{"id":1100,"date":"2008-07-18T06:35:08","date_gmt":"2008-07-18T14:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stwallskull.com\/blog\/?p=1100"},"modified":"2008-07-18T06:35:56","modified_gmt":"2008-07-18T14:35:56","slug":"hey-kids-comics-harry-grant-darts-the-explorigator-july-18th-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stwallskull.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/18\/hey-kids-comics-harry-grant-darts-the-explorigator-july-18th-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"HEY! KIDS! COMICS! : Harry Grant Dart&#8217;s The Explorigator : July 18th, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stwallskull.com\/blog\/?cat=144\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stwallskull.com\/blog\/images\/headers\/heykidscomics.jpg\" alt=\"STWALLSKULL'S HEY! KIDS! COMICS!\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnaclepress.com\/?p=684\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/stwallskull.com\/blog\/images\/heykidscomics\/explorigator.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Today&#8217;s featured comic:<\/em> Again we have another hard day to make a choice on what to feature&#8230; there&#8217;s a great new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.animationarchive.org\/2008\/07\/cappital-ideas-modus-operandi-of-lil.html\">Li&#8217;l Abner feature at the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive<\/a>, a typically wonderful <a href=\"http:\/\/pappysgoldenage.blogspot.com\/2008\/07\/number-344-walt-kellys-brownies-and.html\">Walt Kelly childrens&#8217; comic at Pappy&#8217;s<\/a>, and some <a href=\"http:\/\/thadkomorowski.com\/2008\/07\/18\/an-assload-of-friday-inspiration\/\">gorgeous Jim Tyer funny animal art at ThadBlog<\/a>. However, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnaclepress.com\/?p=684\">Barnacle Press just put up the complete 14 episodes of Harry Grant Dart&#8217;s <em>The Explorigator<\/em> strips from 1908<\/a>, and those win out (even in black and white&#8230; you should see &#8217;em in color!). <em>The Explorigator<\/em> strips are fantastic&#8230; huge and beautiful fantasy-adventure strips, on a par with what McCay was doing with <em>Little Nemo<\/em> at the time. Pity there are only 14 of them! Click the image above to go see the strips.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Parade of the Comics\" href=\"http:\/\/hairygreeneyeball.blogspot.com\/2008\/07\/parade-of-comics.html\">Parade of the Comics<\/a>\n<div>from <a href=\"http:\/\/hairygreeneyeball.blogspot.com\/\">Hairy Green Eyeball<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"a place for a mammal\" href=\"http:\/\/mattiasa.blogspot.com\/2008\/07\/place-for-mammal.html\">a place for a mammal<\/a>\n<div>from <a href=\"http:\/\/mattiasa.blogspot.com\/\">Mattias Inks<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Brainfag #6.1\" href=\"http:\/\/topshelfcomix.com\/ts2.0\/bf61\/1\">Brainfag #6.1<\/a>\n<div>from <a href=\"http:\/\/topshelfcomix.com\/ts20\/\">Top Shelf 2.0 Webcomics<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Country Cousin book\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelspornanimation.com\/splog\/?p=1533\">Country Cousin book<\/a>\n<div>from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaelspornanimation.com\/splog\">Michael Sporn Animation &#8211; Splog<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"The Fighting Yank : The Telehypnosis Machine\" href=\"http:\/\/nedor-a-day.blogspot.com\/2008\/07\/fighting-yank-telehypnosis-machine.html\">The Fighting Yank : The Telehypnosis Machine<\/a>\n<div>from <a href=\"http:\/\/nedor-a-day.blogspot.com\/\">Nedor-A-Day<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Fighting Yank #14 cover\" href=\"http:\/\/nedor-a-day.blogspot.com\/2008\/07\/fighting-yank-14-cover.html\">Fighting Yank #14 cover<\/a>\n<div>from <a href=\"http:\/\/nedor-a-day.blogspot.com\/\">Nedor-A-Day<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Little Nemo 1912-02-18\" href=\"http:\/\/www.comicstriplibrary.org\/display.php?id=690\">Little Nemo 1912-02-18<\/a>\n<div>from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicstriplibrary.org\">Comic Strip Library News<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"New Strip! The Explorigator!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.barnaclepress.com\/?p=684\">New Strip! The Explorigator!<\/a>\n<div>from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnaclepress.com\">The Barnacle Blog<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"CAPPital Ideas: The Modus Operandi of Li'l Abner\" href=\"http:\/\/www.animationarchive.org\/2008\/07\/cappital-ideas-modus-operandi-of-lil.html\">CAPPital Ideas: The Modus Operandi of Li&#8217;l Abner<\/a>\n<div>from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.animationarchive.org\/\">ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Satan's Pawn\" href=\"http:\/\/nedor-a-day.blogspot.com\/2008\/07\/satans-pawn.html\">Satan&#8217;s Pawn<\/a>\n<div>from <a href=\"http:\/\/nedor-a-day.blogspot.com\/\">Nedor-A-Day<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"You Are the Murderer!\" href=\"http:\/\/thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com\/2008\/07\/you-are-murderer.html\">You Are the Murderer!<\/a>\n<div>from <a href=\"http:\/\/thehorrorsofitall.blogspot.com\/\">THE HORRORS OF IT ALL<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Friday, July 18, 2008\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/features\/48\/feature_items\/372466\">Friday, July 18, 2008<\/a>\n<div>from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/culdesac\">Cul de Sac &#8211; GoComics.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Golden Age Wonder Woman\" href=\"http:\/\/community.livejournal.com\/scans_daily\/5874262.html\">Golden Age Wonder Woman<\/a>\n<div>from <a href=\"http:\/\/community.livejournal.com\/scans_daily\/\">scans_daily: Bringing the crack since December 2<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"undefined\" href=\"http:\/\/nedor-a-day.blogspot.com\/2008\/07\/from-adventures-into-darkness-14-artist.html\">From Adventures into Darkness #14 Artist unknown<\/a>\n<div>from <a href=\"http:\/\/nedor-a-day.blogspot.com\/\">Nedor-A-Day<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"undefined\" href=\"http:\/\/pappysgoldenage.blogspot.com\/2008\/07\/number-344-walt-kellys-brownies-and.html\"> *Number 344* * Walt Kelly&#8217;s Brownies and the Baby<\/a>\n<div>from <a href=\"http:\/\/pappysgoldenage.blogspot.com\/\">Pappy&#8217;s Golden Age Comics Blogzine<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"undefined\" href=\"http:\/\/comicbookcatacombs.blogspot.com\/2008\/07\/todays-classic-comics-post-is-from-feb.html\"> Today&#8217;s classic comics post is from the Feb 1951&#8230;<\/a>\n<div>from <a href=\"http:\/\/comicbookcatacombs.blogspot.com\/\">The Comic Book Catacombs<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"'Crime Lab' Wanted #34 (Feb. 1951; Courtesy of THOIA)\" href=\"http:\/\/comicbookcatacombs.blogspot.com\/2008\/07\/crime-lab-wanted-34-feb-1951-courtesy.html\">&#8220;Crime Lab&#8221; Wanted #34 (Feb. 1951; Courtesy of THOIA)<\/a>\n<div>from <a href=\"http:\/\/comicbookcatacombs.blogspot.com\/\">The Comic Book Catacombs<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"An Assload of Friday Inspiration\" href=\"http:\/\/thadkomorowski.com\/2008\/07\/18\/an-assload-of-friday-inspiration\/\">An Assload of Friday Inspiration<\/a>\n<div>from <a href=\"http:\/\/thadkomorowski.com\">ThadBlog<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Mickey Mouse, Boxing Champion Part 1\" href=\"http:\/\/comicsnstories.blogspot.com\/2008\/07\/mickey-mouse-boxing-champion-part-1.html\">Mickey Mouse, Boxing Champion Part 1<\/a>\n<div>from <a href=\"http:\/\/comicsnstories.blogspot.com\/\">Rodney Bowcock&#8217;s Comics &amp; Stories<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Tom Tomorrow on New Yorker Cover Controversy\" href=\"http:\/\/comixtalk.com\/tom_tomorrow_new_yorker_cover_controversy\">Tom Tomorrow on New Yorker Cover Controversy<\/a>\n<div>from <a href=\"http:\/\/comixtalk.com\">COMIXtalk<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Members Preview: Ignatz Series Summer 2008\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fantagraphics.com\/index.php?option=com_myblog&#038;show=Members-Preview-Ignatz-Series-Summer-2008.html&#038;Itemid=113\">Members Preview: Ignatz Series Summer 2008<\/a>\n<div>from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fantagraphics.com\">FLOG! 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