Crumbling Paper: Jimmy – He’s a Dandy (strip#1)

Here’s a hilarious example I scanned of Jimmy aka Little Jimmy from 1905 by Jimmy Swinnerton.

Click the image to view the full strip.

Click here to read more examples of Little Jimmy at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read examples of Swinnerton’s Mr. Jack at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read examples of Swinnerton’s Mr. Batch at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read examples of Swinnerton’s Mr. Jack at The Stripper’s Guide

Read an article from 1906 about Jimmy Swinnerton at The Stripper’s Guide.

See an example of Swinnerton’s Mount Ararat (second series) at The Stripper’s Guide.

See examples of Swinnerton’s An Embarrassing Moment at The Stripper’s Guide.

See examples of Swinnerton’s Canyon Kiddies, Mr. Jack, Mount Ararat and Little Jimmy, as well as some of his landscape paintings, on Coconino Classics.

See examples of a variety of strips by Swinnerton at Ohio State University’s Newspaper Cartoon Artists online exhibit.

Click here to read about Jimmy Swinnerton at lambiek.net.

Click here to read more about Little Jimmy at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

Click here to read more about Jimmy Swinnerton at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

Crumbling Paper: Mr. Jack! (strip #5)

Here’s another example I scanned of Mr. Jack from 1904 by Jimmy Swinnerton.

Click the image to view the full strip.

Click here to read more examples of Swinnerton’s Mr. Jack at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read examples of Little Jimmy at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read examples of Swinnerton’s Mr. Batch at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read more examples of Swinnerton’s Mr. Jack at The Stripper’s Guide

Read an article from 1906 about Jimmy Swinnerton at The Stripper’s Guide.

See an example of Swinnerton’s Mount Ararat (second series) at The Stripper’s Guide.

See examples of Swinnerton’s An Embarrassing Moment at The Stripper’s Guide.

See examples of Swinnerton’s Canyon Kiddies, Mr. Jack, Mount Ararat and Little Jimmy, as well as some of his landscape paintings, on Coconino Classics.

See examples of a variety of strips by Swinnerton at Ohio State University’s Newspaper Cartoon Artists online exhibit.

Click here to read about Jimmy Swinnerton at lambiek.net.

Click here to read more about Mr. Jack at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

Click here to read more about Jimmy Swinnerton at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

Crumbling Paper: Mr. Jack! (strip #4)

Here’s an example I scanned of Mr. Jack from 1904 by Jimmy Swinnerton.

Click the image to view the full strip.

Click here to read more examples of Swinnerton’s Mr. Jack at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read examples of Little Jimmy at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read examples of Swinnerton’s Mr. Batch at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read more examples of Swinnerton’s Mr. Jack at The Stripper’s Guide

Read an article from 1906 about Jimmy Swinnerton at The Stripper’s Guide.

See an example of Swinnerton’s Mount Ararat (second series) at The Stripper’s Guide.

See examples of Swinnerton’s An Embarrassing Moment at The Stripper’s Guide.

See examples of Swinnerton’s Canyon Kiddies, Mr. Jack, Mount Ararat and Little Jimmy, as well as some of his landscape paintings, on Coconino Classics.

See examples of a variety of strips by Swinnerton at Ohio State University’s Newspaper Cartoon Artists online exhibit.

Click here to read about Jimmy Swinnerton at lambiek.net.

Click here to read more about Mr. Jack at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

Click here to read more about Jimmy Swinnerton at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

Crumbling Paper: Mr. Jack! (strip #3)

Here’s another example I scanned of that libidinous rapscallion Mr. Jack from 1906 by Jimmy Swinnerton.

Click the image to view the full strip.

Click here to more read more examples of Swinnerton’s Mr. Jack at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read examples of Little Jimmy at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read examples of Swinnerton’s Mr. Batch at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read more examples of Swinnerton’s Mr. Jack at The Stripper’s Guide

Read an article from 1906 about Jimmy Swinnerton at The Stripper’s Guide.

See an example of Swinnerton’s Mount Ararat (second series) at The Stripper’s Guide.

See examples of Swinnerton’s An Embarrassing Moment at The Stripper’s Guide.

See examples of Swinnerton’s Canyon Kiddies, Mr. Jack, Mount Ararat and Little Jimmy, as well as some of his landscape paintings, on Coconino Classics.

See examples of a variety of strips by Swinnerton at Ohio State University’s Newspaper Cartoon Artists online exhibit.

Click here to read about Jimmy Swinnerton at lambiek.net.

Click here to read more about Mr. Jack at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

Click here to read more about Jimmy Swinnerton at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

Crumbling Paper: Mr. Jack! (strip #2)

Here’s an example I scanned of the bottom half of a badly mauled (the first three panels are entirely missing) Mr. Jack strip from 1903 by Jimmy Swinnerton.

Click the image to view the full strip.

Click here to read more examples of Swinnerton’s Mr. Jack at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read examples of Little Jimmy at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read examples of Swinnerton’s Mr. Batch at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read more examples of Swinnerton’s Mr. Jack at The Stripper’s Guide

Read an article from 1906 about Jimmy Swinnerton at The Stripper’s Guide.

See an example of Swinnerton’s Mount Ararat (second series) at The Stripper’s Guide.

See examples of Swinnerton’s An Embarrassing Moment at The Stripper’s Guide.

See examples of Swinnerton’s Canyon Kiddies, Mr. Jack, Mount Ararat and Little Jimmy, as well as some of his landscape paintings, on Coconino Classics.

See examples of a variety of strips by Swinnerton at Ohio State University’s Newspaper Cartoon Artists online exhibit.

Click here to read about Jimmy Swinnerton at lambiek.net.

Click here to read more about Mr. Jack at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

Click here to read more about Jimmy Swinnerton at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

THE CARTOON CRYPT: Betty Boop and Little Jimmy (1936)

THE CARTOON CRYPT

Here’s a Betty Boop cartoon featuring Jimmy Swinnerton’s Little Jimmy (I’ll be presenting some Little Jimmy strips soon for your reading pleasure). Betty is using a vibrating belt machine to lose weight… I remember playing with one of these at some relative’s house as a kid. I don’t think anyone ever lost weight with one of these contraptions, and it would be a good bet that a lot of people met their chiropractors with their assistance. This cartoon also reveals the little known fact that laughing causes obesity, which explains why fat people are always so damned jolly.

Read more about this cartoon on The Big Cartoon Database here.

Crumbling Paper: Mr. Jack! (strip #1)

Here’s an example I scanned of Mr. Jack from 1905 by Jimmy Swinnerton. Swinnerton was a popular and extremely prolific cartoonist, a contemporary and good friend of George Herriman (who shared Herriman’s passion for the southwestern United States, as seen in his Canyon Kiddies strips and his paintings). The hilarious Mr. Jack is the cutest little philanderer you ever saw. Yet another example of what was once considered amusing family fare that is contextually shocking to modern sensibilities. I’m happy to report that I’ll have a lot of Swinnerton to share with you in the coming weeks.

Click the image to view the full strip.

Click here to read more examples of Swinnerton’s Mr. Jack at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read examples of Little Jimmy at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read examples of Swinnerton’s Mr. Batch at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read more examples of Swinnerton’s Mr. Jack at The Stripper’s Guide

Read an article from 1906 about Jimmy Swinnerton at The Stripper’s Guide.

See an example of Swinnerton’s Mount Ararat (second series) at The Stripper’s Guide.

See examples of Swinnerton’s An Embarrassing Moment at The Stripper’s Guide.

See examples of Swinnerton’s Canyon Kiddies, Mr. Jack, Mount Ararat and Little Jimmy, as well as some of his landscape paintings, on Coconino Classics.

See examples of a variety of strips by Swinnerton at Ohio State University’s Newspaper Cartoon Artists online exhibit.

Click here to read about Jimmy Swinnerton at lambiek.net.

Click here to read more about Mr. Jack at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

Click here to read more about Jimmy Swinnerton at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

Crumbling Paper: And Her Name Was Maud (1906) by Frederick Opper (strip #2) and No Wedding Bells For Him by James Swinnerton

Although he is best known today for Happy Hooligan (which we’ve been reprinting examples of recently) Frederick Opper was responsible for a number of popular strips in the early 20th century. Here’s an example of Frederick Opper’s strip And Her Name Was Maud from 1906. This page also contains a bonus strip… No Wedding Bells For Him by Jimmy Swinnerton. Eventually we’ll be posting a number of strips by Mr. Swinnerton as well. Click the image to read the strip.

Here are some other Opper strips from Coconino Classics.

Here are some other Opper strips at Barnacle Press.