CRUMBLING PAPER: Rosie’s Beau (Strip #3)

Here’s another example I scanned of Rosie’s Beau from 1917 by George McManus.

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Apparently, there are over 1400 Bringing Up Father strips in the I Love Comix archive.

Click here to read MANY examples of Bringing Up Father at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read examples of The Newlyweds by George McManus at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read examples of Their Only Child by George McManus at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read examples of Alma & Oliver by George McManus at Allan Holtz’s Stripper’s Guide.

Click here to read examples of Burglar Pete by George McManus at Allan Holtz’s Stripper’s Guide.

Click here to read all the items mentioning George McManus at Allan Holtz’s Stripper’s Guide.

Click here to check out The Holloway Pages’ Bringing Up Father original art page.

Click here to read about George McManus at lambiek.net.

Click here to read more about Bringing Up Father at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

Click here to read more about The Newlyweds at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

Click here to read more about Nibsy the Newsboy in Funny Fairyland at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

Click here to read a Newlyweds example at Shorpy.

Click here to read a Bringing Up Father example at Shorpy.

Read about George McManus at Wikipedia.

Go here to see examples of The Newlyweds at Coconino Classics.

Go here to get a DVD of all of George McManus’s work from 1905-1906. The site includes lovely color scans of a Nibsy the Newsboy in Funny Fairyland and Panhandle Pete Sunday strips.

CRUMBLING PAPER: Bringing Up Father and Rosie’s Beau (strip #2)

Here’s an example I scanned of Bringing Up Father with the header strip Rosie’s Beau from March 31, 1935 by George McManus.

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Apparently, there are over 1400 Bringing Up Father strips in the I Love Comix archive.

Click here to read MANY examples of Bringing Up Father at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read examples of The Newlyweds by George McManus at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read examples of Their Only Child by George McManus at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read examples of Alma & Oliver by George McManus at Allan Holtz’s Stripper’s Guide.

Click here to read examples of Burglar Pete by George McManus at Allan Holtz’s Stripper’s Guide.

Click here to read all the items mentioning George McManus at Allan Holtz’s Stripper’s Guide.

Click here to check out The Holloway Pages’ Bringing Up Father original art page.

Click here to read about George McManus at lambiek.net.

Click here to read more about Bringing Up Father at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

Click here to read more about The Newlyweds at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

Click here to read more about Nibsy the Newsboy in Funny Fairyland at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

Click here to read a Newlyweds example at Shorpy.

Click here to read a Bringing Up Father example at Shorpy.

Read about George McManus at Wikipedia.

Go here to see examples of The Newlyweds at Coconino Classics.

Go here to get a DVD of all of George McManus’s work from 1905-1906. The site includes lovely color scans of a Nibsy the Newsboy in Funny Fairyland and Panhandle Pete Sunday strips.

CRUMBLING PAPER: Bringing Up Father and Rosie’s Beau (strip #1)

Here’s an example I scanned of Bringing Up Father with the header strip Rosie’s Beau from January 5, 1930 by George McManus.

Click the image to view the full strip.

Apparently, there are over 1400 Bringing Up Father strips in the I Love Comix archive.

Click here to read MANY examples of Bringing Up Father at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read examples of The Newlyweds by George McManus at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read examples of Their Only Child by George McManus at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read examples of Alma & Oliver by George McManus at Allan Holtz’s Stripper’s Guide.

Click here to read examples of Burglar Pete by George McManus at Allan Holtz’s Stripper’s Guide.

Click here to read all the items mentioning George McManus at Allan Holtz’s Stripper’s Guide.

Click here to check out The Holloway Pages’ Bringing Up Father original art page.

Click here to read about George McManus at lambiek.net.

Click here to read more about Bringing Up Father at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

Click here to read more about The Newlyweds at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

Click here to read more about Nibsy the Newsboy in Funny Fairyland at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

Click here to read a Newlyweds example at Shorpy.

Click here to read a Bringing Up Father example at Shorpy.

Read about George McManus at Wikipedia.

Go here to see examples of The Newlyweds at Coconino Classics.

Go here to get a DVD of all of George McManus’s work from 1905-1906. The site includes lovely color scans of a Nibsy the Newsboy in Funny Fairyland and Panhandle Pete Sunday strips.

CRUMBLING PAPER: The Strange Adventures of Pussy Pumpkin and Her Chum Toodles (strip #2)

Here’s an example I scanned of The Strange Adventures of Pussy Pumpkin by Grace G. Wiederseim/Drayton from 1903.

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Click here to read Turr’ble Tales of Kaptain Kiddo by Grace Drayton at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read an example of Grace Drayton’s The Eternal Feminine at The Stripper’s Guide.

Click here to read about Grace Drayton at lambiek.net.

Read a short biography of Grace Drayton here.

Read an article on Grace Drayton here.

CRUMBLING PAPER: The Strange Adventures of Pussy Pumpkin (strip #1)

Here’s an example I scanned of The Strange Adventures of Pussy Pumpkin by Grace G. Wiederseim, aka Grace Drayton, the creator of the Campbell’s Soup Kids, from 1903.

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Click here to read Turr’ble Tales of Kaptain Kiddo by Grace Drayton at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read an example of Grace Drayton’s The Eternal Feminine at The Stripper’s Guide.

Click here to read about Grace Drayton at lambiek.net.

Read a short biography of Grace Drayton here.

Read an article on Grace Drayton here.

CRUMBLING PAPER: The Prodigal Son

Here’s an example I scanned of The Prodigal Son by Gene Carr (best known for Lady Bountiful). Interesting how it is broken into two parts, one on the right and one on the left… it would seem this strip could have been the inspiration for Goofus and Gallant. Unfortunately, it is missing the bottom half of the strip… if anyone wants to draw the imagined conclusion to this, I will gladly post it.

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Click here to read examples of Home Sweet Home by Gene Carr at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read some miscellaneous Atlanta Journal-Constitution Sundays by Gene Carr (and others) at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read examples of Just Humans by Gene Carr at The Stripper’s Guide.

Go here to read an example of Gene Carr’s Mr. Always Wright.

Here’s a Google book scan of The Show Girl and Her Friends, illustrated by Gene Carr.

See some Gene Carr St. Patrick’s Day postcards here.

Click here to read about at lambiek.net.

Click here to read about Gene Carr on Wikipedia.

Click here to read more about Gene Carr’s Lady Bountiful at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

See some more Gene Carr images at pbase.com.

CRUMBLING PAPER: Thimble Theatre (strip #2)

Here’s an example I scanned of Thimble Theatre with a Sappo header from October 1, 1939 probably by Charles H. “Doc” Winner, a year after Thimble Theatre creator Elzie Segar’s death.

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Click here to read about E.C. Segar at lambiek.net.

Click here to read more about E.C. Segar at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

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

Click here to read more about Elzie Segar at Wikipedia.

View a bunch of Fleischer Popeye cartoons here.

You can get the three Fantagraphics Popeye books here.

You can get the Popeye the Sailor DVD sets here.

CRUMBLING PAPER: Gasoline Alley (strip #2)

Here’s an example I scanned of Gasoline Alley from 1933 by Frank King. In retrospect, out of context, the below panel is just plain wrong… looks like it is from Shary Fleinniken’s Trots and Bonnie.

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Rogerclarkart.com has a bunch of gorgeous large scans of Gasoline Alley strips.

The ASIFA Hollywood Animation Archive has some Gasoline Alley strips (among other things) here.

Click here to read some other strips by Frank King at Barnacle Press.

Here is a Frank King strip at The Stripper’s Guide.

And another one.

Here are some Frank King strips from The Balloonist.

Here is the Wikipedia entry on Gasoline Alley.

Here is the Toonopedia entry on Gasoline Alley.

Here is a video of Frank King at his drawing board.

Click here to read about Frank King at lambiek.net.

Walt and Skeezix books from Drawn and Quarterly collecting the dailies.

Sundays With Walt and Skeezix, a huge book of Sundays from Sunday Press Books.
Pre-Skeezix, Gasoline Alley strip books at the Spec Productions website.

CRUMBLING PAPER: Gasoline Alley (strip #1)

NOTE TO NEW READERS: The Crumbling Paper Index is a repository of old comics I’ve scanned, many of which are over 100 years old. You can see the full index here.

Here’s a typically beautiful example I scanned of a Gasoline Alley Sunday from 1933 by Frank King, with Unca Walt pulling a Calvin’s Dad. A Halloween strip to get you in the mood for next month.

In this wonderful new world of comics reprint books we live in, there are currently a lot of wonderful Gasoline Alley books in print… three Walt and Skeezix books from Drawn and Quarterly collecting the dailies, and one amazing book of Sundays from Sunday Press Books, Sundays With Walt and Skeezix. The strips in the Sunday Press book are printed full size and are eye-bleedingly gorgeous.

There are also some books of earlier, pre-Skeezix, Gasoline Alley strips I haven’t seen yet available at the Spec Productions website.

Click the image to view the full strip.

Click here to read some other strips by Frank King at Barnacle Press.

Here is a Frank King strip at The Stripper’s Guide.

And another one.

Here are some Frank King strips from The Balloonist.

Here is the Wikipedia entry on Gasoline Alley.

Here is the Toonopedia entry on Gasoline Alley.

Here is a video of Frank King at his drawing board.

Click here to read about Frank King at lambiek.net.

Update: Gabriel Corbera at the Headsonboard Joyville Blog points us to a bunch of gorgeous large scans of Gasoline Alley strips online that I missed.

CRUMBLING PAPER: Thimble Theatre (strip #1)

Here’s a badly damaged example I scanned of a Thimble Theatre Sunday strip with a Sappo and Popeye’s Cartoon Club header from March 31, 1935 by Elzie Segar. Segar’s Thimble Theatre is simultaneously one of the best humor and best adventure strips of all time… and Segar also had the best header strips! I love the Popeye’s Cartoon Club strips… someone should do a book of just those strips for kids.

Don’t miss the fantastic Fantagraphics Popeye books. The Popeye the Sailor DVD sets that have been coming out recently look very cool too… I hope to get the Fleischer ones when I have the money to spare someday. Good time to be a Popeye fan.

Click the image to view the full strip.

Click here to read about E.C. Segar at lambiek.net.

Click here to read more about E.C. Segar at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.

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

Click here to read more about Elzie Segar at Wikipedia.

View a bunch of Fleischer Popeye cartoons here.