-OuYYU57KUF7qlMWjzCoinsI81wOzRqeIVMnkPf6K5OPmCyHbyA5aSea30rAFcT6YAX73n8Ns3-1jM/w640-h368/Nine%20Red%20Jokes%20-%20Rigby%20-%20NY%20World%20-%2001-30-1898.tif" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><a href="https://comicstriphistory.com/2018/03/13/ink-slinger-profiles-by-alex-jay-clarence-rigby/">Clarence Rigby</a>, who made the rounds of many syndicates around the turn of the century, pulls out all the stops with some impressive cartooning on this half-page one-shot, but then doesn't really follow through in the gag department. This seems like a <b>Family Feud</b> game show category -- name nine things that are red, and you'll get a big smooch from Richard Dawson. </p><p>This one-shot ran in the <b>New York World</b> on January 30 1898.<br /></p>Allan Holtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09888151821396553652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17477683.post-67973324795492141862024-03-15T06:00:00.000-05:002024-03-15T06:00:00.281-05:00Ink-Slinger Profiles by Alex Jay: Chester Sullivan<div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">(An <a href="https://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2020/05/ink-slinger-profiles-by-alex-jay_27.html" target="_blank">earlier profile</a> was posted in 2020.) </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Chester Milo Sullivan was born on March 12, 1898, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, according to his birth certificate at Ancestry.com. His parents were Frank and Margrethe. Sullivan’s middle name was on his World War II draft card. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">In the 1900 United States Census, Sullivan was the youngest of four siblings. His family resided in Minneapolis at 759 Washington Street NE. Sullivan’s father was a post office clerk. The family’s address was the same in the 1910 census. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sullivan attended East High School. He was the art editor of the school’s monthly magazine, <b>The Spectator</b>. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlbLtPMQy-e42Yz9IP6e2Osgv_ydewx_BiLPOlWjFJzmtYTqUNLBvq9448xmfU8fx5C6PnO1z_EKhy9F36u656vkBo30NothlX0bKyiPiWBWogpcK_N3Ac21zyKQtTylpWi6IjHGwOxdWpB9P7IhZzaogbI-bEdTGPwPOZc-RJMqGnLCb8EmCJnQ/s1327/1915%20Chester%20Sullivan%20Cardinal%20East%20High%20School%20Minneapolis%20MN.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1327" data-original-width="1300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlbLtPMQy-e42Yz9IP6e2Osgv_ydewx_BiLPOlWjFJzmtYTqUNLBvq9448xmfU8fx5C6PnO1z_EKhy9F36u656vkBo30NothlX0bKyiPiWBWogpcK_N3Ac21zyKQtTylpWi6IjHGwOxdWpB9P7IhZzaogbI-bEdTGPwPOZc-RJMqGnLCb8EmCJnQ/w196-h200/1915%20Chester%20Sullivan%20Cardinal%20East%20High%20School%20Minneapolis%20MN.jpg" width="196" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1915 Cardinal yearbook</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">During World War I Sullivan enlisted in the Marine Corps on July 3, 1918. He was a <a href="https://archive.org/details/nationalinworldw00natiiala/page/158/mode/2up?q=%22Sullivan+Chester+M%22" target="_blank">gunnery sergeant</a> stationed with the Central Reserve Division. His veteran’s file said he was discharged on December 20, 1918. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">According to the 1920 census, Sullivan’s mother, a widow, was the head of the household. The family of four lived at the same address. Sullivan was unemployed.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sullivan continued his education at the University of Minnesota. He was a member of the fraternity, <a href="https://archive.org/details/gopher00univ/page/358/mode/2up/" target="_blank">Delta Tau Delta</a>, and the <a href="https://archive.org/details/gopher00univ/page/432/mode/2up/" target="_blank">Aero Club</a>. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dQcwMFgQRPg/XsfIXVojPKI/AAAAAAAArZM/5OlwX7XXOJs_clvYExc9Vy2tW3_8J6bXACLcBGAsYHQ/s661/1922%2BChester%2BSullivan.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="661" data-original-width="507" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dQcwMFgQRPg/XsfIXVojPKI/AAAAAAAArZM/5OlwX7XXOJs_clvYExc9Vy2tW3_8J6bXACLcBGAsYHQ/w154-h200/1922%2BChester%2BSullivan.jpg" width="154" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1922</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Minneapolis city directories from 1922 to 1928 listed Sullivan as a commercial artist who lived at 759 NE Washington. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>American Newspaper Comics</b> (2012) said Sullivan was the first artist on the series, <b><a href="https://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2020/05/obscurity-of-day-men-who-made-world.html" target="_blank">Men Who Made the World</a></b>, which ran from September 21, 1925 to April 16, 1927. The following artists were not credited. Writer <a href="https://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2020/05/ink-slinger-profiles-by-alex-jay_26.html" target="_blank">Granville E. Dickey</a> was replaced by Dr. Elliott Shoring who may or may not exist. John F. Dille Company was the syndicate.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>The Federal Illustrator</b>, Summer 1926, said</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div><blockquote><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Chester Sullivan Illustrates Educational Feature</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Chester Sullivan is another young man who following his association with the Federal Schools as an instructor placed a very successful feature, “Men Who Made the World,” with the National Syndicate. This strip is now running in a large number of papers, whose readers keenly appreciate the picture narrative of the “Men Who Made the World.”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">John F. Dille, President of the National Newspaper Service says of the feature:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Human emotions, motives, personality and great deeds lend the spectacular to this great feature. It is brilliantly written by an historical authority—Granville Dickey, and superbly drawn by a great illustrator—Chester Sullivan.</span></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizD9qjyyR83JF8cjTE2jbxmlejaGj0z6qg7HufkcjtJnBn9wj_J44XxMapjBw6Bfqm4Rv4XUz7pPk56oKLg4kfzovnq5QeldOdIN-cV-zu5AtwSrKMvljA7p_rz4W_-gituPHTWlyWiUeCwL7Gt6j0k3yhuyvVLdJ7-BtAiu4oI-Sq-OoanoIFwA/s1604/1926_Summer%20Chester%20Sullivan%20Federal%20Illustrator%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="651" data-original-width="1604" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizD9qjyyR83JF8cjTE2jbxmlejaGj0z6qg7HufkcjtJnBn9wj_J44XxMapjBw6Bfqm4Rv4XUz7pPk56oKLg4kfzovnq5QeldOdIN-cV-zu5AtwSrKMvljA7p_rz4W_-gituPHTWlyWiUeCwL7Gt6j0k3yhuyvVLdJ7-BtAiu4oI-Sq-OoanoIFwA/w640-h262/1926_Summer%20Chester%20Sullivan%20Federal%20Illustrator%2002.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">In 1929 Sullivan’s address was 2555 Bryant Avenue South. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">On February 11, 1929, he married Marian Lund in Minneapolis.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The 1930 directory said they resided at 2808 Chowen Avenue South. The same address was recorded in the 1930 census. Sullivan was a self-employed advertising artist who had a five-month-old daughter.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">According to the 1940 census, the Sullivans lived at 2100 Dupont Avenue South in Minneapolis. Sullivan operated an art studio. He had three years of college.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">On February 16, 1942 Sullivan signed his World War II draft card. His home and studio was at 3517 West 28th Street in Minneapolis. He was described as five feet eight inches, 150 pounds with gray eyes and brown hair. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=9DgtAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA25&dq=Chester+Milo+Sullivan+O477465&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiq1PnausfpAhX4mHIEHTJWD_sQ6AEwAHoECAAQAg#v=onepage&q=Chester%20Milo%20Sullivan%20O477465&f=false" target="_blank">He enlisted in the Army</a> on on June 24, 1942. His rank was first lieutenant. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ2MiNWGOj-D0gsuAF-NOhI-vN4754inv8zyi4LjCwU-n_Uy_d8gw5isSvfbkJRq1YQaQ6aAK9JLQ-yvaRU2LxNvgBuh2GeFg94lSSi4C-SrqdTRROgoa9CLo7_B0hBm4_Lknk6NalaUekGBCE3qmXKM8pq0FvRKPu39z_ZS6kVG1LVY3OJRaWxA/s1797/1942_02_16%20Chester%20Milo%20Sullivan%20WWII%20Draft%20Card%2001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1176" data-original-width="1797" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ2MiNWGOj-D0gsuAF-NOhI-vN4754inv8zyi4LjCwU-n_Uy_d8gw5isSvfbkJRq1YQaQ6aAK9JLQ-yvaRU2LxNvgBuh2GeFg94lSSi4C-SrqdTRROgoa9CLo7_B0hBm4_Lknk6NalaUekGBCE3qmXKM8pq0FvRKPu39z_ZS6kVG1LVY3OJRaWxA/w400-h261/1942_02_16%20Chester%20Milo%20Sullivan%20WWII%20Draft%20Card%2001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Army Air Force magazine, <b><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=j82to_obiGcC&pg=RA10-PA16&lpg=RA10-PA16&dq=%22Chester+m+Sullivan%22+minneapolis&source=bl&ots=HZk_44xxYO&sig=ACfU3U2AtZ8jVszL9gZFSOp79edl-P3zeQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjSi4Lz243pAhV6gnIEHYzqDhwQ6AEwAnoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Chester%20m%20Sullivan%22%20minneapolis&f=false" target="_blank">Brief</a></b>, August 15, 1944, mentioned Sullivan’s contribution to the Tarawa Cricket Club. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div><blockquote><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Acutely conscious of certain trends, 1st Lt. Robert North of Alhambra, Calif., decided that something drastic should be done to offset the inroads made in the Pacific by that amiable, sprawling outfit labeled the Short Snorters. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">He conferred with M.Sgt Norman Hoch, a citizen in good standing of Oklahoma City, and they decided that there was a crying need for some sort of exclusive organization in the South Seas, where all sorts of improbable things happen. The Short Snorters, they opined, was getting pretty loose. It used to be limited to those persons who had flown over a body of water, but now it could happen to anybody, like Athlete’s Foot, or rundown heels.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">So they founded the Tarawa Cricket Club, and might have run something up a pole to commemorate the occasion, but poles are scarce in that country. Instead, they enlisted the aid of Maj Peter S. Paine of New York City, and Maj Chester M. Sullivan, of Minneapolis, Minn., to help them get under way. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">In case you've wondered, the name comes from the fact that there are a lot of idle cricket fields laid out on the islands. The English used to play the game there before the war, but have given it up for more strenuous activities. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Maj Sullivan designed a stamp, and unless you’ve had some business in the Pacific war you won’t ever get any closer to it than you are right now. That’s how the thing was made exclusive. Stamps are being distributed to other points—there will be a Kwajalein Chapter, Saipan, Guam, perhaps a Truk Chapter, a Philippines, and no doubt a Tokyo Chapter under the parent Tarawa nucleus. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The stamps will be held on each island by some responsible officer, probably the S-2, and if you care to join, look him up and he’ll stamp a replica of the informal coat of arms on your stationery, birth certificate, a pair of souvenir panties, or anything else that will take the ink. It costs you a dollar, which is used to buy more stamps for other chapters. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">It was felt that the club would promote a certain comraderie [sic] among the men, for it is a thing that is really exclusive. No outsiders can join—you absolutely have to be on the island before you can join. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">You can have a bill stamped and dash around collecting signatures if you like, but the originators look down their noses frostily on the practice. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The club is open to everyone from Dogfaces up, and there’s some highpowered company in it. Even generals—especially generals—are potential members, and some belong now. Maj Gen Willis H. Hale belongs, and plugs the club for a commendable venture, according to Lt North. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Membership won’t make you any money or when you get back home (wars always HAVE cure very many of the ills man is heir to, but ended) you’ll have something as exclusively South Seas as atoll-fishing.</span></div></blockquote><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sullivan’s veteran’s file said he was a lieutenant colonel at his discharge on September 9, 1944. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The 1950 census counted Sullivan, his wife and daughter in Minneapolis at 120 West 32nd Street. He was a freelance artist who serviced advertising agencies. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/airforceregister1961wash/page/94/mode/2up?q=%22Sullivan+Chester+M%22" target="_blank">Sullivan retired</a> from the Air Force on August 31, 1958. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sullivan illustrated the 1964 book, <b><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=_x0hAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA2200&lpg=PA2200&dq=Chester+Sullivan+minneapolis+artist&source=bl&ots=ypj0k3cJ_3&sig=ACfU3U1pJJwNVTQ6chzS_uxwuVCZMtiXPw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjAj62x2o3pAhUtj3IEHSeYBzsQ6AEwC3oECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=Chester%20Sullivan%20minneapolis%20artist&f=false" target="_blank">A Secret for Christmas</a></b>. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sullivan passed away on February 10, 1973, in Minneapolis. He was laid to rest at the <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3506951" target="_blank">Fort Snelling National Cemetery</a>. </span></div><div><br /></div>Alex Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15961079895014060773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17477683.post-88268905949367952782024-03-13T06:00:00.000-05:002024-03-13T06:00:00.159-05:00Obscurity of the Day: It Seems Like Yesterday<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5MMug95jpROf1NM2sGUvMzqha8u8mG8uQoX9TbxvXyxOCBEGX5_O2nfQsIZ30P5sd-AS88m2Y6HA6jO_D-4Nvdxgc2a8XCJ0X2FnrzfkRzC1j9jE3DaCOPGj3wkRDCztZZNCtqJuxLtf-8THa5sMPxVgWKgSU23TKTujZquKjSG5uj7lnMuGi/s1538/It%20Seems%20Like%20Yesterday.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1538" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5MMug95jpROf1NM2sGUvMzqha8u8mG8uQoX9TbxvXyxOCBEGX5_O2nfQsIZ30P5sd-AS88m2Y6HA6jO_D-4Nvdxgc2a8XCJ0X2FnrzfkRzC1j9jE3DaCOPGj3wkRDCztZZNCtqJuxLtf-8THa5sMPxVgWKgSU23TKTujZquKjSG5uj7lnMuGi/w500-h640/It%20Seems%20Like%20Yesterday.png" width="500" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1NdgH84H5iVnHPgxD7kyKNw0Eyvw-P6ioEbuVJefPj_j6c1bJDKZlzHyMnaJ-tUJ-xXk2UXmrQVNLWUfB7r6d4U7PYnwHWL1sPh41g2-B-L6cOtPP1rTHmVsiH_aCB8KgZJy0bRHDzmUPgu2gp3bO2iysrBL4hLQPUYmdQnkbhRjC2lzXLoQQ/s1290/It%20Seems%20Like%20Yesterday4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1290" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1NdgH84H5iVnHPgxD7kyKNw0Eyvw-P6ioEbuVJefPj_j6c1bJDKZlzHyMnaJ-tUJ-xXk2UXmrQVNLWUfB7r6d4U7PYnwHWL1sPh41g2-B-L6cOtPP1rTHmVsiH_aCB8KgZJy0bRHDzmUPgu2gp3bO2iysrBL4hLQPUYmdQnkbhRjC2lzXLoQQ/w496-h640/It%20Seems%20Like%20Yesterday4.png" width="496" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixCaIcg9IiFfnna6-8s5VSCR5ZhrMenE-EpBpXvMtphBIX-zwILy8uZEvYUwGH6Q1R2hyphenhyphenB18X-VUqX5tYw1-fCxW5PfrlaeLSqvbmJ4ySo80KP69tzXRonB0gIe19fpV2DCM-V3pvP2EsS4iP86vFn6rpqZxblOs5SteEF0i5whzO3eZOICHCK/s1309/It%20Seems%20Like%20Yesterday3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1309" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixCaIcg9IiFfnna6-8s5VSCR5ZhrMenE-EpBpXvMtphBIX-zwILy8uZEvYUwGH6Q1R2hyphenhyphenB18X-VUqX5tYw1-fCxW5PfrlaeLSqvbmJ4ySo80KP69tzXRonB0gIe19fpV2DCM-V3pvP2EsS4iP86vFn6rpqZxblOs5SteEF0i5whzO3eZOICHCK/w488-h640/It%20Seems%20Like%20Yesterday3.png" width="488" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ycoDYVoEZ7zlvsGi19cTnZyVw3YAMn2owvwTlMkpLUaK0jkgZUcTLLiDeaBZsxaxbLL64UcEtU4Gi5-aJq2LQiGt3lbsP1pmJJGRnQnc_UOYlzVOJx7Pv2uc6L9ogdWAIfgebo7OqC_RW0G6laStUTEVfdAF3Xv8NG9uFa3voB0Fs-yKI2Oe/s1301/It%20Seems%20Like%20Yesterday2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1301" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ycoDYVoEZ7zlvsGi19cTnZyVw3YAMn2owvwTlMkpLUaK0jkgZUcTLLiDeaBZsxaxbLL64UcEtU4Gi5-aJq2LQiGt3lbsP1pmJJGRnQnc_UOYlzVOJx7Pv2uc6L9ogdWAIfgebo7OqC_RW0G6laStUTEVfdAF3Xv8NG9uFa3voB0Fs-yKI2Oe/w492-h640/It%20Seems%20Like%20Yesterday2.png" width="492" /></a></div><p></p><p>Many local strips look a little rough around the edges, but Howard Overback and Ernie Hager produced a very fine looking feature in <b>It Seems Like Yesterday</b>, which they sold to the <b>Oregon Journal</b>. It looked so professional that when I stumbled across a few clipped samples of the feature in an old scrapbook I thought for sure it had to have been syndicated. </p><p>Luckily the clips I found betrayed their origin as the <b>Oregon Journal</b>, and it turned out that <b>GenealogyBank</b>, a newspaper archive website I rarely use, had many years of the paper at my disposal. <b>GenealogyBank</b>, by the way, has a user interface much inferior to its sister site, <b>newspapers.com</b>, and its servers are deadly slow. Watching a newspaper page load can make me quite nostalgic for downloading on a 1200 baud modem connection. Unless there's specific material you need that is only on <b>GenealogyBank</b>, and they do have exclusives on a number of major papers like the <b>Oregon Journal</b>, I would suggest giving them a pass. </p><p>Anyhow, after many hours of watching dust accumulate on my laptop screen as I researched the short run of <b>It Seems Like Yesterday</b>, I can tell you that the feature began running in the Sunday magazine section on July 28 1940. The creators soon talked the <b>Journal</b> into taking their brainchild on a 6-day per week basis, and the feature became a daily on September 30. Everything went tickety-boo for a year and a half, and then Pearl Harbor inconveniently got bombed. Seeing the writing on the wall for these two 20-something creators, they ended with a farewell panel on March 27 1942. Overback was called up in summer 1942, and Hager probably about the same time. While Overback doesn't seem to have gone back into the stripping business when he got home, Hager did, as another of his obscure strips, <a href="https://comicstriphistory.com/2019/04/24/obscurity-of-the-day-stubby-stout/">Stubby Stout</a>, has been covered here on the blog. <br /></p>Allan Holtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09888151821396553652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17477683.post-59385356229918914882024-03-12T06:00:00.030-05:002024-03-12T06:00:00.135-05:00Mystery Cartoonist: Three Samples from 1914<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcNTY3csxFbyU1EkJYeIdEWtAn_YMze_hHXJwDDoTbXb5vK83tcB6wWhVOz0NtTqNzkp5fbaYUqyfGtZuIi8Y6f9Xq9fTb6f9-b1HZHk6j08QrLA4f772LdudDiZbDKQ_V7LiyLXRYauXZPMssi4BEoHp3HPkkdWs07QKkpJ2eNauxDlloiAuT/s1433/Mystery%20Cartoonist%201914.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1433" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcNTY3csxFbyU1EkJYeIdEWtAn_YMze_hHXJwDDoTbXb5vK83tcB6wWhVOz0NtTqNzkp5fbaYUqyfGtZuIi8Y6f9Xq9fTb6f9-b1HZHk6j08QrLA4f772LdudDiZbDKQ_V7LiyLXRYauXZPMssi4BEoHp3HPkkdWs07QKkpJ2eNauxDlloiAuT/w358-h640/Mystery%20Cartoonist%201914.png" width="358" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrgphB-c8fW-mSP7-pFTh1xVLCXT3zI21SyZ0mxdBm1KTnQysAgzI18_LorrqtSrGJx2LfKSXRyvU6JlCMW003re8rGlkge8XRANbchwplP1Dh0vOxgnkokdoJwX4DGplx4IGVo6hphsJyEldGyJvmgcR9w8YMR4tu9GBSrN5UmLDjNV9JoDkD/s1600/Mystery%20Cartoonist%201914%202.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="1600" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrgphB-c8fW-mSP7-pFTh1xVLCXT3zI21SyZ0mxdBm1KTnQysAgzI18_LorrqtSrGJx2LfKSXRyvU6JlCMW003re8rGlkge8XRANbchwplP1Dh0vOxgnkokdoJwX4DGplx4IGVo6hphsJyEldGyJvmgcR9w8YMR4tu9GBSrN5UmLDjNV9JoDkD/w640-h538/Mystery%20Cartoonist%201914%202.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Shoehorning an extra post in on Tuesday this week hoping SG readers can help me through what I think might just be a mental block. </p><p>As I'm slogging through my boxes of unsorted material trying to bring some semblance of order, I came upon these three strips, evidently clipped out of an August 1914 bound volume of some midwest paper (I can't narrow it down any farther based on these tearsheets). </p><p>The style seems familiar but unfortunately not singular enough for that "Aha!" moment for me. I thought H.T. Webster but no, I thought Maurice Ketten but no, none of them quite make sense. Can you help?!<br /></p>Allan Holtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09888151821396553652noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17477683.post-8861033207890854252024-03-11T06:00:00.083-05:002024-03-12T07:09:37.012-05:00Selling It: The Heartbreak of Pizza Face<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTH1TFYlLNPCTGbLSI9DvY50i2FV35MJgYleYsy0gqAzmo_q6bCpklhZE12m-gpQzHjdDESZPC7YTjKYNxym6_SlzhiBC7kVkWlP9DZWP4NpeVbXeNQSIdxCTUcOAiGxSauqVbq11onNglr8F-DElgF5gSBIebQ3bZ10A_EWw2BW_09oAJ5zXC/s1700/Nancy%20Page%20Kleerex%20Ad-Al%20papas%2012-28-1947.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="1700" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTH1TFYlLNPCTGbLSI9DvY50i2FV35MJgYleYsy0gqAzmo_q6bCpklhZE12m-gpQzHjdDESZPC7YTjKYNxym6_SlzhiBC7kVkWlP9DZWP4NpeVbXeNQSIdxCTUcOAiGxSauqVbq11onNglr8F-DElgF5gSBIebQ3bZ10A_EWw2BW_09oAJ5zXC/w640-h310/Nancy%20Page%20Kleerex%20Ad-Al%20papas%2012-28-1947.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Kleerex was a pimple cream originally manufactured in Canada, but the company crossed the border and set up shop in St. Paul Minnesota to manufacture and market in the U.S.as well. The company seems to have come on the scene in the mid-1920s, and the U.S. arm was active by the end of the decade.<br /></p><p>In the 1940s Kleerex hit upon the idea of making comic strip ads, and it must have worked like a charm because they're so often seen they're almost like ... er ... zits on a teenager? Most of the comic ads were black and white affairs for running in weekday papers, but a few Sunday colour ads also extolled the virtues of Kleerex for zapping face invaders. </p><p>The comic strip ads from the 1940s plow very familiar ground; that some girl or guy could be a movie star if it just weren't for that darn skin turbulence. Dab on a little Kleerex, and voila, the cartoonist doesn't spray black dots all over your face in the next panel!</p><p>So why am I dredging this up? Well, it seems that the cartoonist who drew many of those strips is none orther than Al Papas, who (as you can see above) signed his work on occasion. Papas was an easy find for the Kleerex folks, because he was the sports cartoonist at the <b>Minneapolis Star</b>, right in St. Paul's back yard. </p><p>The subject matter might have been a little icky, but Al did a beautiful job on these strips, like the one above that ran in the <b>Detroit News</b> on December 28 1947. But the party didn't last. By 1950 the cartoon ads had disappeared, and a few years later Kleerex stopped advertising in the US altogether. By 1956 they seem to have either gone down the tubes even in Canada, or were advertised through other venues. <br /></p><p><br /></p>Allan Holtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09888151821396553652noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17477683.post-8306564170681966122024-03-10T06:00:00.015-05:002024-03-10T06:00:00.134-05:00Wish You Were Here, from Albert Carmichael<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjP9wB4hCjZcQR852KetjfvWgx6-SS0krJCl4yt1v7DK9QV6RPSF7-Qx74uo6GjqjhqUuDsQ3zsVmPMdc3uX4PNpxiWmmMzn9j44ke-95bVLysb3FVVO87y_vReJyowVkVk17RO5oetmjAD0RtJZtesaeauO8SMFrdy2FaOixU0X1A0KDW0wg5/s1000/Postcard-Camichael-TP%20Series%20668-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="1000" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjP9wB4hCjZcQR852KetjfvWgx6-SS0krJCl4yt1v7DK9QV6RPSF7-Qx74uo6GjqjhqUuDsQ3zsVmPMdc3uX4PNpxiWmmMzn9j44ke-95bVLysb3FVVO87y_vReJyowVkVk17RO5oetmjAD0RtJZtesaeauO8SMFrdy2FaOixU0X1A0KDW0wg5/w640-h418/Postcard-Camichael-TP%20Series%20668-3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Here's another postcard from Albert Carmichael's "Anybody Here Seen Kelly?" series. Taylor Pratt & Company
Series 668 was based on a 1908 hit song, but presumably paid no royalties for the privilege. <br /></p>Allan Holtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09888151821396553652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17477683.post-3781312974058843882024-03-09T07:00:00.019-05:002024-03-09T07:00:00.134-05:00One-Shot Wonders: Chinese Money by H.C. Greening, 1903<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVyZgnL_sDqIdStc9KPbXSAsX1I5haCanNAuXaDaA0qiKX01UqQZ3hasZXaR773AeBXHtlHghoWf9jWz5RKP9bS7GMA9f-l9bp8s6wmTuSAoVQ5amdx3UKMqBLoxVG_ixj2uEp-zGTWpVxig-Mg9DamO7HR8n1s-fir6DIBlEXUOTh1HCCqqIV/s2000/Chinese%20Money-Greening-McClure-01-11-1903.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1222" data-original-width="2000" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVyZgnL_sDqIdStc9KPbXSAsX1I5haCanNAuXaDaA0qiKX01UqQZ3hasZXaR773AeBXHtlHghoWf9jWz5RKP9bS7GMA9f-l9bp8s6wmTuSAoVQ5amdx3UKMqBLoxVG_ixj2uEp-zGTWpVxig-Mg9DamO7HR8n1s-fir6DIBlEXUOTh1HCCqqIV/w640-h392/Chinese%20Money-Greening-McClure-01-11-1903.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>H.C. Greening jumped around, making appearances at most of the New York syndicates in the 1890s to 1900s, and here he is at McClure with a one-shot strip for their January 11 1903 issue. The gag here regards the Chinese wén, a coin of so minor value that the holed currency was commonly strung together in units of 100 or even 1000 to make for any substantial value. <br /></p>Allan Holtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09888151821396553652noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17477683.post-29402682891819685882024-03-08T07:00:00.000-05:002024-03-08T07:00:00.344-05:00Ink-Slinger Profiles by Alex Jay: Granville E. Dickey<div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">(An <a href="https://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2020/05/ink-slinger-profiles-by-alex-jay_26.html" target="_blank">earlier profile</a> was posted in 2020.) </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Granville Edourd Dickey was born on June 24, 1902, in Washington, District of Columbia (DC), according to his World War II draft card. His middle name was found in the <b><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=nGNCAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA508&dq=%22Dickey+Granville%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj4wqDzo96DAxVqkokEHfUwD6E4ChDoAXoECAsQAg#v=onepage&q=%22Dickey%20Granville%22&f=false" target="_blank">Northwestern University Bulletin Annual Catalog 1919–1920</a></b>. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">In the 1910 United States Census, Dickey was the oldest of two children born to Raymond and Rose. The family and two servants resided in DC at 1358 Otis Place. Dickey’s father was an attorney. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">At age six Dickey was hit by a truck as reported in the <b><a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1909-02-13/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1789&sort=date&date2=1963&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=1&words=Dickey+E+Granville&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Granville+E+Dickey&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 " target="_blank">Evening Star</a></b>, February 13, 1909. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dickey’s disappearance was front page news in the <b><a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1913-03-18/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1770&sort=date&date2=1963&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=4&words=Dickey+Granville&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Granville+Dickey&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1" target="_blank">Evening Star</a></b>, March 18, 1913 and <b><a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1913-03-19/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1770&sort=date&date2=1963&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=7&words=Dickey+Granville&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Granville+Dickey&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1" target="_blank">Washington Times</a></b>, March 19, 1913. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dickey attended <a href="https://archive.org/details/dc-central-high-school-1918/page/50/mode/2up?q=%22Granville+Dickey%22" target="_blank">Central High School</a> where he participated in swimming. His triumphs were noted in <b><a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1919-06-08/ed-1/seq-12/#date1=1770&sort=date&date2=1963&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=14&words=Dickey+Granville&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Granville+Dickey&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=2" target="_blank">Washington Herald</a></b>, June 8, 1919. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><blockquote>... Granville Dickey won the two spectacular events of the meet—the 220 and the 500 yards. He had very little trouble in gaining first in the 220, and in the 500 he won by two lengths. Dickey is considered the best all-around scholastic swimmer. ...</blockquote></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Dickey family continued to be DC residents, at 1702 Kilbourne Place NW, in the 1920 census. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dickey graduated in 1920.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0SiP_IeuCGG8qBszUTWSMBzZXljYay1r6O7umKtuAZID-eQp2S4hq562PdUJZkDZ2eixh1CDB0QWDSkKzanWLuTKKwqqDHEin-Dc1ZGBQ4LUprzDMt9BIjuPZ4Phn3-U3MwJAWeipisggowMCfEoeIcXcgd0vsOGPQQQj3fkBpcU70n_P3FlbA/s532/1920%20Granville%20E%20Dickey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="370" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0SiP_IeuCGG8qBszUTWSMBzZXljYay1r6O7umKtuAZID-eQp2S4hq562PdUJZkDZ2eixh1CDB0QWDSkKzanWLuTKKwqqDHEin-Dc1ZGBQ4LUprzDMt9BIjuPZ4Phn3-U3MwJAWeipisggowMCfEoeIcXcgd0vsOGPQQQj3fkBpcU70n_P3FlbA/s320/1920%20Granville%20E%20Dickey.jpg" width="223" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/dc-central-high-school-1920/page/86/mode/2up?q=%22Dickey%22" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">1920 Brecky yearbook</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqaHShXe43ZpBaNfZ7a_1jw7Ku3WD9RFcI7voWfjSSomrn-8tkBFPw579SHCICK27NJ-VIM2EOjhcrH112uwq0X12QeEJ88PxWM0NhPQIiE2PEn-P1UomXU7gYOcg3eBvovOad7m6R3JmLS2eD-dAi8j8Hfzxq3IA_8WjqnR9CE8H8NmBe-nGnig/s499/1920_06_15%20Granville%20E%20Dickey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="364" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqaHShXe43ZpBaNfZ7a_1jw7Ku3WD9RFcI7voWfjSSomrn-8tkBFPw579SHCICK27NJ-VIM2EOjhcrH112uwq0X12QeEJ88PxWM0NhPQIiE2PEn-P1UomXU7gYOcg3eBvovOad7m6R3JmLS2eD-dAi8j8Hfzxq3IA_8WjqnR9CE8H8NmBe-nGnig/s320/1920_06_15%20Granville%20E%20Dickey.jpg" width="233" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/dc-central-high-school-bulletin-1920-1939/page/n3/mode/2up?q=%22Granville+E.+Dickey%22" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">The Central Bulletin</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">, June 15, 1920</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">In 1921 Dickey attended George Washington University. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLa485O49aAZU-e4rBWPHV4vZglapZ6LpVr_hfbPCk3yE0mHEymebvoL8eiDR7A8EwhCs3SO-ClhZj_qEQ9ve3Hf-hgSQUukn2G1D3XW9bx-NhIPoUJBFvdVU_Auw0P8-tGqrNN1iLnriLvF2wD_LJUJDQXZhlyJCGLp6GBet50yVSX5kN3YGMZA/s614/1921%20Granville%20Dickey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="437" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLa485O49aAZU-e4rBWPHV4vZglapZ6LpVr_hfbPCk3yE0mHEymebvoL8eiDR7A8EwhCs3SO-ClhZj_qEQ9ve3Hf-hgSQUukn2G1D3XW9bx-NhIPoUJBFvdVU_Auw0P8-tGqrNN1iLnriLvF2wD_LJUJDQXZhlyJCGLp6GBet50yVSX5kN3YGMZA/s320/1921%20Granville%20Dickey.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/gwu_cherry_tree_1921/page/n139/mode/2up?q=%22Granville+Dickey%22" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Cherry Tree yearbook</a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dickey transferred to Northwestern University in Chicago. In 1924 <a href="https://archive.org/details/annualcommenceme1924nort/page/18/mode/2up?q=granville" target="_blank">Dickey graduated</a> with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism. He was a member of the varsity swimming team, and in his senior year was named a member of the all-American swimming team.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwfr_40OMYvPUyudms1i4SigEA5scfOrMw6deS27T_N1gv-VCbChhXFZwWT-safbPLZDnrQIoWwV1hIBI5IjHtlPbKKbdKVnBLyWlaB6wyb00nIc4Pjw13ym00mJ0-wUKp2vPdlqXarHATG3_ECudLAF3DRmtS46ymeUzIbydksQ259HjQjF24bg/s900/1924%20Granville%20Dickey%20Syllabus%20Northwestern%20University%2004b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="532" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwfr_40OMYvPUyudms1i4SigEA5scfOrMw6deS27T_N1gv-VCbChhXFZwWT-safbPLZDnrQIoWwV1hIBI5IjHtlPbKKbdKVnBLyWlaB6wyb00nIc4Pjw13ym00mJ0-wUKp2vPdlqXarHATG3_ECudLAF3DRmtS46ymeUzIbydksQ259HjQjF24bg/s320/1924%20Granville%20Dickey%20Syllabus%20Northwestern%20University%2004b.jpg" width="189" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ-ko6_ljRGWiBWFeGIagBsKcqJytLMXh04Hb538aEg40Pn0KK4W_SS1yDDkVK7RxgNSfW0MGpqppZjCrPPTWfaXJOenHja4vJ5zve-RhSLRnGm1Q2hzJ-PiRtkVWaKiXMIWFe8aFV2qKzqqG0umNjeaLsf-4fwAxsj-Rtap2xJjCJ5z2K_uwzVw/s821/1924%20Granville%20Dickey%20Syllabus%20Northwestern%20University%2002b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="821" data-original-width="752" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ-ko6_ljRGWiBWFeGIagBsKcqJytLMXh04Hb538aEg40Pn0KK4W_SS1yDDkVK7RxgNSfW0MGpqppZjCrPPTWfaXJOenHja4vJ5zve-RhSLRnGm1Q2hzJ-PiRtkVWaKiXMIWFe8aFV2qKzqqG0umNjeaLsf-4fwAxsj-Rtap2xJjCJ5z2K_uwzVw/w366-h400/1924%20Granville%20Dickey%20Syllabus%20Northwestern%20University%2002b.jpg" width="366" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>American Newspaper Comics</b> (2012) said Dickey was the first writer of <b><a href="https://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2020/05/obscurity-of-day-men-who-made-world.html" target="_blank">Men Who Made the World</a></b>, which was drawn by Chester Sullivan. The strip started on September 21, 1925 and after five dailies Dickey’s name was replaced by “Dr. Elliott Shoring, Noted Eminent Historian”. Records of this person have not been found. Shoring may have been a pen name. The John F. Dille Company series ran for many years as reprints.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The <b><a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1928-04-04/ed-1/seq-18/#date1=1789&sort=date&date2=1963&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=7&words=Dickey+E+Granville&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Granville+E+Dickey&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1" target="_blank">Evening Star</a></b>, April 4, 1928, reported Dickey’s marriage. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div><blockquote><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The marriage of a former Washingtonian, Mr. Granville E. Dickey, to Miss La Verne Carnes will take place this afternoon in Chicago, the home of the parents of the bride. After an extensive trip to Cuba and Spanish Honduras, they will return to Chicago, where Mr. Dickey is advertising manager for a large wholesale house. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R.B. Dickey of 1702 Kilbourne place. In 1920, when he graduated from Central High School, he was captain of the swimming team and a captain in the Cadet Corps.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">In 1924 he was graduated from the College of Journalism of Northwestern University. He was a member of the varsity swimming team, and in his senior year was named as a member of the all-American swimming team.</span></div></blockquote><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">According to the 1930 census, the couple resided in Oak Park, Illinois at 402 South Cuyler Avenue. Dickey was an advertising copywriter.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The <b><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=mGsZaaRgCIMC&q=%22Dickey+Granville%22&dq=%22Dickey+Granville%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjrl_6ppN6DAxVqjokEHcImDuc4KBDoAXoECAQQAg" target="_blank">Northwestern University Club of Chicago 1932 Year Book</a></b> had this entry: </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><blockquote>Dickey, Granville E., J. ’24, “N”; Adv. Man., E. J. Brach & Sons, Adv. for Candy Mfgr., 4656 W. Kinzie, Man. 1200; r. 402 S. Cuyler, Oak Park, Vil. 9283.</blockquote></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dickey’s <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1940-04-01/ed-1/seq-12/#date1=1789&sort=date&date2=1963&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=10&words=Dickey+E+Granville&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Granville+E+Dickey&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1" target="_blank">father passed away</a> on April 1, 1940. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1941-01-01/ed-1/seq-19/#date1=1789&sort=date&date2=1963&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=12&words=Dickey+E+Granville&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Granville+E+Dickey&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1" target="_blank">Dickey divorced</a> in 1941. </div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">On November 25, 1941 <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=CBgXAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA124&lpg=PA124&dq=%22granville+e+dickey%22&source=bl&ots=SUO2-yM16i&sig=ACfU3U0YYcObsX2hGSU02Ot9wJRjzbRZsg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjC74r2nZXpAhWJl3IEHRIuBLAQ6AEwA3oECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22granville%20e%20dickey%22&f=false" target="_blank">Dickey testified</a> before the House of Representatives’ committee hearings on the conservation of wildlife. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">On February 14, 1942, Dickey signed his World War II draft card. He lived in Silver Spring, Maryland at 8003 Eastern Avenue, apartment 104. Dickey was employed at the U.S. Conservation Corps in DC. His description was five feet eight-and-a-half inches, 145 pounds, with brown eyes and hair. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_dnLV6_jTKUEJ42IeO65xcAvsLhZI5Bz6qoOyDcv1dbWQ4hR4r626prK9Qxt5P_r3yhLE1zSyuj-eRt84hXPSYFg88IRly2o_Y3c_FqoVoH1FzsYlY5Uun6aP36AisPPaJsuHvflEKrMG-t9aV8ydG5H5mfMR41zVZ8fFXCRUd6UTJ6-XmkJXTQ/s1810/1942_02_14%20Granville%20E%20Dickey%20WWII%20Draft%20Card%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1810" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_dnLV6_jTKUEJ42IeO65xcAvsLhZI5Bz6qoOyDcv1dbWQ4hR4r626prK9Qxt5P_r3yhLE1zSyuj-eRt84hXPSYFg88IRly2o_Y3c_FqoVoH1FzsYlY5Uun6aP36AisPPaJsuHvflEKrMG-t9aV8ydG5H5mfMR41zVZ8fFXCRUd6UTJ6-XmkJXTQ/w400-h265/1942_02_14%20Granville%20E%20Dickey%20WWII%20Draft%20Card%2001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">In 1943 <a href="https://archive.org/search?query=%22Granville+Dickey%22&sin=TXT&and%5B%5D=year%3A%221943%22" target="_blank">Dickey wrote radio scripts</a> for the Food Distribution Administration of the War Food Administration. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">An <b><a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1945-04-10/ed-1/seq-12/#date1=1789&sort=date&date2=1963&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=14&words=Dickey+E+Granville&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Granville+E+Dickey&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1" target="_blank">Evening Star</a></b> death notice said Dickey’s second wife passed away April 5, 1945. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><blockquote>Dickey, Ceril. On Thursday, April 5, 1945, at St. Petersburg, Fla. Ceril Dickey, aged 37, formerly of Gaithersburg, Md.; wife of Granville E. Dickey, daughter of Mrs. Florence Cousins, niece of Albert Lancaster, St. Petersburg, Fla. Services and interment St. Petersburg, Fla., on Monday, April 9.</blockquote></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://archive.org/details/CAT11081560091/page/18/mode/2up?q=%22Granville+E.+Dickey%22" target="_blank">Marketing Activities</a></b>, January 1947, published Dickey’s article, “Burley Tobacco—New Export Crop?”. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dickey passed away on January 28, 1948. Death notices appeared in the <b><a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1948-01-29/ed-1/seq-24/#date1=1948&index=3&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Dickey+DICKEY+GRANVILLE&proxdistance=5&date2=1948&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=&andtext=granville+dickey&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1" target="_blank">Evening Star</a></b>, January 29, 1948 and the <b><a href="https://archive.org/details/per_washington-post_1948-01-30_26160/page/n23/mode/2up?q=%22Granville+E.+Dickey%22" target="_blank">Washington Post</a></b>, January 30, 1948 (below). </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><blockquote>Dickey Granville E. On Wednesday, January 28, 1948. Granville E. Dickey, father of Rosemary Dickey, son of Rose M. Dickey and the late Raymond B. Dickey, brother of Mrs. Alice Beaton, John Maxwell Dickey and Raymond R. Dickey. Funeral from the W. W. Deal Funeral Home, 4812 Georgia ave. n.w., on Saturday, January 31, at 2 p. m. Relatives and friends invited. Interment Cedar Hill Cemetery.</blockquote></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dickey was laid to rest at <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99350061" target="_blank">Cedar Hill Cemetery</a>. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dickey’s <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19315070/gladys-laverne-dunn" target="_blank">first wife passed away</a> on February 2, 1966. </span></div><div><br /></div>Alex Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15961079895014060773noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17477683.post-70161292556745642002024-03-06T07:00:00.147-05:002024-03-06T07:00:00.140-05:00Obscurity of the Day: Mr. Lowe<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdtDsGiPBI3jup98oHqkjycDIjtXElo9KZaq84gSRe9drHQGLnte1YqRUr88GhsLDGLaetaZqgxq0ZmmmF-_CVNkbIp7DIWSs2Cdi8c4UE6jWpthOnO6BScVGYZ9wN9WsQageiY44xlStNz1n7jHlC0vKaq4ViUNIPkmSWv2k-4-FlIbk9vRc/s1654/Mister%20Lowe.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1654" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEdtDsGiPBI3jup98oHqkjycDIjtXElo9KZaq84gSRe9drHQGLnte1YqRUr88GhsLDGLaetaZqgxq0ZmmmF-_CVNkbIp7DIWSs2Cdi8c4UE6jWpthOnO6BScVGYZ9wN9WsQageiY44xlStNz1n7jHlC0vKaq4ViUNIPkmSWv2k-4-FlIbk9vRc/w580-h640/Mister%20Lowe.png" width="580" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzTJt0VR6a8z3t26yx9N78kDOEyxx1VPqVRTGxxKu7fCdIlSxccUX62gcF9sd5I-l1A6zCWZ3CHQCHZ1zMggWcJ4s83Iq47vJOD5e60dHME_mK2D1-kOapfNrM79kdziJaDAf3dmpCypR0_B_-gRfVBgcjfDoEB_ABMfb8deRkvvIFri8PWA_E/s1648/Mister%20Lowe2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1648" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzTJt0VR6a8z3t26yx9N78kDOEyxx1VPqVRTGxxKu7fCdIlSxccUX62gcF9sd5I-l1A6zCWZ3CHQCHZ1zMggWcJ4s83Iq47vJOD5e60dHME_mK2D1-kOapfNrM79kdziJaDAf3dmpCypR0_B_-gRfVBgcjfDoEB_ABMfb8deRkvvIFri8PWA_E/w582-h640/Mister%20Lowe2.png" width="582" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioq9qmE5e3Lx7Ef01mbr337h_Rrv1NOD6XaVug6m7jkM1ICbx2X6rUnoq83uG05qx7u0esrl-h32uaVq7SRsiYhoesfvIzLXsvlXmADj3z3Khd5NJhu4hhO5nKPhfttm3UyRMnI5-EGy4oaZSOpMhf7dpqCkKyb6Hn75XISaKNhX3kVJ00dpZw/s1656/Mister%20Lowe3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1656" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioq9qmE5e3Lx7Ef01mbr337h_Rrv1NOD6XaVug6m7jkM1ICbx2X6rUnoq83uG05qx7u0esrl-h32uaVq7SRsiYhoesfvIzLXsvlXmADj3z3Khd5NJhu4hhO5nKPhfttm3UyRMnI5-EGy4oaZSOpMhf7dpqCkKyb6Hn75XISaKNhX3kVJ00dpZw/w580-h640/Mister%20Lowe3.png" width="580" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji-rE8cNU6m4fIFC7rOX7Rj0WMqrVmHigMPDnPkSrlCDb8IDGeaRYM5ewGukhuTRsRo9S5vsJQFvtgs-QZkBJlpxgq2KSBWjJiz9DdfJX-d9fipkMsNvqIL5qtgsb5EgMtDfrBhRjkWU3o2o1GpaLAg-2W8qY_uAMUABYji_JY_QWJ-LV2Ohqx/s1670/Mister%20Lowe4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1670" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji-rE8cNU6m4fIFC7rOX7Rj0WMqrVmHigMPDnPkSrlCDb8IDGeaRYM5ewGukhuTRsRo9S5vsJQFvtgs-QZkBJlpxgq2KSBWjJiz9DdfJX-d9fipkMsNvqIL5qtgsb5EgMtDfrBhRjkWU3o2o1GpaLAg-2W8qY_uAMUABYji_JY_QWJ-LV2Ohqx/w574-h640/Mister%20Lowe4.png" width="574" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgywhJr0z6o1ADe3URMXCvQG5UklvRq0Wo-91Z43tGKHvZrTnPMhyxzRQ5q-TyX-CWuf6uWgw1Z1fpvSzNrZqsBpGNrQyZuYYN48L7wcTRiI9-Y9nudpfNPzbW846DPcgXezrvxlEqSPFjE_yFYlzBojSyb5NBVmwSB7mh_F03-BaEn7_cUGtEL/s1657/Mister%20Lowe5.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1657" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgywhJr0z6o1ADe3URMXCvQG5UklvRq0Wo-91Z43tGKHvZrTnPMhyxzRQ5q-TyX-CWuf6uWgw1Z1fpvSzNrZqsBpGNrQyZuYYN48L7wcTRiI9-Y9nudpfNPzbW846DPcgXezrvxlEqSPFjE_yFYlzBojSyb5NBVmwSB7mh_F03-BaEn7_cUGtEL/w580-h640/Mister%20Lowe5.png" width="580" /></a></div><p>Okay, so when I decided that <b>Mr. Lowe</b> would make a good Obscurity of the Day, I didn't know that the strip had been appearing in re-runs on <b>GoComics</b> for several years. Hmm, not so terribly obscure after all. But hey, it's a great strip, and I did the scanning, so yer gettin' 'em. </p><p>Mark Pett's <b>Mr. Lowe</b> is a strip about an enthusiastic young grade school teacher, a subject that Pett knew very, very well since he had recently been one. Pett sold the strip to Creators Syndicate, who in my opinion had every reason to think they had a winner on their hands. The strip is sweet but never saccharine, the gags are consistent, funny and very much rooted in reality, and the art is pretty darn fab. Pile on to that list of plusses that the strip is about a subject very relatable to teachers and students, two big juicy demographics, and it seems like a powerhouse. </p><p>So now is usually when I try to explain why it might not have gone so well. But on this one I'm a bit flummoxed. The best I can come up with is that it got lost among a number of other good strips that debuted in 2000 -- <b>Baldo, James, Monkeyhouse, Pooch Cafe, Red and Rover, Soup to Nutz, Six Chix</b> ... that's a lot of tough competition for very few opening slots. I'll say one thing; it'll be interesting to see what Jeffrey Lindenblatt has to tell us about new features in <b>The 300</b> series when he gets to year 2000. </p><p><b>Mister Lowe</b> debuted in a very small number of papers on May 15 2000*, and the last I can find it running is February 10 2001**. It was a Sunday and daily strip, but if the daily is rare, Sundays are like the proverbial hen's teeth. Surely some paper ran them?!?</p><p>If you're intrigued enough to read <b>Mr. Lowe</b>, you can get it on GoComics, and there was also a reprint book of the feature published back in 2002 by Cottonwood Press. </p><p><a href="https://markpett.com/">Mark Pett</a> soon returned to syndication with (in my opinion) an even better strip, called <b>Lucky Cow,</b> about employees in a fast-food restaurant. This one managed to stick around for five years, but was barely touch and go for sales the whole time. Since then Pett has recognized the weird newspaper syndication curse that hangs over his head, and has perhaps wisely switched to other pursuits like illustrating books. <br /></p><p><br /></p><p>* Source: Cartoonist PROfiles #128. <br /></p><p>** Source: Salt Lake Tribune.<br /></p>Allan Holtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09888151821396553652noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17477683.post-13333618437512056572024-03-04T07:00:00.049-05:002024-03-04T11:40:46.066-05:00Firsts and Lasts: King of the Royal Mounted Rides Forth<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_RcbltQ6q9NC5FEzNfkh3ZntMm_8JxolmJkUam-Fn-QzlaHq2zLcOvAF7x1u83ps2ekg0pt7VXyiRFJEMhYonvoPFvUylBFTYVUDPWcs1IjHxOvsCvu_EhkgziixTfBB6XYE4oO0ot575B-iUDIlF6cxzqskqgOM0RB6bzV4rzrTbCHwhO5BP/s1971/King%20Of%20The%20Royal%20Mounted%201st%20Sunday.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1971" data-original-width="1300" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_RcbltQ6q9NC5FEzNfkh3ZntMm_8JxolmJkUam-Fn-QzlaHq2zLcOvAF7x1u83ps2ekg0pt7VXyiRFJEMhYonvoPFvUylBFTYVUDPWcs1IjHxOvsCvu_EhkgziixTfBB6XYE4oO0ot575B-iUDIlF6cxzqskqgOM0RB6bzV4rzrTbCHwhO5BP/w422-h640/King%20Of%20The%20Royal%20Mounted%201st%20Sunday.jpg" width="422" /></a></div> King Features threw a lot of new tabloid Sunday features up against the wall in 1935. Mostly they were needed to fill the new tabloid format Sunday section that Hearst had decided to experiment with, and hey, if they managed to sell the new stuff in syndication so much the better. <b>King of the Royal Mounted</b> definitely got its name in the "so much the better" column, as it took off quite nicely. Nicely enough, in fact, that a daily was added the next year. <p></p><p>Above is the seldom seen first Sunday of <b>King of the Royal Mounted</b>, which appeared on February 17 1935. The art on this inaugural Sunday was unsigned but by Allen Dean. I love how the story just jumps right in there and rockets right off. No intro, no explanatory dialogue, just slam-bang action. </p><p>As much as I should be well-versed in <b>King of the Royal Mounted</b> lore, being a Canuck and all, I must admit to having read very little of the strip. So I think I'll just shut up and ask you to keep reading over at <a href="https://www.toonopedia.com/king-rm.htm">Don Markstein's Toonopedia</a>, where he gives you all the lowdown on this classic adventure strip. He'll even tell you Sergeant King's first name, and I bet there was a lotta reading went into finding that li'l factoid!<br /></p>Allan Holtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09888151821396553652noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17477683.post-81669416719298585792024-03-03T07:00:00.013-05:002024-03-03T07:00:00.131-05:00Wish You Were Here, from Rube Goldberg<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEignpwEm1rGXW04F1MA3iBrx6bjoOA6PIDTr2rb20x0BJuQWjuauUMjAdDkY55cjaqdcbXHe9Li3UbYfI_S74AGoWHp87WkoW70X6q0SKF6r7d3ydOfUgWr3HzV11noH_6dCRSsnxtvwYixAEmDwpwdpO7iZ2PBvGRFVH60COoJzvZELxzVtqbB/s1000/Postcard-Goldberg%20Series%20213-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="642" data-original-width="1000" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEignpwEm1rGXW04F1MA3iBrx6bjoOA6PIDTr2rb20x0BJuQWjuauUMjAdDkY55cjaqdcbXHe9Li3UbYfI_S74AGoWHp87WkoW70X6q0SKF6r7d3ydOfUgWr3HzV11noH_6dCRSsnxtvwYixAEmDwpwdpO7iZ2PBvGRFVH60COoJzvZELxzVtqbB/w640-h410/Postcard-Goldberg%20Series%20213-6.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Here's another postcard from Rube Goldberg's Foolish Questions series, also known as Samson Brothers Series 213. This is one of my favourites, the first time I read it I could have done a spit-take. <br /></p>Allan Holtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09888151821396553652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17477683.post-43538477258421203082024-03-02T07:00:00.049-05:002024-03-02T07:00:00.133-05:00One Shot Wonders: The Incubation of Claude Murphy by Carl Anderson, 1897<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIIzhxkal5d7Fxbhu9CIGnLuPoeTPVOa1l_1wUElFs5l-uXqJYW9d8bE_B0p9vDjI-zwNRCsHdKXsLA9bg_B7VNLfCRw68nztPzuCQ5j8nDq9fSqMU_88BhTByLN4VlCyqe8SE_NBy0gRmqwyKWi3lUBfuB12qG10xD-MMsd4Wj84WJZg1pAhA/s2000/Incubation%20of%20Claude%20Murphy-Carl%20Anderson-NY%20Journal-03-14-1897.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1461" data-original-width="2000" height="468" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIIzhxkal5d7Fxbhu9CIGnLuPoeTPVOa1l_1wUElFs5l-uXqJYW9d8bE_B0p9vDjI-zwNRCsHdKXsLA9bg_B7VNLfCRw68nztPzuCQ5j8nDq9fSqMU_88BhTByLN4VlCyqe8SE_NBy0gRmqwyKWi3lUBfuB12qG10xD-MMsd4Wj84WJZg1pAhA/w640-h468/Incubation%20of%20Claude%20Murphy-Carl%20Anderson-NY%20Journal-03-14-1897.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Carl Anderson's famous creation, <b>Henry</b>, did not come to fruition until 1932 when he was an elderly man. Back in the 1890s he was a journeyman cartoonist whose newspaper work appeared mostly in the Hearst-owned <b>New York Journal</b>. In the 1900s he'd branch out more and have series accepted by quite a few syndicates. </p><p>Back in the 1880's and 90s, chicken incubators were the subject of an inventor's race to come up with the best design. Here we see home inventor Mr. Murphy who has come up with his entry in the race. Evidently his version works like a charm based on its efficacy on his son, whose name is either Claude or Mickey -- apparently a miscommunication between the cartoonist and the typographers. </p><p>The only problem with Mr. Murphy's invention is that it simply isn't an incubator. Incubators are for hatching out eggs. What he has created is a chicken <b>BROODER</b>. Being a chicken raiser myself, I can't let such an egregious error pass unremarked. </p><p>This one-shot strip appeared in the <b>New York Journal</b> on March 14 1897.<br /></p>Allan Holtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09888151821396553652noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17477683.post-76274444696821322412024-03-01T07:00:00.000-05:002024-03-01T07:00:00.446-05:00Ink-Slinger Profiles by Alex Jay: Emidio Angelo<div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">(An <a href="https://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2020/01/ink-slinger-profiles-by-alex-jay-emidio.html" target="_blank">earlier profile</a> was posted in 2019.) </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Emidio “Mike” Angelo was born on December 4, 1903, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, according to his World War II draft card and several volumes of <b>Who’s Who in American Art</b>. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">In the 1910 United States Census, the family name was recorded as Angelone. Angelo was the oldest of three children born to Stanley and Laurens, both Italian immigrants. The family were residents of Mahanoy, Pennsylvania at 216 East Centre Street. His father was a baker.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The 1920 census recorded Angelo as the oldest of six children. The family resided in Philadelphia at 1325 Garnet Street. Angelo was an assistant at a newspaper office. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Angelo took the correspondence course of the Federal School which was based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He appeared in a Federal Schools advertisement published in <b>Wayside Tales and Cartoons Magazine</b>, November 1921. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQzB7GrgR_Fv5SYSdHEjiHF9wAUHr-VxoEQSB86nDEaQiF3DKl_cSuzIJjHH74lhP1odnq0uDPcVkOLCXqGpwiRJQVhYGmz6euICjNXuioI4MDw2EIa8yW1HVBTDpBOm6SW3EFRvW5MP0Ity_meRd_IaPxwvlaCMf7Z-SegvXwMyLVVDSiAzi1rA/s1862/1921_11%20Emidio%20Angelo%20Cartoons%20Magazine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1552" data-original-width="1862" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQzB7GrgR_Fv5SYSdHEjiHF9wAUHr-VxoEQSB86nDEaQiF3DKl_cSuzIJjHH74lhP1odnq0uDPcVkOLCXqGpwiRJQVhYGmz6euICjNXuioI4MDw2EIa8yW1HVBTDpBOm6SW3EFRvW5MP0Ity_meRd_IaPxwvlaCMf7Z-SegvXwMyLVVDSiAzi1rA/s320/1921_11%20Emidio%20Angelo%20Cartoons%20Magazine.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Detail</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Angelo was mentioned in <b><a href="https://archive.org/details/federalillustrat00minn/page/16/mode/2up?q=%22Emidio+angelo%22" target="_blank">The Federal Illustrator</a></b>, Winter 1926–1927. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Who’s Who</b> (1989) said Angelo studied at the Philadelphia Museum and School of Industrial Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA). The <b>Philadelphia Inquirer</b>, November 15, 1953, said he started at PAFA in 1924. The <b>1936–1937 Who’s Who</b> said he was a pupil of George Harding and Henry McCarter. Angelo was awarded PAFA’s European Traveling Scholarship in 1927 and 1928. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">A passenger list, at Ancestry.com, said Angelo arrived in New York city on September 20, 1927. He had departed Cherbourg, France on September 14. His address at the time was 1255 South 21st Street, Philadelphia.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Angelo shared his European experience in <b>The Federal Illustrator</b>, Summer 1928.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKXZk4g5f9y5wmTbivJKeiWNZpTxDICH7pmKShrcJkii6D5IrPPx4VOGRngWTod4xchyphenhyphen4uoW4cuxZNNuby_rkoOAq8G66n3l4WvNKv34okIEIZWEPJdL9YvQxvcQrP_M_rdtUV16LiKyY07acWph3w-XuejCbV07Cv9Blirl5-6xonjnpZDVWZMQ/s2908/1928_Summer%20Emidio%20Angelo%20Federal%20Illustrator%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2908" data-original-width="1942" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKXZk4g5f9y5wmTbivJKeiWNZpTxDICH7pmKShrcJkii6D5IrPPx4VOGRngWTod4xchyphenhyphen4uoW4cuxZNNuby_rkoOAq8G66n3l4WvNKv34okIEIZWEPJdL9YvQxvcQrP_M_rdtUV16LiKyY07acWph3w-XuejCbV07Cv9Blirl5-6xonjnpZDVWZMQ/w428-h640/1928_Summer%20Emidio%20Angelo%20Federal%20Illustrator%2001.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLtwQue_eNK68FRLyq_EQQWXtnsD_1hHMdgaeP19iCHCT470KnUsO7jZXMcI9YmcL515V_8zk3959E8KczNppM_71br5waWjwARn8e7GWsN7MembMUa6lsAIiyBqP3dPT381NbwLZBMZH7kffoHkjE6eOdD0k9BM_ezh5Xghx4VdmNcFS6tBRBgQ/s2899/1928_Summer%20Emidio%20Angelo%20Federal%20Illustrator%2002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2899" data-original-width="1938" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLtwQue_eNK68FRLyq_EQQWXtnsD_1hHMdgaeP19iCHCT470KnUsO7jZXMcI9YmcL515V_8zk3959E8KczNppM_71br5waWjwARn8e7GWsN7MembMUa6lsAIiyBqP3dPT381NbwLZBMZH7kffoHkjE6eOdD0k9BM_ezh5Xghx4VdmNcFS6tBRBgQ/w428-h640/1928_Summer%20Emidio%20Angelo%20Federal%20Illustrator%2002.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIE1hpb6pDUJL_2M1AY3Yld8h6ztMPvmq36W6egou3qt80auCh3FpG8JDasd1KfEoQAF4cXCFUUzKYNHT2_7XDfkqf0YmrpTOAsluhlILLVETqQr9UQlvVYWh1wZy0xmcJx-Rf4F3AqNW3AharX3cMx2sxKkF2eFB54qYqhbKBAAjvN0YiquL_nw/s2903/1928_Summer%20Emidio%20Angelo%20Federal%20Illustrator%2003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2903" data-original-width="1936" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIE1hpb6pDUJL_2M1AY3Yld8h6ztMPvmq36W6egou3qt80auCh3FpG8JDasd1KfEoQAF4cXCFUUzKYNHT2_7XDfkqf0YmrpTOAsluhlILLVETqQr9UQlvVYWh1wZy0xmcJx-Rf4F3AqNW3AharX3cMx2sxKkF2eFB54qYqhbKBAAjvN0YiquL_nw/w426-h640/1928_Summer%20Emidio%20Angelo%20Federal%20Illustrator%2003.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0vT5rDPGFJA9RI7Ih9OCJV2qlq2mzh7CuI-c0f2sGM0RLxqtgFCxJcMkwSTBa3gCrV6AZqp41W-hhGpBhvxGuXydIW8j_4e01EsE22R3lyWT6Wi-VotM4d9hGOx1HMZVwfQOdlldovXkLVwMyyc60DbyUjL1NVZUb7phOJT0vsqZUPr3ZcKEIBw/s2898/1928_Summer%20Emidio%20Angelo%20Federal%20Illustrator%2004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2898" data-original-width="1934" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0vT5rDPGFJA9RI7Ih9OCJV2qlq2mzh7CuI-c0f2sGM0RLxqtgFCxJcMkwSTBa3gCrV6AZqp41W-hhGpBhvxGuXydIW8j_4e01EsE22R3lyWT6Wi-VotM4d9hGOx1HMZVwfQOdlldovXkLVwMyyc60DbyUjL1NVZUb7phOJT0vsqZUPr3ZcKEIBw/w428-h640/1928_Summer%20Emidio%20Angelo%20Federal%20Illustrator%2004.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">According to the 1930 census, Angelo’s mother was a widow who had seven children. The family lived at 1628 South 22nd Street in Philadelphia. Angelo’s occupation was commercial artist. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The same address was in the <b>1936–1937 Who’s Who</b> that said Angelo was a member of the Da Vinci Alliance and Fellowship of PAFA. His pen portraits from life included Mussolini, ex-Presidents Coolidge and Taft, William Jennings Bryan, Premier Dino Grandi, Rudolph Valentino and others. His cartoons were published in <b>Saturday Evening Post</b>, <b>Collier’s</b>, <b>Life</b>, <b>Judge</b>, <b>Ballyhoo</b>, <b>College Humor</b>, <b>Sales Management</b>, <b>Bell Telephone News</b> and the <b>Public Ledger</b>. He lectured on “Cartoons and Caricatures.”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Who’s Who</b> (1989) said Angelo was the editorial cartoonist for the <b>Main Line Times</b> (Ardmore, Pennsylvania) from 1937 to 1954 and 1981.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The <b>Inquirer</b>, December 12, 1943, said Angelo joined the <b>Inquirer</b> staff and married Yolanda Marinelli in 1938. At the time they had a four-year-old daughter named Joya. Anthony A. Chiurco wrote about his uncle in <b><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=IiUhBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA266&lpg=PA266&dq=emidio+angelo+1990&source=bl&ots=TYV4E247Wd&sig=ACfU3U0BZHcatCOwrvd_4JmxOPwjthpkdw&hl=en&ppis=_c&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi1wpeh8u7lAhVkhuAKHX7xDUYQ6AEwDnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=emidio%20angelo%201990&f=false" target="_blank">Up from South Philly</a></b> (2014) and said Angelo joined the <b>Inquirer</b> staff in 1937. The book has a photograph of Angelo. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">According to the 1940 census, Angelo, his wife and daughter lived in Philadelphia at 845 North 65th Street. The artist had two years of college and earned $4,500 in 1939. A 1940 photograph of Angelo, his wife and brother- and sister-in-laws is at the <a href="https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/items/detail/left-to-right-giovanni-martino-his-wife-eva-martino-emidio-angelo-brotherinlaw-and-his-wife-yolanda-angelo-evas-sister-atlantic-city-new-jersey-6729" target="_blank">Archives of American Art</a>. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">On February 16, 1942, Angelo signed his World War II draft card. His 845 North 65th Street in Philadelphia was crossed out at a later date and updated to 1510 Crest Road in Penfield Downs, Pennsylvania. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp8PzqD3VOEWUDwWQLsInUT-e1CmCekp0HNnp1Mt0WqOCQgzyZQDiSZbgbAlPj9slyxbyhDtPXVasUPLrgu24J8YFLXT39a1fDINqrazetH6vxEXWd3lk12TvyPJnTHkDR7ENwwwVgfYXvZ9UdpGrW1oZQdKPJdgkUTDdC9Nh4KBiOXX2hvENx8Q/s1782/1942_02_16%20Emidio%20Angelo%20WWII%20Draft%20Card%2001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1175" data-original-width="1782" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp8PzqD3VOEWUDwWQLsInUT-e1CmCekp0HNnp1Mt0WqOCQgzyZQDiSZbgbAlPj9slyxbyhDtPXVasUPLrgu24J8YFLXT39a1fDINqrazetH6vxEXWd3lk12TvyPJnTHkDR7ENwwwVgfYXvZ9UdpGrW1oZQdKPJdgkUTDdC9Nh4KBiOXX2hvENx8Q/w400-h265/1942_02_16%20Emidio%20Angelo%20WWII%20Draft%20Card%2001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>American Newspaper Comics</b> (2012) said Angelo produced <b><a href="https://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2020/01/obscurity-of-day-funny-angles-emily-and.html" target="_blank">Funny Angles</a></b> from January 1, 1945 to 1958. The panel was known later as <b>Emily and Mabel</b>. Vincent Schiller contributed to the writing.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The <b>Inquirer</b>, February 23, 1952, reported Angelo’s Freedom Foundation “third-place award for an editorial cartoon published last July 11 and entitled, ‘No Let-Up On Vigilance.’ He pictured Uncle Sam scanning storm clouds over Korea.”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The <b>Inquirer</b>, November 15, 1953, reported the annual PAFA exhibition and said </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><blockquote>This is the first year that humor, in the form of a gallery of original cartoons, has been included in these annual exhibitions. Angelo will speak particularly about this phase of the show.</blockquote></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">In 1957 a collection of Angelo’s cartoons, <b>The Time of Your Life</b>, was published by the John C. Winston Company.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Who’s Who</b> (1976) said Angelo received the Da Vinci Award silver medals in 1958, 1960 and 1968, and a bronze medal in 1961. He was awarded a gold medal from the Philadelphia Sketch Club in 1969. His memberships included the National Cartoonists Society and the American Editorial Cartoonists. He was the producer of the 1967 short color film, <b>Alighier’s, The Inferno</b>. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1980-01-19_113_3/page/32/mode/2up?q=%22Emidio+angelo%22" target="_blank">Editor and Publisher</a></b>, January 19, 1980, said </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><blockquote>Emidio Angelo, previously a political cartoonist, Philadelphia Inquirer, now draws for the Chestnut Hill Local, a weekly paper.</blockquote></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The 1989 <b>Who’s Who</b> said Angelo was an advance art class instructor at Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia. He received the Freedom Foundation Award in 1983. His mailing address was 419 Redleaf Road, Wynnewood Pennsylvania 19096.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Angelo passed away September 2, 1990. An obituary appeared in the <b><a href="https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/176363402/" target="_blank">Inquirer</a></b>, September 5, 1990. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Further Reading and Viewing</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Image of America in Caricature & Cartoon, <a href="https://archive.org/details/imageofamericain0000amon_o5i6/page/124/mode/2up?q=%22Emidio+angelo%22" target="_blank">caricature of Herbert Hoover</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2007/02/news-of-yore-emidio-angelo-profile.html" target="_blank">Editor & Publisher</a>, February 18, 1950, </span>Emily and Mabel to Hunt a Man Six Days a Week</div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2008/02/news-of-yore-emidio-angelo-profiled.html" target="_blank">Editor & Publisher</a>, May 31, 1952, </span>Two Humor Features From Inquirer Staffers</div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div>Alex Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15961079895014060773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17477683.post-64917208377774415282024-02-28T07:00:00.044-05:002024-02-28T07:02:16.375-05:00Selling It: Mr. E.Z. Duzzit<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ4Ymux0wzIxNRKVOswQRMKdnAZ1Xhi5Hu4tzdrAR9Ab6kl0BVCp0Sthm3Nmx7mxIlHkfbv2S5K0DTVMtJViO3y0ugcL4s-GBfIjpi6qr5Wwph_c2zxeGX1sLslq-P_wIB2aw2rO2uiVDNGfzklll58se51a0ObHtRbQGE5xy_N_zIVLdmcDKc/s1800/Mister%20E.Z.%20Duzzit%20by%20Haenigsen%2005-16-1943.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="847" data-original-width="1800" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ4Ymux0wzIxNRKVOswQRMKdnAZ1Xhi5Hu4tzdrAR9Ab6kl0BVCp0Sthm3Nmx7mxIlHkfbv2S5K0DTVMtJViO3y0ugcL4s-GBfIjpi6qr5Wwph_c2zxeGX1sLslq-P_wIB2aw2rO2uiVDNGfzklll58se51a0ObHtRbQGE5xy_N_zIVLdmcDKc/w640-h302/Mister%20E.Z.%20Duzzit%20by%20Haenigsen%2005-16-1943.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>It's a good thing that cartoonists sometimes got to sign their advertisment work, because I long ago waved the white flag trying to spot the art on many of these ads. Between Harry Haenigsen, Dik Browne, Gill Fox and the other cartooning luminaries who seemed to be able to nimbly ape just about any style, I'm lost. </p><p>Here we have a 1943 ad for Duz Detergent, and it's boldly signed by Harry Haenigsen. If it hadn't been signed, Haenigsen would not have been my first guess. Frankly, <a href="https://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2021/11/ink-slinger-profiles-by-alex-jay-adolph.html">Adolph Schus</a> might have come to mind first. So thank you to the good folks at Duz who let Harry bask in the limelight. </p><p>Although this ad seems like it would have been part of a series, this is the only installment of <b>Mr. E.Z. Duzzit</b> I've been able to find. I checked over on Ger Apeldoorn's blog, <a href="http://allthingsger.blogspot.com/">The Fabulous Fifties</a>, because he is a real devotee of these comic strip ads, and it seems I've actually managed to find one he doesn't have over there! </p><p>PS: Here's hoping that all is well with Ger. He hasn't posted in about three months. You out there, buddy? <span style="color: red;">UPDATE:</span> Ger says he's just fine, but busy with other projects right now. <br /></p><p><br /></p>Allan Holtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09888151821396553652noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17477683.post-13885930972899150512024-02-26T07:00:00.137-05:002024-02-26T07:00:00.245-05:00Obscurity of the Day: The Adventures Abroad of Peleg Price, American<p> <br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj-3TUUv9XOkV_LW_4qbtgpsFRU3rqSYiksRugFxF9rrJ-sr-aSs3iCwtUmpbhczKlo5coyeeOVXYVjNzcs3OMHgd5YBckb78QiNyO_LcYPeRR77PO68V8t_7ac_7khKj1JwxoWRDRxdgooamlIbm8EGzuZfYUmJQCW8AimXkLWXZrvgoyMreK/s1800/Adventures%20Abroad%20Of%20Peleg%20Price%20American%2006-25-1904.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1182" data-original-width="1800" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj-3TUUv9XOkV_LW_4qbtgpsFRU3rqSYiksRugFxF9rrJ-sr-aSs3iCwtUmpbhczKlo5coyeeOVXYVjNzcs3OMHgd5YBckb78QiNyO_LcYPeRR77PO68V8t_7ac_7khKj1JwxoWRDRxdgooamlIbm8EGzuZfYUmJQCW8AimXkLWXZrvgoyMreK/w640-h420/Adventures%20Abroad%20Of%20Peleg%20Price%20American%2006-25-1904.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsgQtfCM52xHW-Hp-DXusiasMAAW9sgBZ8x0Z9YDF-PY67awOYh6-NLhVU1f2D_XWdBeqicAOJO2MdCC1mJZoH9QpsgBPbH6b9IzQ5Rht2KtP3aeUQn5nOomgNu3fEQkZWZUqfuuYeEIgdtQhI2jPhn9wy40PNfQFs8jBuVywzaG9IBaf0kNJV/s1800/Adventures%20Abroad%20Of%20Peleg%20Price%20American%2006-04-1904.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1141" data-original-width="1800" height="406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsgQtfCM52xHW-Hp-DXusiasMAAW9sgBZ8x0Z9YDF-PY67awOYh6-NLhVU1f2D_XWdBeqicAOJO2MdCC1mJZoH9QpsgBPbH6b9IzQ5Rht2KtP3aeUQn5nOomgNu3fEQkZWZUqfuuYeEIgdtQhI2jPhn9wy40PNfQFs8jBuVywzaG9IBaf0kNJV/w640-h406/Adventures%20Abroad%20Of%20Peleg%20Price%20American%2006-04-1904.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Cartoonist <a href="http://john-adcock.blogspot.com/2008/06/frank-wing-1873-1956.html">Frank Wing</a> was a long-time fixture at the <b>Minneapolis Journal</b>, but gained national fame for his "Fotygraft Albums." These were a series of books of humorous 'photographs' -- actually vividly drawn wash cartoons -- with accompanying comedic comments by a family member who tries to explain them to the reader, who is supposedly visiting the home and looking through the family album. These books have aged surprisingly well, and I find them still quite funny. They're not terribly expensive on the used book market, and I think are well worth seeking out. </p><p>Long before that, when the <b>Minneapolis Journal</b> was producing an in-house page of comics each Sunday, Wing lowered himself to creating a comic strip series for the one and only time in his life. Sporting the hefty title of <b>The Adventures Abroad of Peleg Price, American</b>, it chronicled the misadventures of Peleg Price and his uncle Imri, a pair of bickering rubes who take the Grand Tour of Europe. Wing drew the strip in a fabulous clean line style and the humour was the match for any New York comic-stripper of the day you might wish to name. </p><p>The series began on December 12 1903 with Peleg and Imri saying goodbye to Wheat Corners, Minnesota. They made the whole tour, creating havoc in every European city they visited, and returned to America eight months later on August 20 1904, at which point the strip title changed to <b>Peleg And Imri Return to America</b>. After a few episodes in which they catch up on local doings, they got involved in a political primary campaign when Peleg is nominated to run for his (unnamed) party for Congress. Uncle Imri decides to run against him. On September 17 the strip title was updated once again, to <b>The Campaign at Wheat Corners</b>. </p><p>On November 12 1904 Peleg wins the nomination of his party and the series comes to an abrupt end. The next week the <b>Journal</b> began running a page of Hearst-produced strips instead of their homegrown material. <br /></p>Allan Holtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09888151821396553652noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17477683.post-839857696934045772024-02-25T07:00:00.013-05:002024-02-25T07:00:00.128-05:00Wish You Were Here, from Little Nemo<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ4XsHh8hSIdfGptV1BLtRhmfve-1a4JaGgOzVNQ_dYm8NG8H4nEKUJMrCcSx37pXrgv5w-7QDO0hcMscA8cWwI2kFOEHc6LrlZhyVxMSDzvTxrMGTq_r8qtHhC-TOGNAVIjO7diONCnaw3hV9I0hgFGGtfAYwsyiE3v3QHLhEhHPpce79zKGo/s1000/Postcard-Little%20Nemo%20Tuck%20%236%2012.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="643" data-original-width="1000" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ4XsHh8hSIdfGptV1BLtRhmfve-1a4JaGgOzVNQ_dYm8NG8H4nEKUJMrCcSx37pXrgv5w-7QDO0hcMscA8cWwI2kFOEHc6LrlZhyVxMSDzvTxrMGTq_r8qtHhC-TOGNAVIjO7diONCnaw3hV9I0hgFGGtfAYwsyiE3v3QHLhEhHPpce79zKGo/w640-h412/Postcard-Little%20Nemo%20Tuck%20%236%2012.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> This is our twelfth and (I think) final card in the Little Nemo series, published by Raphael Tuck. You know the game ... can you identify the Little Nemo strip from which the image was snatched? Or, is it an original penned right out of the noggin of the anonymous Tuck's artist? <p></p><p>The other big question: we've published 12 cards here at Stripper's Guide, and I believe my cupboard is bare. Are there any others that we've missed? <br /></p>Allan Holtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09888151821396553652noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17477683.post-24721004407835052742024-02-24T07:00:00.085-05:002024-02-24T07:00:00.137-05:00One-Shot Wonders: The Hickman Murder Trial by Willard Mullin, 1928<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnqDSQM9gefiVxiZ0ki6DWqZtMxim-6F6PpaDpJCsqDXMm_fCe-xRXZvO8BdPYx0U5JJk7Pe8-ysYMQ1ISoPMjp44k75SOaQUvs_w9J3EEJk2NN3d31rA5P8Ueb98GuQGnzyTwZ2Wl5r_3kMcTWiv3QHmx9rRsS3XjVgZ3b4rUHllBbdwnbKV9/s1800/Hickman%20Murder%20Trial%20Willard%20Mullin%2001-30-1928.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="1800" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnqDSQM9gefiVxiZ0ki6DWqZtMxim-6F6PpaDpJCsqDXMm_fCe-xRXZvO8BdPYx0U5JJk7Pe8-ysYMQ1ISoPMjp44k75SOaQUvs_w9J3EEJk2NN3d31rA5P8Ueb98GuQGnzyTwZ2Wl5r_3kMcTWiv3QHmx9rRsS3XjVgZ3b4rUHllBbdwnbKV9/w640-h246/Hickman%20Murder%20Trial%20Willard%20Mullin%2001-30-1928.png" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>In the 1920s it wasn't too unusual in the more sensational papers to add graphic interest to news stories by covering them partially in comic strip form, like this example by a very young Willard Mullin. Mullin at this time would have been working for the <b>Los Angeles Herald</b>, a Hearst newspaper, but we see it here in syndicated form via the <b>Denver Post.</b> Mullin later became famous as a sports cartoonist, but this is before that became his specialty. </p><p>The story being illustrated here is the <a href="https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/hickman-william.htm">William Edward Hickman</a> kidnapping and murder trial. The 20-year old defendant kidnapped a 12-year old girl and murdered her in grisly fashion while attempting to extort money from her parents. Thankfully he was caught before he could make a habit of this activity. Based on his testimony he felt he was perfectly within his rights to perform such acts in his own self-interest, and seemingly would have continued his behavior in the future to finance himself. <br /></p><p>Very Odd Postscript: As the rest of the world listened in horror to the details of this psycho's repugnant crime, he became a hero to a young nut named <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/08/13/right-wing-american-love-affair-one-most-disturbing-serial-killers">Ayn Rand</a>. She greatly admired him for his unpitying selfishness, and wrote about her admiration extensively in her diary, terming him a "superman." Hickman would become an inspiration and basis for her inhumane philosophy. <br /></p>Allan Holtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09888151821396553652noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17477683.post-79592271981233220692024-02-23T07:00:00.008-05:002024-03-06T18:19:18.794-05:00Ink-Slinger Profiles by Alex Jay: Shorty Shope<div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">(An <a href="https://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2019/02/ink-slinger-profiles-by-alex-jay-shorty.html" target="_blank">earlier profile</a> was posted in 2019.) </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ahiruOFTe-k/XGGX0n1uy-I/AAAAAAAAnnM/iGKBTNEOMIUoLFg7Heo6Olr0dm8OBm4IgCLcBGAs/s964/Shorty%2BShope.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="555" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ahiruOFTe-k/XGGX0n1uy-I/AAAAAAAAnnM/iGKBTNEOMIUoLFg7Heo6Olr0dm8OBm4IgCLcBGAs/w231-h400/Shorty%2BShope.jpg" width="231" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Henry Irvin “Shorty” Shope was born on May 11, 1900, in Boulder, Montana, according to Shope’s birth certificate at Ancestry.com. His parents were Ira Daniel Shope and Emily Alvis Shope.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">In the 1900 United States Census, month-old Shope was the youngest of three children. Their father was a stationery engineer. The family resided in Boulder. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">According to the 1910 census, Shope was the third of seven siblings. The family resided in township six of Jefferson County, Montana. Shope’s father was a farmer.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The <b>Great Falls Tribune</b> (Montana), November 23, 1977, said the family moved to Missoula, Montana when Shope’s father died.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div><blockquote><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">It was there, in his formative years of 13 throughout 18, that he came under the influence of E.S. Paxson, painter of native Americans and the frontier West.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">“He gave me my first lesson in anatomy and would correct and trim up my drawings, illustrated on the side of my paper and even let me watch him paint,” he later said….</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">His formal art education began in 1919, when he attended both Portland Art Academy and Reed College in Portland….</span></div></blockquote><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Shope graduated in 1932 from the University of Montana with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts. The <b>Missoulian Sun</b>, September 4, 1966, said Shope met artist Charles M. Russell and studied with Harvey Dunn in New York City.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Shope was mentioned in the <b>Missoulian</b> newspaper on <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025316/1913-09-05/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1789&index=3&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Irvin+Shope&proxdistance=5&date2=1963&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=irvin+shope&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1" target="_blank">September 5, 1913</a>, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Irvin Shope, 13 years old and a nephew of Mrs. W. W. Wickes, was operated upon for appendicitis yesterday morning at St. Patrick’s hospital.” In the </span><a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025316/1914-05-27/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1789&index=1&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Irvin+Shope&proxdistance=5&date2=1963&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=irvin+shope&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">May 27, 1914</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> issue, Shope was one of several speakers in the Roosevelt School’s declamation contest. Shope was listed as an honor student in the </span><a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025316/1917-02-23/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1789&index=0&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Irvin+Shope&proxdistance=5&date2=1963&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=irvin+shope&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">February 23, 1917</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Missoulian</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">. </span><a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025316/1917-12-30/ed-1/seq-6/#date1=1789&index=2&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Irvin+Shope&proxdistance=5&date2=1963&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=irvin+shope&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Shope</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> was a guest at the Christmas party hosted at the Wickes home. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Farmer Shope signed his World War I draft card on September 12, 1918. His address was 425 West 5th Street in Missoula. His description was short, medium build with blue eyes and light brown hair.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The 1920 census said Fargo, North Dakota was Shope’s home at 1043 Tenth Street North. The head of the household was his widow mother’s brother-in-law, Carl Greenwood. Shope was unemployed.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">In the 1920s Shope was a correspondence student with the Federal School in </span>Minneapolis, Minnesota.<span style="font-family: inherit;"> His art was printed in the school’s publication, <b>The Federal Illustrator</b>, Winter 1925–1926 and Fall 1926. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8SznpmNkUjr8xk6_GpKRBToaJrPSvruDYui-oQ-muYlcnEQQwSLBiJxZJ0kjx_9vdxeG7ywfYGShwCbUM8N1ZfQNQSMvCf6noMn7Zck-HbJQ20U9Ao7tYD-8FYhW04VAhpYyL3MwGY5w_Wy4WYtBtDbbhEKeaEaniAewuiYCPuxeUdRa9R4c6dg/s986/1925%E2%80%931926_Winter%20Irvin%20Shope%20Federal%20Illustrator.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="986" data-original-width="904" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8SznpmNkUjr8xk6_GpKRBToaJrPSvruDYui-oQ-muYlcnEQQwSLBiJxZJ0kjx_9vdxeG7ywfYGShwCbUM8N1ZfQNQSMvCf6noMn7Zck-HbJQ20U9Ao7tYD-8FYhW04VAhpYyL3MwGY5w_Wy4WYtBtDbbhEKeaEaniAewuiYCPuxeUdRa9R4c6dg/s320/1925%E2%80%931926_Winter%20Irvin%20Shope%20Federal%20Illustrator.jpg" width="293" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMT38SP2Ra8R8GKp848r2d_Kt0vSVFjIuGVxDGU1q63zUQChQccz20JLq5rDHhF9bChX-SNDrySv2jP8WXnuYx4GA6Z9lHqJLMTfJte035U8iBst1KB6BK61hmqBVrk-Mp_AAAou3rZf_nblUgl7goYX65LerRtlF9vvvqDc0wpE3gdIKY4OdrKg/s1654/1926_Fall%20Irvin%20Shope%20Federal%20Illustrator.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1202" data-original-width="1654" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMT38SP2Ra8R8GKp848r2d_Kt0vSVFjIuGVxDGU1q63zUQChQccz20JLq5rDHhF9bChX-SNDrySv2jP8WXnuYx4GA6Z9lHqJLMTfJte035U8iBst1KB6BK61hmqBVrk-Mp_AAAou3rZf_nblUgl7goYX65LerRtlF9vvvqDc0wpE3gdIKY4OdrKg/w640-h466/1926_Fall%20Irvin%20Shope%20Federal%20Illustrator.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><blockquote>In the department of Animal Drawings, Irvin Shope, with his “Stage Coach,” carried away the bacon, as the vulgar say. The picture is full of action. Shope is always good at that—so good that he sometimes, like that great original draughtsman of the moving horse, Frederic Remington, sacrifices drawing to movement. I have seen better things of his than this, yet it deserved a prize. The lad is, I think, very promising.</blockquote></span></div><div>Shope was one of several artists who wrote about the late Charles Russell in <b>The Federal Illustrator</b>, Winter 1926–1927. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvJPXt22-XsxTyiZqRrAJwc8q1nYR7JS1h_vqSLDr8-3TetbRWYrR1JCt-vMH__An49vOwYPc2Rs4of4ndRxU13twReXbrO_YM7XHJhjDwdJuPl51avDP9iNrWdmGW_UwlcBwCydz3zkzx0uBA09KzIIH7SSEK1_ajaqVrK5G5JENeeRyJZJdAXA/s671/1926-1927_Winter%20Irvin%20Shope%20Federal%20Illustrator%2001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="671" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvJPXt22-XsxTyiZqRrAJwc8q1nYR7JS1h_vqSLDr8-3TetbRWYrR1JCt-vMH__An49vOwYPc2Rs4of4ndRxU13twReXbrO_YM7XHJhjDwdJuPl51avDP9iNrWdmGW_UwlcBwCydz3zkzx0uBA09KzIIH7SSEK1_ajaqVrK5G5JENeeRyJZJdAXA/w400-h399/1926-1927_Winter%20Irvin%20Shope%20Federal%20Illustrator%2001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpKYSqi1Kq3PNRmZXm65w0V7lMqEpDlH4eEaqmVHdOikihn2xqBdHLj3ZUnTYcQg_F7AnvvjWci5jlqyoC0kvAWwaE5AYnWDcryMNBCWB66NxE6ExNHcF3twUN0WpNuAnkJToMiucyENz_lJNQd_lkO41EDgnkkzl1qBUl5729SWMddw-SISWYAA/s2330/1926-1927_Winter%20Irvin%20Shope%20Federal%20Illustrator%2002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2330" data-original-width="1505" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpKYSqi1Kq3PNRmZXm65w0V7lMqEpDlH4eEaqmVHdOikihn2xqBdHLj3ZUnTYcQg_F7AnvvjWci5jlqyoC0kvAWwaE5AYnWDcryMNBCWB66NxE6ExNHcF3twUN0WpNuAnkJToMiucyENz_lJNQd_lkO41EDgnkkzl1qBUl5729SWMddw-SISWYAA/w414-h640/1926-1927_Winter%20Irvin%20Shope%20Federal%20Illustrator%2002.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4coKJnDGri3yrdBgf6oMEdDdxf2qxa9DNPoRhYvTi7NFYkungxL4InGFlz9E2rrnV6YYhR5bfM2qxkmPiveAwalX_0lC2k_ExJjHA1WMoinnmSG_dux2wfE8yObkH9uGvUkZGCuiUy4vmvHytsaJITSh9EBEYLmvs-0VmU1zQ-eaI2J23npIv8A/s2330/1926-1927_Winter%20Irvin%20Shope%20Federal%20Illustrator%2003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2330" data-original-width="1505" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4coKJnDGri3yrdBgf6oMEdDdxf2qxa9DNPoRhYvTi7NFYkungxL4InGFlz9E2rrnV6YYhR5bfM2qxkmPiveAwalX_0lC2k_ExJjHA1WMoinnmSG_dux2wfE8yObkH9uGvUkZGCuiUy4vmvHytsaJITSh9EBEYLmvs-0VmU1zQ-eaI2J23npIv8A/w414-h640/1926-1927_Winter%20Irvin%20Shope%20Federal%20Illustrator%2003.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Shope wrote about his painting in <b>The Federal Illustrator</b>, Summer 1927. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTXUh1d0fu5lLS-QdT8cse990fNTWcAwUOx7qyGWWkkaadCDmgO8E_MxxjrJS5C7Vmgd-7eH1c9XTCCbyNr8oRSK7dEyminVOhO-KGGi1v3tcvrcIjj4ujAa2aSlLn4jo7AH84_jFtURwDzo3kotUYKnKnHZQ53GL9jCGGkLf98TJ94VZ7BEjlTg/s2901/1927_Summer%20Shorty%20Shope%20Federal%20Illustrator.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2901" data-original-width="1943" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTXUh1d0fu5lLS-QdT8cse990fNTWcAwUOx7qyGWWkkaadCDmgO8E_MxxjrJS5C7Vmgd-7eH1c9XTCCbyNr8oRSK7dEyminVOhO-KGGi1v3tcvrcIjj4ujAa2aSlLn4jo7AH84_jFtURwDzo3kotUYKnKnHZQ53GL9jCGGkLf98TJ94VZ7BEjlTg/w428-h640/1927_Summer%20Shorty%20Shope%20Federal%20Illustrator.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>The <b><a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86075284/1927-11-18/ed-1/seq-6/#date1=1770&sort=date&date2=1963&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=9&words=Irvin+Shope&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=irvin+shope&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1" target="_blank">Poplar Standard</a></b> (Montana), November 18, 1927, said </div><div><blockquote>Irvin Shope, of the State university, is exhibiting oil paints of Glacier national park and the Canadian rockies. He was formerly with the forest service.</blockquote></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Shope appeared in <b>The Federal Illustrator</b>, Summer 1928. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIhv4kvTc0cqoDoN4PabaGI7pYTpP4ASdwHwzhtQlxUGv3MKhSsdyVOp1m0as3ZvFZ7hYf5feCRE4yALC2cFUvlC4QJk6zbDidnYz5b9PREmtsn-v1FKcXYMkAw3n6ARAQRO2G58h496Z11_6w2PdeHUdIy6SONPdiTGbg8nUCffgkf9I3eCP3_g/s1685/1928_Summer%20Irvin%20Shope%20Federal%20Illustrator%2001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1215" data-original-width="1685" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIhv4kvTc0cqoDoN4PabaGI7pYTpP4ASdwHwzhtQlxUGv3MKhSsdyVOp1m0as3ZvFZ7hYf5feCRE4yALC2cFUvlC4QJk6zbDidnYz5b9PREmtsn-v1FKcXYMkAw3n6ARAQRO2G58h496Z11_6w2PdeHUdIy6SONPdiTGbg8nUCffgkf9I3eCP3_g/w640-h464/1928_Summer%20Irvin%20Shope%20Federal%20Illustrator%2001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div><blockquote><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Illustrator of Western Life Busy on Mural Paintings for Glacier Resort</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Irvin Shope’s realism in picturing of Western life secured him a place among the prize winners with a pen line drawing nicely adapted to illustrative uses. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Altho adept in drawing of horses and horsemen, Mr. Shope does not confine himself to drawing them.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">“I have just pleased a young husband and was paid liberally for a portrait sketch of his pretty wife,” he writes in a recent letter which also reports good returns in a cover design for a catalogue, an illustration of a vicious broncho to advertise high power gas for a new Montana gas company; two pen drawings for decorative use in a new Spanish home in Los Angeles and another cover design for Triple-X.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The letter continues, “My old friend Justin and Company have asked me to do a painting to be used on a window card advertising their boots, giving me full sway as to subject.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Then I have been doing some drawing to advertise a new lodge or dude camp just over the edge of Glacier park on beautiful St. Mary’s lake. I am going up there in June to paint a couple of large pictures for the lobby.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Four years and some odd months of work under encouragement of the old Federal Schools has brought me thus far and now I suppose I can keep going alone but I still want a word from you now and again for a long time.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">“I paid my last ten dollars in the first installment for the course and was Wass out of work too. The path between then and now has been rough but I’ll never regret the course I took nor cease to wonder what chance made me write to Federal Schools as I had no first hand information of you folks nor on one to ask who knew anything about you. I was lucky that’s all.”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The late Charles M. Russell gave Mr. Shope high commendation on early drawings in the course and assured him that he was on the right track studying with the Federal Schools.</span></div></blockquote><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The 1930 census listed Shope, his mother and three brothers in Missoula, Montana at 425 South Fifth Street West. Shope was a self-employed artist.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The <b>Great Falls Tribune</b> said Shope married Erva Vivian Love, on June 23, 1932 in Missoula. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div>Shope received his University of Montana fine arts degree in 1933.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The 1934 Missoula city directory listed artist Shope at 517 Connell Avenue.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>American Newspaper Comics</b> (2012) said Shope drew <b><a href="https://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2019/02/obscurity-of-day-rusty-rawlins-cowboy.html" target="_blank">Rusty Rawlins, Cowboy</a></b> which was written by <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=wjgmZWV39vsC&q=%22rusty+rawlins+cowboy%22&dq=%22rusty+rawlins+cowboy%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiRhLS80KrgAhURjVkKHeLvAdAQ6AEILjAB" target="_blank">Glenn Chaffin</a>. The McClure Syndicate strip began in late 1934 and ended in early 1936. The last three weeks were drawn by Tom Maloney.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Shope was mentioned in <b>The Federal Illustrator</b>, Spring 1935. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVJDZa-8XeTlwgG1Z9JX6qY-NXhrzc3VDUD1nsRcFSBl4EiZ67Us4hQrrxJEBW3TP1RCEc-lol6v13N1VmPjXOZQeOaQ87M0QbdENgBlSR6L32G2XvDY7ireaWT-W1Xz57LUFp7kCMtXORBz16tpLthPwB1TM9RCf6E0qbOTvZgEq0XWnoF4DnA/s905/1935_Spring%20Irvin%20Shope%20Federal%20Illustrator%20v18%20n2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="905" data-original-width="777" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhVJDZa-8XeTlwgG1Z9JX6qY-NXhrzc3VDUD1nsRcFSBl4EiZ67Us4hQrrxJEBW3TP1RCEc-lol6v13N1VmPjXOZQeOaQ87M0QbdENgBlSR6L32G2XvDY7ireaWT-W1Xz57LUFp7kCMtXORBz16tpLthPwB1TM9RCf6E0qbOTvZgEq0XWnoF4DnA/s320/1935_Spring%20Irvin%20Shope%20Federal%20Illustrator%20v18%20n2.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The 1940 census recorded Shope, his wife and three daughters in Helena, Montana at 1337 9th Avenue. The advertising artist worked for the Montana Highway Department. The census said Shope had lived in Los Angeles, California in 1935.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">During World War II Shope registered with the draft on February 16, 1942. The Helena resident was employed at the Montana Highway Department. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwMuoYq9RYezlUDdFPivMqz91HcvJft2kQ1d2ciIAMj9eeXqtxDmcKs7SjxLCKEIgHIvCw1rOFABtTulUQjiW7EDehHac4_S2EsvPw1-P4BddgknAt2wtra3K-27Jz9Fxjho0Yx8m1-pxQht-Q_KflMxIYjcLtUfqNU11BSDcSCz7XnRpeWc2k5w/s1780/1942_02_16%20Henry%20Irvin%20Shope%20WWII%20draft%20Card%2001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1184" data-original-width="1780" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwMuoYq9RYezlUDdFPivMqz91HcvJft2kQ1d2ciIAMj9eeXqtxDmcKs7SjxLCKEIgHIvCw1rOFABtTulUQjiW7EDehHac4_S2EsvPw1-P4BddgknAt2wtra3K-27Jz9Fxjho0Yx8m1-pxQht-Q_KflMxIYjcLtUfqNU11BSDcSCz7XnRpeWc2k5w/w400-h266/1942_02_16%20Henry%20Irvin%20Shope%20WWII%20draft%20Card%2001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">1956 and 1964 Helena city directories said Shope’s occupation was artist whose address was 1337 9th Avenue.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The <b>Missoulian Sun</b>, September 4, 1966, said several paintings by Shope were to be exhibited at the <a href="https://nationalcowboymuseum.org/" target="_blank">Cowboy Hall of Fame</a>. Shope was a member of the <a href="https://cowboyartistsofamerica.com/members/deceased/irvin-shorty-shope" target="_blank">Cowboy Artists of America, Inc.</a> Shope had three dioramas at the Charles M. Russell Historical Society Museum in Helena. Shope “painted many portraits of Indians, mainly from the Blackfeet tribe in Browning who adopted him as a ‘blood-brother’ in 1937 and gave him the name ‘Wolf Bull.’”</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The <b>Independent Record Sun</b> (Montana), August 24, 1969, said between 1950 and 1965 Shope painted murals for the Highway Department, Western Life Insurance Company, First National Bank, Helena Junior High, St. Paul Fire & Marine Building, and the Federal Building in Webster, South Dakota. He contributed a painting every year to the Shedd-Brown Calendar Company starting in 1956. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Shope passed away November 22, 1977, in Burlington, Massachusetts. The <b>Great Falls Tribune</b> said Shope and his wife were visiting their daughter when he suffered a stroke. He was laid to rest at <a href="https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14737836" target="_blank">Boulder Cemetery</a>. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Further Reading and Viewing</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://mtmemory.org/digital/collection/p267301coll1/id/4345" target="_blank">Montana Historical Markers</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">How About the Roads?: <a href="https://archive.org/stream/9129DADE-F4CE-4E5F-B738-CF4031B90BD3#mode/2up" target="_blank">Montana’s Highway Maps 1934–2004</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Montana’s Historical Highway Markers; <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=mi_xp9JU1zQC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank">cover art by Irvin Shope</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Meadowlark Gallery; </span><a href="https://www.meadowlarkgallery.com/ShopeShorty.htm" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">signature</a></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Montana Historical Society, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://mhsmuseum.pastperfectonline.com/bycreator?keyword=Shope%2C+Irvin+%22Shorty%22+%281900-1977%29" target="_blank">Museum Collections Online</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Map: <a href="https://app.mt.gov/Shop/mhsstore/map-mt-highway-dept-frontier-pioneer-montana-1937-10" target="_blank">Montana Highway Dept. Frontier & Pioneer Montana, 1937</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">University of Montana; <a href="https://scholarworks.umt.edu/shortyshope_oralhistory/2/" target="_blank">Irvin “Shorty” Shope Oral History Collection</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Surveys and Surveyors of the Public Domain, 1785–1975, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Photograph from an <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=y98lAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA124&dq=%22shorty+shope%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiS7NO3w6rgAhWrUt8KHZd0DDgQ6AEISDAG#v=onepage&q=%22shorty%20shope%22&f=false" target="_blank">oil painting by Montana artist Shorty Shope</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Alex Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15961079895014060773noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17477683.post-20236264152901138012024-02-21T07:00:00.048-05:002024-02-23T07:45:25.199-05:00Mystery Strips: Misery Is...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSaUEhnEJcFr1qD2BSytnOJQZm6k7ROZl_F9Yf6ZIYfMC2myADt7l19DAnpCVUizNIK1NmrGS2Y840aO4eu0-czKztVJJUNQR-7axsD6dES1r01hNybEvIQ17IM9Q6lbiE2hLq64R976V6JekRoaEiGd26r0G8Ws4ONi2DNjxwXePfl3r-wUrv/s1001/Misery%20Is.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1001" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSaUEhnEJcFr1qD2BSytnOJQZm6k7ROZl_F9Yf6ZIYfMC2myADt7l19DAnpCVUizNIK1NmrGS2Y840aO4eu0-czKztVJJUNQR-7axsD6dES1r01hNybEvIQ17IM9Q6lbiE2hLq64R976V6JekRoaEiGd26r0G8Ws4ONi2DNjxwXePfl3r-wUrv/w384-h640/Misery%20Is.png" width="384" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXm5lEqMtHOJ8UH5vDK3g7duF2pnQAzALaupAUoksSL5DqNjUdrKHkGqQs6hig66Q9-IfubO5C2qf024f_RpDm7OR57cJ_W70qslrW6GyFxkL-rLvAVuQiBZQTDIF758B3uAV2_pe6KW_ZSPmb3T2bj1B4n_-ddMllXK1kVVlgXs6kFjLoVIda/s1006/Misery%20Is2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1006" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXm5lEqMtHOJ8UH5vDK3g7duF2pnQAzALaupAUoksSL5DqNjUdrKHkGqQs6hig66Q9-IfubO5C2qf024f_RpDm7OR57cJ_W70qslrW6GyFxkL-rLvAVuQiBZQTDIF758B3uAV2_pe6KW_ZSPmb3T2bj1B4n_-ddMllXK1kVVlgXs6kFjLoVIda/w382-h640/Misery%20Is2.png" width="382" /></a></div><p></p><p>I have a batch of 1983 United Feature weekly syndicate books, and I found in one issue two weeks worth of a panel cartoon called <b>Misery Is...</b> by Scrawls (Sam C. Rawls). My run of the books is by no means perfect, but I cannot find this feature anywhere but in the May 16 edition, and I have other weekly books from April, May and June, though not all of them. </p><p>In the May 16th book there are two weeks worth of the feaure, slated for publication in papers of May 16-21 and May 23-28.</p><p>This is obviously a very short run feature, and I have no printed examples in my collection. I cannot find any mentions of it in <b>E&P</b> or in interviews/articles on Sam Rawls. I checked the online archives of the <b>Atlanta Constitution</b>, where Rawls was the editorial cartoonist at this time, and a spot check did not find them running the feature. </p><p>So this one is a misery, er, I mean a mystery. If anyone has a printed example, or knows of a run of it somewhere, don't keep it to yourself. Let's get this one into the books as a feature that made it into papers. </p><p><span style="color: red;">UPDATE 2/23/2024:</span> Paul Di Filippo sends me this article from the <b>Palm Beach Post</b>, dated June 1 1983:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnDhh1gRGHiL_bhT0Oywur5cpC8vkSetKiVnw0hQAjNCszJ6WzLQIvRnjnG1kfeYEY-UGSsi0OrWzOG6uDMDLfzPmRXDbHLnFJC8TO0hMd8hZHRg7GLLF_XRrR5OG6oMuDrTD7oP-23nr9rekvFbNELgtivhyphenhyphenwvshdBPSZcal2RH0IfwxIAV3Z/s3746/Misery%20Is%20article.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1668" data-original-width="3746" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnDhh1gRGHiL_bhT0Oywur5cpC8vkSetKiVnw0hQAjNCszJ6WzLQIvRnjnG1kfeYEY-UGSsi0OrWzOG6uDMDLfzPmRXDbHLnFJC8TO0hMd8hZHRg7GLLF_XRrR5OG6oMuDrTD7oP-23nr9rekvFbNELgtivhyphenhyphenwvshdBPSZcal2RH0IfwxIAV3Z/w640-h284/Misery%20Is%20article.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>In which the feature is announced to be set to appear "from time to time" in the paper's entertainment section (the section was titled "Poster" for some reason). After this big section-heading article announcing the feature I looked through the next two weeks of the section and found <b>Misery Is</b> appearing exactly zero times. <br /></p>Allan Holtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09888151821396553652noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17477683.post-31932496330857812202024-02-19T07:00:00.205-05:002024-02-19T07:00:00.345-05:00Obscurity of the Day: The Roosevelt Bears<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS47bLyJWECiAjkp4sb-y8mv5kbb5mpk_ku9pRJwlnHncIqUyWNXbzxxrsNWcmZtf9K6NhIJdq5SB5yj9qunR0VFQwCWETPdUXHH3EZ2ifR1HPN4jKjEkVh3-0IvmS7Hhi4efIkxIWGXXXlT1z9LFrPfAX9_hfioI_ogsN8moflS2v6VcnxGx1/s2544/Roosevelt%20Bears,%20The%2001-21-1906.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2544" data-original-width="1800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS47bLyJWECiAjkp4sb-y8mv5kbb5mpk_ku9pRJwlnHncIqUyWNXbzxxrsNWcmZtf9K6NhIJdq5SB5yj9qunR0VFQwCWETPdUXHH3EZ2ifR1HPN4jKjEkVh3-0IvmS7Hhi4efIkxIWGXXXlT1z9LFrPfAX9_hfioI_ogsN8moflS2v6VcnxGx1/w452-h640/Roosevelt%20Bears,%20The%2001-21-1906.jpg" width="452" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVuLmp1VvkleikTEClewnLI7TDh8PULw5ot-jQuUT8MFk8ZZ5SADsjX4EeMB-klyzscN618g5FB-JTKxwOWW3bhGkKEOya5d65po1Re7UiX0J_exqP8C_wdx1Y_xl7Jd5Wou9ux9WeL1VCideYhpkNGK9cMjpIdwjtQMDqoDYJkoz_A_rmfZZY/s2377/Roosevelt%20Bears%2002-25-1906.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2377" data-original-width="1800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVuLmp1VvkleikTEClewnLI7TDh8PULw5ot-jQuUT8MFk8ZZ5SADsjX4EeMB-klyzscN618g5FB-JTKxwOWW3bhGkKEOya5d65po1Re7UiX0J_exqP8C_wdx1Y_xl7Jd5Wou9ux9WeL1VCideYhpkNGK9cMjpIdwjtQMDqoDYJkoz_A_rmfZZY/w484-h640/Roosevelt%20Bears%2002-25-1906.png" width="484" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2VnxDu3GoQ0W90w3k5tfuAIt-hiFNFblJcHhWCLEOLouGSgkLliI5yYhhGjprGsuaWFU0eHo87Td6L3a_8Ks46G464jnVHOHUpLE18Y-HOR8jw4xdmocCXIN9vSuko9RiNeoqEs5_33vCIwtNWw83fAPgmCGt0060Ui20z06laHCRgfnaJq61/s2394/Roosevelt%20Bears%2007-01-1906.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2394" data-original-width="1800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2VnxDu3GoQ0W90w3k5tfuAIt-hiFNFblJcHhWCLEOLouGSgkLliI5yYhhGjprGsuaWFU0eHo87Td6L3a_8Ks46G464jnVHOHUpLE18Y-HOR8jw4xdmocCXIN9vSuko9RiNeoqEs5_33vCIwtNWw83fAPgmCGt0060Ui20z06laHCRgfnaJq61/w482-h640/Roosevelt%20Bears%2007-01-1906.png" width="482" /></a></div><p> </p><p>As a Stripper's Guide reader you no doubt already know that it was <b>Washington Star</b> editorial cartoonist Clifford Berryman who started the whole teddy bear craze. He commented cartoonically on T.R. refusing to shoot a bear cub while hunting, associating him forevermore with a cute little caricature of a bear cub . Why this event stuck in the minds of the public and turned into a multi-billion dollar toy business that continues today well over a century later I don't fully understand. But it did, and it's kinda neat that it all began with a member of the cartooning fraternity. But the connection between T.R., bears, and cartooning didn't end there. </p><p>In 1905 successful author Seymour Eaton was looking to expand his range beyond mostly educational literature. Three years after the original incident it was obvious that the bear cub meme had serious legs to it. He resolved to write a children's adventure starring a couple of bears. And just in case you didn't get the relationship, he made it easy for you to connect the dots by naming his characters the Roosevelt Bears. </p><p>Eaton found himself a fabulous illustrator named V. Floyd Campbell who was at the time producing incredibly detailed illustrations and editorial cartoons for the <b>Philadelphia North American</b>. Between the quite sprightly verses penned by Eaton, and the superb illustrations by Campbell, they probably knew they had a hit on their hands. It was decided that in order to give the soon to be published book a built-in audience that they would first sell the feature as a serial to newspapers. The first episode of <b>The Roosevelt Bears</b> appeared in papers on January 7 1906*. Eaton took the copyright for the feature, but called himself "Paul Piper" for authorship. This might be because he was somewhat well-known as an educator and author of serious texts -- he didn't want readers to come in with preconceptions. </p><p>The feature sold very well, and became somewhat famous as supposedly the only comic strip ever run by the <b>New York Times</b>. This has never really been true on several levels. First, calling <b>The Roosevelt Bears</b> a comic strip is a bit of a stretch, and second, back in those days the <b>Sunday Times</b> was surprisingly open to cartooning, and not just editorially. They offered entertainment cartoons on a semi-regular basis in their Sunday editions; perhaps rarely anything that could be considered a series, but I would lay a considerable bet that we could find a few short series if we got real serious about an indexing project. </p><p>What is an interesting tidbit about the <b>Times</b> is that it appears that they probably syndicated the Eaton page, though they took no credit for it. The <b>Times</b> in their obit for Campbell said that he drew the feature <i><u>for</u></i> the <b>Times</b>. We know about the legendary fact checking of their obits, so I think that's a pretty strong case. </p><p>While <b>The Roosevelt Bears</b> were busily making themselves famous all across the country, tragedy struck the creative team. V. Floyd Campbell contracted tuberculosis and died in April 1906. His giant shoes were filled on <b>The Roosevelt Bears</b> by Richard Keith Culver starting with the installment of May 20**. Culver, of whom I know little, did the seemingly impossible and managed to almost equal Campbell's work. What little he lacked by comparison to Campbell in quality of detailed linework he amply made up for with a fine sense of animation to his work. </p><p><b>The Roosevelt Bears</b> comic page ended on July 22 1906**, and was issued in book form in November. Both the newspaper feature and book were so well-received that Eaton immediately began work on the further adventures of Teddy-B and Teddy-G***. In total there would be four newspaper series (which we will continue to cover here as time and inventory allow), and at least a half-dozen books in the series.</p><p>For more about the interesting life of Seymour Eaton, I recommend <a href="https://pubs.lib.uiowa.edu/bai/article/id/29033/">this wonderful essay</a> by Philip Jordan that offers up lots of details. <br /></p><p>* Source: San Francisco Call.</p><p>** Source: Chicago Daily News.</p><p>*** According to Eaton's verse, the B and G designations in the character names stood for Black or Brown and Grey or Grizzly.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Allan Holtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09888151821396553652noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17477683.post-87654036142171650522024-02-18T07:00:00.020-05:002024-02-18T07:00:00.132-05:00Wish You Were Here, from Charles Dana Gibson<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsIXcAL2Bd9NKdfESKLaYZJV05EAbvgS-2Rdozf013RxSO64pBDSSnPt5Th-zN2Ag9q4ncFM2BgM3oC3n0kwzosgmrWkPrzWUkxEn9lFNtWonfS8OywrvIgB2NKqkKM2E2wFSktKqKPTngO0qQLLUGKyLteNTHLKvMLwvjqqLB75F3CWWUKvq2/s1000/Postcard-Gibson%20Detroit%2014045.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="1000" height="408" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsIXcAL2Bd9NKdfESKLaYZJV05EAbvgS-2Rdozf013RxSO64pBDSSnPt5Th-zN2Ag9q4ncFM2BgM3oC3n0kwzosgmrWkPrzWUkxEn9lFNtWonfS8OywrvIgB2NKqkKM2E2wFSktKqKPTngO0qQLLUGKyLteNTHLKvMLwvjqqLB75F3CWWUKvq2/w640-h408/Postcard-Gibson%20Detroit%2014045.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Hey, it's been a long time since we featured one of these Charles Dana Gibson cards from the Detroit Publishing Company. This one is #14045. Mr. Gibson's perspective on this illustration is suspect, I think. Our fair damsel sure seems like she's hovering about a foot too high for the shoreline. But maybe she mounded the sand under her bum. <br /></p>Allan Holtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09888151821396553652noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17477683.post-3478374728692690012024-02-17T07:00:00.035-05:002024-02-17T07:00:00.141-05:00One-Shot Wonders: Speaking of Easter Customs by Art Young, 1893<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAcyjP6d-It56V9-69R8Pu_MNu-S2RUetKG4_8kAijrqRiq07Rjdai9Al4POikFQ2Qqy0mDsz0HWKG7x7NUd4L-mAnfRDITBwayxI-0qQXNREP2f4ZTjsFqIxaS_yGrdh6eQLtRDX0-z5sD3i4aTB5rxozpXzr0QjFjcXJOCu7zDm1P_65sLX7/s1800/Speaking%20Of%20Easter%20Custoims%20Art%20Young%20InterOcean%2004-02-1893.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1167" data-original-width="1800" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAcyjP6d-It56V9-69R8Pu_MNu-S2RUetKG4_8kAijrqRiq07Rjdai9Al4POikFQ2Qqy0mDsz0HWKG7x7NUd4L-mAnfRDITBwayxI-0qQXNREP2f4ZTjsFqIxaS_yGrdh6eQLtRDX0-z5sD3i4aTB5rxozpXzr0QjFjcXJOCu7zDm1P_65sLX7/w640-h414/Speaking%20Of%20Easter%20Custoims%20Art%20Young%20InterOcean%2004-02-1893.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p>Here we have a back cover of the Chicago Inter-Ocean's Illustrated Supplement, the very first newspaper to print colour using high-speed presses. </p><p>This Art Young page is from the Easter number of the supplement, published April 2 1893, and offers up some interesting Easter customs from around the world. I had never heard of "matching" (upper right), but I think he's perhaps talking about the Bulgarian custom of tapping Easter eggs together until one cracks. I don't find a reference to this tradition being called "matching", though, so maybe I'm guessing wrong?<br /></p>Allan Holtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09888151821396553652noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17477683.post-72775442308400214652024-02-16T07:00:00.097-05:002024-02-16T07:00:00.131-05:00Toppers: Otis<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyyG7pg7d98fHKGRn8jsfEng0_mLy19omCQfhgoEctwtjI46Irj3IVtVCJYotxm-KNExh3qHCNyeuSNnyZK1wuezOOWfy4vfz6s4rUr2Mk3kBUc301WKR8E3c89o0gGBvGsAH6FG-p-wyLxIx8Fz-20BnqkPZWmmB2tH31YS8zOGOKBux4CDJS/s1800/Brenda%20Breeze-Otis.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1225" data-original-width="1800" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyyG7pg7d98fHKGRn8jsfEng0_mLy19omCQfhgoEctwtjI46Irj3IVtVCJYotxm-KNExh3qHCNyeuSNnyZK1wuezOOWfy4vfz6s4rUr2Mk3kBUc301WKR8E3c89o0gGBvGsAH6FG-p-wyLxIx8Fz-20BnqkPZWmmB2tH31YS8zOGOKBux4CDJS/w640-h436/Brenda%20Breeze-Otis.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>We've discussed <b>Brenda Breeze</b> before on this blog, tangentially and a long time ago. Back then it was mostly about the creator, who couldn't seem to quite decide whether his name was <a href="https://strippersguide.blogspot.com/search?q=memison">Rolfe Mason or Rolfe Memison</a>. (We eventually got that squared away, but only sorta). Today we won't worry about Rolfe M. and his fluid surname. <p></p><p><b>Brenda Breeze</b> debuted as a Sunday-only feature for NEA in 1939, offering gags about a shapely blonde model. Being NEA, provider of Puritan fun to the button-down small-town papers, Brenda was a paragon of virtue and only showed off her cheesecake figure because, well, she was a model, after all. The girl was utterly chaste, the gags were reliably squeaky clean, and shame on you male readers if you ogled her. Later on Brenda changed careers and became a secretary so that modesty could be the firm policy at all times. It didn't seem to slow down the boss from chasing her around the desk practically every Sunday from then on, though. <br /></p><p>When <b>Brenda Breeze</b> debuted she was formatted as a half-page or tabloid strip. It wasn't until 1943 when NEA bowed to the need for a third-page version and so added a one-tier topper. The original topper was quite unusual, but that's a story for another day. No, today we're concerned with the third and final topper for <b>Brenda Breeze</b>, <b>Otis</b>. <b>Otis</b> debuted on May 7 1944 and ran with <b>Brenda Breeze</b> right up to the bitter end of the main strip on October 21 1962*. Not that there were many papers printing the topper by that time, but old habits die hard.</p><p>Otis was a bird. Maybe a parrot? Maybe a crow? Gosh I really don't know. In any case he engaged in mostly pantomime gags, though I have caught the little dickens with a word balloon on rare occasions. I've also found Brenda herslf appearing as an unpaid extra in the occasional strip. The strip was perfecly fine, what more can you say? It reliably delivered a smile-inducing gag, providing you weren't old enough to have seen the gag done before. In other words, it appealed best to the under-10 set. <br /></p><p>* Source: All dates from NEA archives at Ohio State University.<br /></p>Allan Holtzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09888151821396553652noreply@blogger.com2