Our friends at the fantastic Barnacle Press blog just posted a bunch of examples of this strip the other day, so I thought I’d get to posting the one I scanned. They posted this one also, but it isn’t a gloriously mutilated example like the ones you’ve come to expect from the STWALLSKULL blog. Without further ado, I give you Betsy Bouncer and Her Doll from 1904 by Tom Tucker.
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Her doll looks very maniacal and acts in a rather cruel manner. Could she be the great grandmother of Chucky from the Child’s Play movies?
Could be! Just like that dog in the fifth panel is the second cousin of Offisa Pupp. Thanks for commenting, Dan!