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Interesting Links: February 12th, 2008

Posted on February 11, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

Crumbling Paper: Foxy Grandpa (strip #3)

Posted on February 10, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

Here’s Grandpa reminding the boys that he is one dangerous son of a bitch in another example I scanned of Foxy Grandpa from 1906 by Bunny (Carl Edward Schultze).

Click the image to view the full strip.

Click here to read more examples of Foxy Grandpa at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read more about Carl Edward Schultze at The Stripper’s Guide.

Click here to read more about Carl Edward Schultze at lambiek.net.

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

Click here to read more about Foxy Grandpa at Wikipedia.

Foxy Grandpa and Polly in a Little Hilarity (1902)

Posted on February 10, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

Here’s the other Foxy Grandpa short film still in existence and on the internet.

Husband and wife team of Joseph J. Hart and Carrie DeMar perform a vaudeville-style dance as cartoon characters Foxy Grandpa and Polly.

From the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

Interesting Links: February 10th, 2008

Posted on February 10, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

Rogues’ Gallery: HIRAM “HAM SALAD” HARTELSON

Posted on February 8, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

A new member has been added to my “Rogues’ Gallery” feature on the Soapy the Chicken website… read more about Hiram “Ham Salad” Hartelson by clicking on the below image.

Crumbling Paper: Foxy Grandpa (strip #2)

Posted on February 8, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

Here’s an example I scanned of Foxy Grandpa from 1904 by Bunny (Carl Edward Schultze).

Click the image to view the full strip.

Click here to read more examples of Foxy Grandpa at Barnacle Press.

Click here to read more about Carl Edward Schultze at The Stripper’s Guide.

Click here to read more about Carl Edward Schultze at lambiek.net.

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

Click here to read more about Foxy Grandpa at Wikipedia.

The Boys Think They Have One on Foxy Grandpa, but He Fools Them (1902)

Posted on February 8, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

Foxy Grandpa was popular enough in 1902 to be in a series of short films (1902 AMB mutoscopes, preserved by the Library of Congress). I imagine this is very likely to be the first adaptation of a comic strip to the screen… hard to say, though, since old film has fared even worse than old newsprint. Beats the hell out of the Garfield movies.

Interesting Links: February 8th, 2008

Posted on February 8, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

CANNON VS. STWALLSKULL

Posted on February 6, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

My friend Zander Cannon just posted two collaborative jam comics we recently did for volumes 2 and 3 of the fun Muscles and Fights anthologies edited by Bud Burgy and Amado “Arex” Rodriguez. Click the image to go to the post, which has links to the full comics. You can purchase volume 1 and volume 2 from the Muscles and Fights website. Volume 3 is coming very soon!

Zander’s ink-brother Kevin Cannon posted his hilarious comic for M&F VIII here.

Crumbling Paper: Foxy Grandpa (strip #1)

Posted on February 6, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

Here’s an example I scanned of Foxy Grandpa from 1905 by Bunny (Carl Edward Schultze). In spite of being one of the best known comics of its era according to Don Markstein’s Toonopedia, looking at Amazon it appears that there hasn’t been a reprint book of Foxy Grandpa since 1916. Foxy Grandpa is kind of like a reverse of the Katzenjammer Kids… instead of the kids getting Foxy Grandpa’s goat, he puts on a goat suit and dances a jig and scares the hell out of them. I’ll be posting Foxy Grandpa examples here for the next couple of weeks.