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 9, 1905. Click the image to read the strip.
Go here to see more Outbursts of Everett True on this site.
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.
Go here to see more Outbursts of Everett True on this site.
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
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 December 18, 1904. Click the image to read the strip.
Go here to see more Outbursts of Everett True on this site.
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.
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 January 22, 1905. Click the image to read the strip.
Go here to see more Outbursts of Everett True on this site.
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.
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 September 30, 1906. This one has a header by Gus Mager of Sherlocko the Monk and Hawkshaw the Detective fame. Warning: this strip contains the sort of offensive racial stereotypes that were typical of the era… if such things offend you I suggest you avoid viewing this. Click the image to read the strip.
The final week of my friend Eric Lappegard’s semi-autobiographical comic strip Schmapples, drawn the week before his ultimately fatal car accident, can now be seen on his website (as can the comic strip he had in the Comix issue of City Pages the week he died). I recommend reading Schmapples starting from the beginning if you haven’t already read them. You won’t want to miss them. Eric gave himself one hell of a conclusion. Life can be terrible, but sometimes art can be perfect.
Please note that we’ll have a complete Schmapples collection available at the benefit show for Eric’s family on September 8th at Altered Esthetics.
I’ve decided to start slowly making my way through the Otto Messmer’s Felix the Cat cartoons that have been posted online that I can find in the order they were released. Here is Felix’s first cartoon, Feline Follies, from 1919. Technically, it isn’t even a Felix cartoon… he is referred to as “Master Tom” in this one. I don’t know if Messmer had much experience animating before this, but it sure looks like he must have. His proficiency for showing character in his characters is already apparent… look at “Master Tom’s” vanity as he checks himself out in the mirror. It is often noted that Felix was the first cartoon character with a well-defined personality. His personality is definitely what made him the most popular animated cartoon character of the twenties.
Besides the wonderful Felix animated cartoons, Messmer was a fantastic comic strip and comic book cartoonist. The ASIFA Animation Archive recently had a generous post of Felix Sunday newspaper comics which can be seen here. If you dig these comics, you won’t want to miss the excellent reprint book that came out from Fantagraphics a number of years ago, Nine Lives to Live.
I wish someone would do a huge reprint series of Messmer’s comic book work like the great Little Lulu books from Dark Horse… I can’t think of a better comic book to read to my almost 2-year-old daughter.