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cute li’l guy for may update

We have a frontrunner. With two cute li’l votes, Skritch has taken the lead!

#30: skritch

Skritch says: “Sob! Youse all don’ really like me, doos youse? Ise just a sad li’l bit o’ fluff. Boo hoo!”

Two other li’l guys are in the running also with one vote each…

#31: zeezil

Zeezil says nothing, as he doesn’t talk. He does giggle though, a giggle so quiet it is completely drowned out by a breeze passing by.

#32: pip the purple pig

Pip says: “If elected, I will ride down a very big hill on one greased roller skate!”

Go here to review all of the candidates for May. Please do your civic duty!

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll.

You’re also encouraged to cheer on your favorite cute li’l guy in the comments.

Polls close end of day Thursday, June 5th.

Crumbling Paper: Say Pop! Pop makes a good traffic cop.

Here’s a hilarious example I scanned of Say Pop! aka Nippy’s Pop aka S’Matter Pop from 1918 by C.M. Payne. I’m under the impression that this was a pretty popular strip in its day, so I’m somewhat surprised how little information on it there seems to be on the web. Note that some of Payne’s work was reprinted in Dan Nadel’s recent excellent compendium of obscure and forgotten cartoonists, Art Out of Time.

Click here to read about C.M. Payne at lambiek.net.

Interesting Links: June 4th, 2008

Crumbling Paper: Simon Tackles the Truant Officer’s Job

Here’s an example I scanned of Simon Simple from somewhere from 1901 to 1905 by Ed Carey.

Please be advised that like many of the comic strips of the era, it contains offensive racial depictions. If this sort of thing offends you, you may not want to view it.

Click the image to view the full strip.

Read another Simon Simple strip at The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities.

Click here to read about Ed Carey at lambiek.net.

Froggy the Gremlin (clip #13): Andy’s Gangsters

Now that I’ve mentally prepared you for the horrors that await you in this amusement for children, let us dig deep. Do you dare to watch an entire episode of Andy’s Gang (in three parts)?

See an excerpt from an issue of Buster Brown Comics featuring Smilin Ed’s Gang aka Andy’s Gang courtesy of Stupid Comics here.

Visit froggythegremlin.com.

Read more about Andy Devine on Wikipedia.

Visit the grave of W.H. "Major" Ray aka Buster Brown here.

Interesting Links: June 3rd, 2008

vote for the cute li’l guy for the month of may!

Please vote! Read more about the candidates by clicking on their pictures below.

You’re also encouraged to cheer on your favorite cute li’l guy in the comments.

May the cutest li’l guy win!

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll.

#27: filbert#28: beezo#29: filmpflump#30: skritch#31: zeezil#32: pip the purple pig#33: bunkle#34: marv#35: porgle

Polls close end of day Thursday, June 5th.