Crumbling Paper: The Katzenjammer Kids Want to Be Sailors (strip #12)

Here’s a Harold Knerr Katzenjammer Kids strip I scanned from 1931. Knerr took over the strip after Rudolph Dirks quit Hearst and went on to do the same strip, different title as Hans und Fritz and then The Captain and the Kids for another paper. You can read the details on Wikipedia here. The scan also includes the Knerr header strip Dinglehoofer and His Dog Adolph.

Please note that this strip contains offensive racial depictions, as was frequently the case with the comics of yesteryear. If this sort of thing offends you, I suggest you do not read it.

Go here to see more Katzenjammer Kids strips on this site.

Here’s what Don Markstein’s Toonopedia has to say about the Katzenjammers.

Click here to go to the Barnacle Press collection of Katzenjammer Kids strips.

Read about the Katzenjammer Kids on Wikipedia.

Click here to the Toonopedia entry on the Katzenjammer Kids.

Click here to read about Harold Knerr at lambiek.net.

150 Greatest Cartoonist Countdown: #120 Spain Rodriguez

Posted on January 24, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

#120 Spain Rodriguez

Click the above image to see the full-size image on the site I found it on.

Spain Rodriguez got his start as one of the Zap crew of underground cartoonists in the late 60’s. Spain’s Trashman and Big Bitch are a lot of fun, but he really shines in his wild autobiographical strips. Spain has lived a very interesting life, and his true life stories are full of humor, violence and mayhem. Many of his autobiographical strips have been collected in his book My True Story… his autobiographical strips also appear regularly in the excellent anthology Blab! His historical strips (many of which are also included in My True Story) are quite wonderful as well. His art is made for black and white, and graphic in every sense of the word… something like a cross between EC Comics, old Russian poster art, Jack Kirby, and cheap beer.

Click here to go to Spain’s website.

Click here to read the lambiek.net entry on Spain Rodriguez.

Crumbling Paper: The Katzenjammer Kids in Say. Did You Ever See Such Awful Kids? (strip #9)

Posted on January 24, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

Here’s a mangled Rudolph Dirks Katzenjammer Kids strip I scanned from 1904.

Go here to see more Katzenjammer Kids strips on this site.

Click the image to view the full strip.

Here’s what Don Markstein’s Toonopedia has to say about the Katzenjammers.

Click here to go to the Barnacle Press collection of Katzenjammer Kids strips.

Read about the Katzenjammer Kids on Wikipedia.

Click here to the Toonopedia entry on the Katzenjammer Kids.

Click here to read about Rudolph Dirks at lambiek.net.

Crumbling Paper: George Herriman’s Embarrassing Moments (aka Bernie Burns)

Posted on January 24, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

I found a couple of original George Herriman Embarrassing Moments (aka Bernie Burns) panels (from 1932 and 1931 respectively) on Ebay tonight. Note that the first one has racial depictions that some would find offensive, so you may not want to view it.

Click the image to view the full strip.

You can bid on the above strip here.

Click the image to view the full strip.

You can bid on the above strip here.

Crumbling Paper: The Katzenjammer Kids in Mrs. Katzenjammer and the Old Oaken Bucket (strip #8)

Posted on January 24, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

Here’s a Rudolph Dirks Katzenjammer Kids strip I scanned from 1902.

Go here to see more Katzenjammer Kids strips on this site.

Click the image to view the full strip.

Here’s what Don Markstein’s Toonopedia has to say about the Katzenjammers.

Click here to go to the Barnacle Press collection of Katzenjammer Kids strips.

Read about the Katzenjammer Kids on Wikipedia.

Click here to the Toonopedia entry on the Katzenjammer Kids.

Click here to read about Rudolph Dirks at lambiek.net.

Crumbling Paper: The Katzenjammer Kids Get A New Easter Suit (strip #7)

Posted on January 23, 2008 by STWALLSKULL

Here’s a Rudolph Dirks Katzenjammer Kids strip I scanned from 1905. The Alphonse and Gaston gag in panels 7 and 8 is a reference to the strip by Frederick Opper that I previously scanned an example of from 1903 here.

Go here to see more Katzenjammer Kids strips on this site.