Here’s an example I scanned of a one-shot strip called The Thrilling Rescue of Little Tommy’s Best Hat from June 15, 1902 by Walter McDougall. McDougall was the first syndicated newspaper artist. He drew what has been noted as the first color comic strip in an American newspaper (“The Unfortunate Fate of a Well-Intended Dog”). In 1898 he drew what was likely to be the largest single panel comic drawn for a newspaper, which was spread over two pages.

Click the image to view the full strip.

Don’t miss these fantastic examples of Walt McDougall’s comics on Ohio State University’s Newspaper Cartoon Artists, 1898-1909 online exhibit

See some various works by Walt McDougall at Barnacle Press.

Read The Outlet by Walt McDougall at Barnacle Press.

Read more about Walt McDougall at Lambiek.

See an excerpt from an issue of Buster Brown Comics featuring Smilin Ed’s Gang aka Andy’s Gang courtesy of Stupid Comics here.

Visit froggythegremlin.com.

Read more about Andy Devine on Wikipedia.

Visit the grave of W.H. "Major" Ray aka Buster Brown here.

• MENTORS CORNER/from IRA GLASS (!)
  from First Second Books – Doodles and Dailies
• The Bottle
  from Top Shelf 2.0 Webcomics
• ‘Gangster’ Monkey Shot Dead At Cambodian Temple
  from Monkeys In The News
• Best Cartoons of the Year 1964
  from Mike Lynch Cartoons
• Listen to Jules Feiffer
  from FLOG! Entries
• Larry Lessig profile in The Nation
  from Boing Boing
• European airlines test spycams in every seat that ‘detect terrorism’ in your facial expressions
  from Boing Boing
• Progressive Ruin presents…the End of Civilization.
  from Mike Sterling’s Progressive Ruin
• Batman #63 and the Batman Kellogg’s Special
  from scans_daily: Bringing the crack since December 2
• Charles R. Snelgrove
  from Punch in Canada
• Caricature: The Lobby Cards Of Ernesto Garcia Cabral Part 2
  from ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive
• Twanng!
  from THE HORRORS OF IT ALL
• The Grim Reaper: The Mighty Super-Zeppelin
  from Nedor-A-Day
• Will Elder
  from Hairy Green Eyeball
• *Number 317* * Robotbody Meets a Body!**
  from Pappy’s Golden Age Comics Blogzine
• May 30, 2008: Garo overdrive
  from Journalista – the news weblog of The Comics Journal
• #35 porgle
  from CUTE LI’L GUY OF THE DAY
• Perspectiva
  from BibliOdyssey
• Taro Gomi: Doodle All Year
  from Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog
• Kindergarden Teacher Leads Collective Verbal Abuse and Humiliation of 5 Year Old
  from Don’t Tase Me, Bro!
• *Edgar Rice Burroughs* 1875 ~ 1950
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• “Ready for the week”
  from In This Corner
• It’s Out And It’s HUGE!!!
  from Kleefeld on Comics
• “Flash Gordon”-1935 Alex Raymond Rare Full-Tab
  from Cowan Collection: Comic Art
• “Buck Rogers”-circa 1930 Jack Calkins Hotel Sketch
  from Cowan Collection: Comic Art
• “Buck Rogers”-1957 Jack Calkins Specialty Drawing
  from Cowan Collection: Comic Art
• “Tiny Tim”-1935 Stanley Link’s “Flash Gordon” Parody
  from Cowan Collection: Comic Art
• “4 Aces” and “Tommy Tailspin”-Hal Forrest Sunday and Cards
  from Cowan Collection: Comic Art
• “The Newlyweds”-George McManus (1908)
  from Cowan Collection: Comic Art
• “Little Nemo”- Windsor McCay (1906)
  from Cowan Collection: Comic Art
• “Tarzan: Return to the Apes” – Sunday by Ruben Moriera (1946)
  from Cowan Collection: Comic Art
• “Winnie Winkle” – 1927 & 1930 Dailies by Martin Branner
  from Cowan Collection: Comic Art
• Seven Famous Sets of Conjoined Twins
  from Neatorama
• Eisner exhibit
  from usagiguy
• The Birth of a Chicken
  from haha.nu
• Dave Gibbons On the Forthcoming Watchmen Movie
  from Slashdot
• Today’s Video Link
  from news from me
• Report from the Reubens: Henry R. Martin
  from Today’s Inspiration
• 37 Injured In Latest Orissa Monkey Attack
  from Monkeys In The News
• Uncanny Valley Explained
  from Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation
• 7 Heroic Dogs
  from mental_floss Blog
• Handles
  from Mattias Inks
• 8 Child Prodigies So Amazing They’ll Ruin Your Day
  from Cracked: All Posts
• 12 Comic Book Ads That Taught Us To Be Cynical
  from Cracked: All Posts
• The 6 Most Badass Stunts Ever Pulled in the Name of Science
  from Neatorama

Here’s a nice example I scanned of That Family Next Door from 1918 by Kuatt? Knott? Can anyone identify this cartoonist? It’s a pretty polished cartoon, and a funny one, so I would think this is likely to have been done by a known cartoonist. Note the similarity in title and theme to George Herriman’s wonderful The Family Upstairs.

UPDATE: Reader D.D. Degg in the comments let us know that this is by cartoonist Jean Knott, who also did the strips Penny Ante and Eddie’s Friends. Thanks D.D.! See examples of Penny Ante on Barnacle Press here. See an example of Eddie’s Friends on Shorpy here.

Click the image to view the full strip.

Froggy attempts to murder a faux Mexican. The faux Mexican reminds me distinctly of the faux Frenchman and faux Italian. Could they all be brothers?

Warning: The below footage obviously contains insensitive ethnic depictions. If this sort of thing bugs you, you may not want to view it.

See an excerpt from an issue of Buster Brown Comics featuring Smilin Ed’s Gang aka Andy’s Gang courtesy of Stupid Comics here.

Visit froggythegremlin.com.

Read more about Andy Devine on Wikipedia.

Visit the grave of W.H. "Major" Ray aka Buster Brown here.

• Thrill of a Lifetime
  from Punch in Canada
• Looie Lazybones
  from Nedor-A-Day
• Ben Batsford (1893-?)
  from Punch in Canada
• Crossdressing for Justice in the Golden Age!
  from scans_daily: Bringing the crack since December 2
• Fiend of the Undead
  from THE HORRORS OF IT ALL
• 42 Versions of Harlem Nocturne
  from WFMU’s Beware of the Blog
• Samurai Show
  from Sam’s INFATUATIONS
• May 29, 2008: No kitty don’t
  from Journalista – the news weblog of The Comics Journal
• #34: marv
  from CUTE LI’L GUY OF THE DAY
• Drawing day
  from HOBOTOPIA
• Illustration: Artzybasheff’s Machinalia
  from ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive
• Go Read It!
  from news from me
• Marv Newland
  from Inkstuds
• Histoire des Oiseaux
  from BibliOdyssey
• The Awesome: Superf*ckers
  from Strip For Me
• For whom the bell tolls
  from Mattias Inks
• Successful Flash exploit in the wild
  from Latest Adobe News by Smart Category
• Is It Fraud If You Collect One Penny Legally Over And Over Again?
  from Techdirt
• “Mother Goose Goes Hollywood” (1938) – Cab Calloway Pencils
  from Cowan Collection: Animation
• “Mother Goose Goes Hollywood” (1936) – Marx Brothers Pencils
  from Cowan Collection: Animation
• Google Earth Browser Plugin
  from Google Operating System
• Thrilling Wonder Stories
  from FABULON
• A Warning Voice, new story from the book
  from The Mystery Tales #40 Lost blog
• Real dogs teased with toy dog
  from Boing Boing

Here’s an example I scanned of Texas Slim from 1926 by Ferd Johnson.

Click the image to view the full strip.

Click here to read about Ferd Johnson at lambiek.net.

Click here to read more about Texas Slim at Toonopedia.

See an excerpt from an issue of Buster Brown Comics featuring Smilin Ed’s Gang aka Andy’s Gang courtesy of Stupid Comics here.

Visit froggythegremlin.com.

Read more about Andy Devine on Wikipedia.

Visit the grave of W.H. "Major" Ray aka Buster Brown here.

• Gregorius Nekschot Video Interview
  from Mike Lynch Cartoons
• Alison Bechdel Tries to Take a Sabbatical
  from Mike Lynch Cartoons
• The Original Tom & Jerry
  from Matinee At The Bijou
• Nina Paley Talks Sita
  from Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation
• Ikea Instructions
  from The Ephemerist
• Multiplicity in Time and Space
  from BibliOdyssey
• PhotoSunday: Silents
  from Michael Sporn Animation – Splog
• Fantasmagorie 2008
  from Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation
• Guy Delisle + Joe Matt = Definitely Not the Opera
  from Drawn and Quarterly
• Lying In The Gutters – 5-27-2008
  from Lying In The Gutters
• Spanish Simpsons
  from Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation
• Saturday Nite Flier!
  from Larry Marder’s Beanworld
• Untooned Cartoon Characters
  from Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation
• Daniel Johnston: Cool Comics
  from PCL LinkDump
• M&L With Ever
  from The Ephemerist
• Serieskolan
  from The Ephemerist
• Mini-Matinee #33 – John Wayne: Singing Cowboy?
  from Matinee At The Bijou
• Step Right Up, Ladies and Gents, to See the End of an Oddity – New York Times
• Sideshow World, Sideshow Photos, Sideshow History, Memories and Stories about Jeanie Tomaini and Al Tomaini at Sideshow World
• Dick Sutcliffe, Jack Hanrahan, Mel Leven, RIP
  from Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation
• *Dugald Stewart Walker* 1883 ~ 1937 *
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• CR Review: A Few Notes On Summer Movies, 2008 (Not Comics)
  from The Comics Reporter
• National Geographic on the real fake crystal skulls
  from Boing Boing
• Games need MORE sex in order to end the controversy over sex in games
  from Boing Boing
• Futuristic 1931 miniatures depict NYC in 1980
  from Boing Boing
• Rosicrucian MENTAL POISONING ad from 1939
  from Boing Boing
• Tokyopop: Hey, dude, totally bad contract!
  from THE BEAT
• More On Terrible Tokyopop Contract
  from The Comics Reporter
• Books as home decor items
  from Boing Boing
• More severed feet in British Columbia
  from Boing Boing
• Redacted CIA document about torture almost entirely blacked out
  from Boing Boing
• Jesus Made Me Puke: Matt Taibbi Undercover with the Christian Right
  from Boing Boing
• The Collector
  from THE HORRORS OF IT ALL
• THE BOOK OF FLOWERS
  from ILLUSTRATION ART
• Tickytacky Township
  from Punch in Canada
• Shary Flenniken’s TROTS AND BONNIE
  from scans_daily: Bringing the crack since December 2
• *Michael W. Kaluta* The Shadow #4 ~ Apr-May/1974
  from Golden Age Comic Book Stories
• Pinups: Erich Sokol’s Playboy Cartoons
  from ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive
• John Collins (1917-2007)
  from Punch in Canada
• Scans of Mystery Tales 40 comic as seen on Lost – Page 4
  from The Mystery Tales #40 Lost blog
• Scans of Mystery Tales 40 comic as seen on Lost – Page 3
  from The Mystery Tales #40 Lost blog
• Scans of Mystery Tales 40 comic as seen on Lost – Page 2
  from The Mystery Tales #40 Lost blog
• Scans of Mystery Tales 40 comic as seen on Lost – Page 1
  from The Mystery Tales #40 Lost blog
• Lost Meets Mystery Tales #40
  from THE HORRORS OF IT ALL
• The Black Terror: Crowley’s Black Market Drugs
  from Nedor-A-Day
• The Ghoul’s Revenge
  from THE HORRORS OF IT ALL
• *Number 316* * Love-sick! *
  from Pappy’s Golden Age Comics Blogzine
• Shuster Hall of Fame Winners
  from Punch in Canada
• E.R. “Ted” McCall (1901-1975)
  from Punch in Canada
• Quality Crossover – Police Comics #21 – Part 4
  from scans_daily: Bringing the crack since December 2
• The Annotated Pilgrim, Part 5 (!)
  from radiomaru.lj
• The Annotated Pilgrim: Volume 3, Part 1
  from radiomaru.lj
• Statement
  from radiomaru.lj
• Secret Cartoon Police
  from Mike Lynch Cartoons
• Bob Staake Draws a New Yorker Cover
  from Mike Lynch Cartoons
• New Strip! Economical Bertie!
  from The Barnacle Blog
• Interview: Mike Mignola Pt. 1 [of 2]
  from The Daily Cross Hatch
• Remembering Wacky Packages
  from Kids’ Comics
• May 28, 2008: The Cartoon Police of the Ministry of Justice
  from Journalista – the news weblog of The Comics Journal
• WFMU’s Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison from May 27, 2008
  from WFMU’s Old Codger with Courtney T. Edison
• abandoned elliots
  from Doot Doot Garden Blog
• The Bankruptcy of the Imagination and Civilized Warfare
  from THE BALLOONIST
• The forgotten do-nut?
  from Larry Marder’s Beanworld
• *i*nterview/article with Shaun Tan
  from The Fate of the Artist
• Media Archaeology
  from Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog
• Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School — Twin Cities style
  from Scary Terry’s World
• Interview: Mike Allred pt. 4 [of 4]
  from The Daily Cross Hatch
• The Grainy, Xeroxed Pages of My 9th Grade “New Wave” Fanzine
  from WFMU’s Beware of the Blog
• The Hole in the Wall, part 2
  from Top Shelf 2.0 Webcomics
• Web roundup
  from Jim Flora
• Lleon Beyond
  from Amazing Facts…and Beyond!
• Days of Real Sport
  from THE BALLOONIST
• Clyde Crashcup Comics by John Stanley (1964 – 64)
  from I’m Learning To Share!
• Will Elder interview from Comics Journal
  from Boing Boing
• Woman comes back to life after rigor mortis sets in
  from Boing Boing
• Richard Ross photographs “Architecture of Authority”
  from Boing Boing
• Surveillance sign’s Freudian slip
  from Boing Boing
• Google lets video uploaders claim copyrights on public domain/free footage
  from Boing Boing
• Chocolate Cheeks for 5/23/08
  from FLOG! Entries
• Ask Jules Feiffer!
  from FLOG! Entries
• The Electric Company: We’re Gonna Turn It On
  from panopticist
• Rare Clips From At Last the 1948 Show, John Cleese and Graham Chapman’s Pre-Python Show
  from panopticist
• Finally, a Joe Frank Podcast
  from panopticist
• The scandalous origins of Martin Scorsese’s After Hours
  from Boing Boing