150 Greatest Cartoonist Countdown: #123 Frederick Opper

Posted on July 19, 2007 by STWALLSKULL

Frederick Opper’s strips are probably the closest thing to slapstick on a comics page I’ve seen… the humor is usually physical, which often seems odd on a static comics page. For some reason, it works for Opper. If you’ve been following this blog, you’ve had the chance to read a lot of Opper lately. If you’ve been enjoying them, you’ll want to watch for The Comics Journal #284 which will have a feature on Opper. Dirk Deppey on Â¡Journalista! recently noted:

The Comics Journal #284, currently at the printer, will contain a generous selection from such Opper strips as Happy Hooligan, Alphonse and Gaston, and the aforementioned Maud, as well as a lengthy and informative essay on the pioneering cartoonistâ€™s career by Jared Gardner.

Here are some other Opper strips from Coconino Classics.

Here are some other Opper strips at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read the lambiek.net entry on Frederick Opper.

Crumbling Paper: The Outbursts of Everett True (strip #2)

Posted on July 19, 2007 by STWALLSKULL

As I mentioned previously, I’ll be posting A.D. Condo’s Everett True cartoons on a regular basis until I run out of them… here’s another one.

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.

Interesting Links: July 19, 2007

Posted on July 19, 2007 by STWALLSKULL

City Pages Comics Issue

Posted on July 18, 2007 by STWALLSKULL

The Cartoonist Conspiracy recently collaborated with the City Pages to put together a comics feature on the subject of True Tales of the Twin Cities. That issue is out today in coffee shops, bars and other fine establishments all over the Twin Cities, and online here (with 18 more comics than appear in the printed issue). You can see my comic in the issue here.

Crumbling Paper: And Her Name Was Maud (1906) by Frederick Opper (strip #10)

Posted on July 17, 2007 by STWALLSKULL

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 July 22, 1906. Click the image to read the strip.