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. Click the image to read the strip.
Here’s another example of F.M. Howarth’s strip The Love of Lulu and Leander from 1904. Click the image to read the strip.
You can see more examples of this strip (and many other classic comics) at Barnacle Press.
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.
At the request of MJ, here are a couple scans I made of Harry Tuthill’s The Bungle Family Sundays. MJ was nice enough to send scans of a couple dailies he had as well, which are also below. Thanks MJ!
Above from October 29, 1933.
Above from November 12, 1933.
Click the above panels to go to the strips they come from.
Click here to read the entry on Harry Tuthill at Lambiek.net.
Click here to read the entry on The Bungle Family at Toonopedia.com.
A number of excellent scans of strips can be found at comicartfans.com by searching for Tuthill. Like this hand-colored original Sunday from 1929. Check out the wild panel layout on this one.
Here are more strips at comicstripfan.com.
Also note that Mr. Tuthill is one of the cartoonists featured in Dan Nadel’s recent excellent book Art Out of Time: Unknown Comics Visionaries 1900-1969.
Here’s another example of F.M. Howarth’s strip The Love of Lulu and Leander from 1905. Click the image to read the strip.
You can see more examples of this strip (and many other classic comics) at Barnacle Press.
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.
Warning: this strip contains the sort of offensive racial depictions that were typical of this era… if this sort of thing offends you, I suggest you don’t read it. Click the image to read the strip.
Here’s what Don Markstein’s Toonopedia has to say about And Her Name Was Maud.
There have been multiple times that I’ve tried googling for information about the excellent Bill Blackbeard
Skippy 1925-1926 by Percy Crosby
Barney Google 1919-1920 by Billy DeBeck
School Days 1923-1924 by Clare V. Dwiggins
A. Mutt 1907-1908 by Bud Fisher
Connie 1929-1930 by Frank Godwin
Bobo Baxter 1927-1928 by Rube Goldberg
Baron Bean 1916-1917 by George Herriman
The Family Upstairs Introducing Krazy Kat 1910-1912 by George Herriman
Abie the Agent 1914-1915 by Harry Hershfield
Dauntless Durham of the USA 1913-1914 by Harry Hershfield
Napoleon 1932-1933 by Clifford McBride
Winsor McCay’s Dream Days 1903-1914 by Winsor McCay
Bringing Up Father 1913-1914 by George McManus
Sherlocko the Monk 1910-1912 by Gus Mager
Jim Hardy 1936-1937 by Dick Moores
Happy Hooligan 1904-1905 by Frederick Burr Opper
Buster Brown 1906 by Richard F. Outcault
Thimble Theatre Introducing Popeye 1928-1930 by Elzie C. Segar
Polly and Her Pals 1912-1913 by Cliff Sterrett
Bobby Thatcher Including Phil Hardy by George Storm
The Bungle Family 1928 by Harry J. Tuthill
Minute Movies 1927-1928 by Ed Wheelan
Note that you can still buy some of these rare volumes at reasonable prices (and many at outrageous prices) here.
Click on the above image to see the full Count Screwloose strip I scanned from November 23, 1930. Rudy Megaphone is a satire of singer Rudy Vallee, by the way.
Milt Gross’ comics drip slapstick. I don’t think Milt Gross aspired to do much with his comics other than make people laugh… and he was very good at it. That said, he wrote what may be the first graphic novel, She Done Him Wrong (a.k.a. Heart of Gold… recently reprinted by Fantagraphics). I wish someone would do a nice big reprinting of his newspaper work. Don’t miss the ASIFA Hollywood Animation Archive link below… great stuff!
See a number of great scans of Milt Gross comics at the ASIFA Hollywood Animation Archive here.
See some Milt Gross comics on Bugpowder here.
Here’s another example of F.M. Howarth’s strip The Love of Lulu and Leander from 1904. Click the image to read the strip.
You can see more examples of this strip (and many other classic comics) at Barnacle Press.
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 Our Antediluvian Ancestors. Click the image to read the strip.
