CRUMBLING PAPER: Happy Hooligan (1902) by Frederick Opper (strip #16)

Posted on August 14, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

Here’s another example of Frederick Opper’s strip Happy Hooligan an unknown date in 1902. This strip was posted to the Platinum Age Comics Group by someone trying to place the date for it… if you know the date, please help out and let us know in the comments! It is apparently not one of the ones housed on Barnacle Press. Note that this example appears to be scanned from a reprint book rather than the original newspaper page. Click the image to read the strip.

Please note: This comic contains a racial slur. If that sort of thing offends you, you may not want to read it.

You can see more examples of Happy Hooligan (and many other classic comics) at Barnacle Press. Here are some other Opper strips at Barnacle Press.

Here are some other Happy Hooligan examples from Bugpowder.

Here are some other Opper strips from Coconino Classics.

CRUMBLING PAPER: The Outbursts of Everett True (strip #45)

Posted on August 14, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

Here is an Everett True strip I scanned from November 2, 1924. Go here to see more Outbursts of Everett True on this site.

Good thing Everett didn’t have a noose handy.

If you have a desire to draw your own interpretation of an Everett True strip and send it to me, I’d love to put it up for the internet for all to see with a link to your website or what have you. Send it to me at:

Click here to go to the Barnacle Press collection of Everett True strips by A.D. Condo

Click here to read about the lesser-known works of A.D. Condo at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read some samples of Mr. Skygack, From Mars by A.D. Condo at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read some samples of Diana Dillpickles by A.D. Condo at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read some samples of Duke Murphy by A.D. Condo at Barnacle Press.

Click here to the Toonopedia entry on Everett True

Click here to read about A.D. Condo at lambiek.net.

HEY! KIDS! COMICS! : Bryan Talbot’s The Naked Artist : August 14th, 20008

Posted on August 14, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

This is not a comic, but cartoonist Bryan Talbot has put his entire book The Naked Artist: Comic Book Legends online for free. I haven’t read it, but it sounds great from the description, and I’ve enjoyed everything else I have read by Talbot. Click the above image to go see it. Here’s the description from the site:

The book youâ€™ve all been waiting for! COMIC BOOK LEGENDS is an outrageous collection of the unreported exploits of comic creators, the stories only usually told late at night between the hallowed walls of convention pro bars! EISNER AWARD WINNER Bryan Talbot brings you the anecdotes, funny, shocking and downright weird, told about your favorite comic writers and artists, from Simon Bisley to Neil Gaiman, from Grant Morrison to Jeff Smith!

“Heroes! Villains! Action! Suspense! Humor! Alcohol!” â€” Dave Gibbons

“This book will do nothing to alter the general public’s perception that many of those working in and around the comics medium have not merely been touched by the gods but have been comprehensively groped by them.” â€” David Lloyd

“Write whatever the hell you like and Iâ€™ll swear Iâ€™ve said it!” â€” Will Eisner

CRUMBLING PAPER: The Outbursts of Everett True (strip #44)

Posted on August 12, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

Here is an Everett True strip I scanned from November 1, 1924. Go here to see more Outbursts of Everett True on this site.

Click here to go to the Barnacle Press collection of Everett True strips by A.D. Condo

Click here to read about the lesser-known works of A.D. Condo at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read some samples of Mr. Skygack, From Mars by A.D. Condo at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read some samples of Diana Dillpickles by A.D. Condo at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read some samples of Duke Murphy by A.D. Condo at Barnacle Press.

Click here to the Toonopedia entry on Everett True

Click here to read about A.D. Condo at lambiek.net.

THE CARTOON CRYPT: Felix the Cat in Skulls and Sculls

Posted on August 12, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

Here’s a fun Otto Messmer Felix the Cat cartoon.

HEY! KIDS! COMICS! : Otto Messmer’s Laura : August 12th, 2008

Posted on August 12, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

Today Comicrazy’s brings us some beautiful huge scans of one of the great Otto Messmer’s header strips for the Felix the Cat comic strip… Laura. Click the image to go to the comics.

Crumbling Paper: The Outbursts of Everett True (strip #43)

Posted on August 8, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

Here is an Everett True strip I scanned from October 8, 1924. Go here to see more Outbursts of Everett True on this site.

Click here to go to the Barnacle Press collection of Everett True strips by A.D. Condo

Click here to read about the lesser-known works of A.D. Condo at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read some samples of Mr. Skygack, From Mars by A.D. Condo at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read some samples of Diana Dillpickles by A.D. Condo at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read some samples of Duke Murphy by A.D. Condo at Barnacle Press.

Click here to the Toonopedia entry on Everett True

Click here to read about A.D. Condo at lambiek.net.

Crumbling Paper: The Outbursts of Everett True (strip #42)

Posted on August 7, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

Here is an Everett True strip I scanned from October 7, 1924. Go here to see more Outbursts of Everett True on this site.

Click here to go to the Barnacle Press collection of Everett True strips by A.D. Condo

Click here to read about the lesser-known works of A.D. Condo at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read some samples of Mr. Skygack, From Mars by A.D. Condo at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read some samples of Diana Dillpickles by A.D. Condo at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read some samples of Duke Murphy by A.D. Condo at Barnacle Press.

Click here to the Toonopedia entry on Everett True

Click here to read about A.D. Condo at lambiek.net.

HEY! KIDS! COMICS! : Al Feldstein’s Spawn of Venus : August 7th, 2008

Posted on August 7, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

Today we have yet another version of the previously mentioned story Spawn of Venus, this one by Al Feldstein! Courtesy of Entrecomics. I like Feldstein’s stuff, but seeing him compared so directly to Wood does not do him justice. Apparently this version ran in the Feldstein edited Weird Science #6. I don’t know why they chose not to use the Wood version… Wood’s version apparently didn’t see print until its inclusion in Witzend #6 (1969). There are differences in the script as well. If anyone has more of the poop on this, please do elaborate in the comments. Click the image below to go to the comic.