Crumbling Paper: Polly and Her Pals (strip #3)

Posted on April 30, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

Here’s a gorgeous example I scanned of Polly and Her Pals with a Sweethearts and Wives header strip from 1930 by Cliff Sterrett. Sterrett really hit his stride in the late 20’s.

Click the image to view the full strip.

Click here to read more examples of Polly and Her Pals at Barnacle Press.

See more examples of Polly and Her Pals from 1936 at the ASIFA Animation Archive.

See another beautiful example of Polly and Her Pals at Michael Sporn Animation, Inc.’s Splog.

One more example of Polly and Her Pals from Shorpy.

One more example of Polly and Her Pals from John K via Bugpowder, where it no longer seems to reside.

See some more Polly and Her Pals (and Dot and Dash, a header strip for Polly by Sterrett) at Coconino World.

Here are some examples of Polly and Her Pals translated to French, from a French collection of 1929-1930 Polly strips which appears to be in print.

Click here to read more about Cliff Sterrett at lambiek.net.

Click here to read more about Polly and Her Pals at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

Click here to read more about Cliff Sterrett at stevestiles.com.

Crumbling Paper: Polly! When Your Own Sweet Daughter Cries, You May as Well Give Up (strip #2)

Posted on April 29, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

Here’s an example I scanned of Polly and Her Pals from 1914 by Cliff Sterrett.

Click the image to view the full strip.

Click here to read more examples of Polly and Her Pals at Barnacle Press.

See more examples of Polly and Her Pals from 1936 at the ASIFA Animation Archive.

See another beautiful example of Polly and Her Pals at Michael Sporn Animation, Inc.’s Splog.

One more example of Polly and Her Pals from Shorpy.

One more example of Polly and Her Pals from John K via Bugpowder, where it no longer seems to reside.

Click here to read more about Cliff Sterrett at lambiek.net.

Click here to read more about Polly and Her Pals at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

Click here to read more about Cliff Sterrett at stevestiles.com.

Crumbling Paper: Polly – When Pa Digs in He Has to Stay in (strip #1)

Posted on April 28, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

Boy have our friends at the fantastic online comic strip library Barnacle Press been on a roll lately! They’ve posted a collection of more of Swinnerton’s Dear Little Katy, which I published examples of recently. They just posted a bunch of examples of the bizarre and mischievous Uncle Mun (which I’ve also published examples of). Last week they posted examples of one of the earliest daily comic strips, The Hallroom Boys. Best of all, they put up an enormous library of one of the funniest and most visually inventive comic strips of all time, Cliff Sterrett’s Polly and Her Pals. Don’t miss this one. It is a travesty that the few reprint books there have been of this strip are all out of print.

Here’s an example I scanned of Polly and Her Pals by Cliff Sterrett, from 1921. I’ll have a couple more of these this week.

Click the image to view the full strip.

Click here to read more examples of Polly and Her Pals at Barnacle Press.

See more examples of Polly and Her Pals from 1936 at the ASIFA Animation Archive.

See another beautiful example of Polly and Her Pals at Michael Sporn Animation, Inc.’s Splog.

One more example of Polly and Her Pals from Shorpy.

One more example of Polly and Her Pals from John K via Bugpowder, where it no longer seems to reside.

Click here to read more about Cliff Sterrett at lambiek.net.

Click here to read more about Polly and Her Pals at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

Click here to read more about Cliff Sterrett at stevestiles.com.

Crumbling Paper: Bad Mans! Sweet Violet! Help!

Posted on April 24, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

Here’s a hilarious example I scanned of Bad Mans! from 1911 by Jimmy Swinnerton.

Click the image to view the full strip.

Click here to read examples of Swinnerton’s 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: Tumble Tom

Posted on April 23, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

Here’s an example I scanned of Tumble Tom from May 18, 1902 by Jimmy Swinnerton.

Click the image to view the full strip.

Click here to read examples of Swinnerton’s 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: No Wedding Bells for Him! (strip #2)

Posted on April 22, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

Here’s an example I scanned of No Wedding Bells for Him! from 1906 by Jimmy Swinnerton.

Click the image to view the full strip.

Click here to read examples of Swinnerton’s 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.

The Missing Panel!

Posted on April 21, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

Now that’s service! Less than six hours after I made the last post with the Dear Little Katy strip missing a panel, our friend Thrillmer! from Barnacle Press has provided a scan of the missing panel from the strip! Thanks, Thrillmer!

Note that if you haven’t checked out the Barnacle Press site yet, you should do yourself a favor and get over there. It is easily the biggest repository of comics from the early history of comics on the web… I link to them almost daily. I hope this quick response means Barnacle Press will be posting more examples of Dear Little Katy!

Crumbling Paper: Sweet, Charming Katy

Posted on April 21, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

Here’s an example I scanned of Dear Little Katy from 1904 by Jimmy Swinnerton. Dear Little Katy would seem to be Little Jimmy in drag. The penultimate panel 10 has crumbled to dust somewhere… if anyone wants to draw a version of the missing panel I’ll post it here.

Click the image to view the full strip.

UPDATE: The missing panel has been found, thanks to Thrillmer! from Barnacle Press. You can see it here.

Click here to read examples of Swinnerton’s 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: And SAM Laughed! (strip #2)

Posted on April 18, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

Here’s an example I scanned of Sam from 1905 by Jimmy Swinnerton.

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.

Click here to read 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 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 SAM Just Roared! (strip #1)

Posted on April 17, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

Here’s an example I scanned of Sam from 1905 by Jimmy Swinnerton.

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.