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Joe Musial “The Katzenjammer Kids” in Ace Comics (mid-1940s)

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August 6, 1922 The Captain and the Kids by Rudolph Dirks

TOP PANEL [ID: Der Inspector waits beside a stage door with a bouquet of flowers for an actress inside. Around the corner behind him, the Kids push a billy goat in drag towards him. /end]

MAIN COMIC [ID: Der Inspector struts happily across the house, puffing on a cigar. Mamma gestures towards him with a thumb as der Captain pulls a cap and cane off of a rack and out of a holder. /end] Inspector: Ta-ta, Mamma, don't forget to put der extra spinach in der soup! Mamma: Hurry mit der shavings, Captain, der Inspector got company for supper! Captain: Chass? I vunder if iss it der liddle lady from der barber shop, Inspector?

[ID: Der Inspector walks outside to his car and finds the Kids' billy goats merrily eating the roof of his convertible coupe. /end] Goat: Slup-slup! M-ah! Inspector: Hey?

[ID: Der Inspector takes the wheel and speeds the car in reverse to slam the goats against the trunk of a tree. The Kids watch from a window in the house. /end] Inspector: Take dot, you low-downers! Und remember, a vun man top ain't made for goats!

[ID: The goats charge the other way, pushing der Inspector's car into the side of the house. He breaks off the steering wheel in the crash. /end] Inspector: OOH!

[ID: The goats climb into the car as der Inspector frantically flees. Hans helps up one of the goats with an automotive jack. /end] Inspector: Dunder und Blitzen! Dey're caming after!! Hans: Giff a goat a boost, darling, und he alvays returns der favor!

[ID: The goats head-butt der Inspector down the road as the man clings onto a small rolling cart. The Kids run happily after them. /end] Inspector: Hey! Ow... dod gast...!! Hans: Vot did I said about der favor, luff? Fritz: Dere's nix in talking, I got to hand you der medal, luff!

[ID: Der Inspector speeds down a hill towards a parked horse-drawn water wagon, its driver sitting lazily atop it under a parasol. The goats chase der Inspector down the hill, the Kids following quickly behind. /end] Wagon Driver: Ah me, better days have I saw, I have!! Inspector: Himmel! Stop it, stop it!!

[ID: Der Inspector slams face-first into a cylindrical metal sprinkler on the back of the tanker. The goats skid to a stop, watching with shock. The wagon driver turns around, startled. The Kids laugh at him, further up the road. /end] Driver: ? Inspector: Oof! Fritz: Ha!

[ID: The driver angrily turns the sprinkler on, blasting der Inspector in the face with water. The goats run away, the Kids keep pointing and laughing. /end] Driver: Git off there. How many times must a guy warn you old plugs about hitchin' on? Fritz: Don't giff up der ship, Inspector!

[ID: As the water wagon clops away, der Inspector sits soaked in the street, looking fearfully at the billy goats, who stand at the ready next to him, both giving him a mischievous wink. The Kids look on proudly. /end] Driver: It's gittin' so the older they get, the more y'gotta tell 'em! Giddap!! Inspector: ? Fritz: Chust look at dor for intelligence, Hans! Hans: Two to vun, dey know vot comes knext!

[ID: The goats headbutt der Inspector into an open manhole further up the road. The Kids merrily dance together. /end] Inspector: For der luff of pickles? Hans: How many years did you say dem goats vorked in a lodge, luff? Fritz: Search me. Dey're life members!

[ID: Inside the house, the Kids sit happily on one end of the table, feeding scraps to the billy goats who sit equally glad on the floor beside them. At the other end of the table, der Captain waits impatiently, smoking a cigar. A fashionable young redheaded woman sits between them, daydreaming romantic thoughts. Outside the open doorway behind der Captain, der Inspector hides, glaring inside and holding a huge wooden club behind his back. Behind the Kids, Mamma looks into a darkened doorway. /end] Mamma: I vunder vot iss keeping Der Inspector? Der Liddle Lady from Der Barber Shop: Oh, deah me!! Captain: Tee-hee! If der vishbone comes true, ve hope Der Inspector iss vent on his vacation, vot, cutie? Haw!! Inspector: So?

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LUCY & THE SUNDAY FUNNIES

A Look at the Comic Strips of the Lucyverse

Comic strips and comic books are part of pop culture history - just like Lucy - so it is natural that the two sometimes collided. Here are some examples of popular comics that went from the Sunday funny gage, to the Monday night tv fun!

DICK TRACY

Dick Tracy is an American comic strip featuring a tough and intelligent police detective created by Chester Gould. It made its debut on October 4, 1931 in the Detroit Mirror, and it was distributed by the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate. Dick Tracy has also been the hero in a number of films, two of which were released in 1947. From 1934 to 1948 "Dick Tracy" was also radio serial. Tracy was mainly heard about on Lucille Ball's radio show, "My Favorite Husband" (1948-1951).

"SECRETARIAL SCHOOL" (February 18, 1949) Liz begs the Blabbermouth on the party line to allow her to make a quick call.

LIZ: “Do you have to use the telephone?”

BLABBERMOUTH: “Whaddya expect me to use? A two-way wrist radio?”

In 1946, Dick Tracy introduced a two-way wrist radio. In 1948, that cartoon item was brought to reality, along with a myriad of other Dick Tracy-themed toys.

"THE ANNIVERSARY PRESENTS" (May 13, 1949) Liz is positive that George will remember their anniversary. After dropping several hints, George still hasn’t said anything. Finally, he looks up from his newspaper with something to tell her.

GEORGE: “Dick Tracy found the jewels!”

On May 13, 1949, the daily Dick Tracy comic strip revealed that the missing jewels has been found. The case involved a character named Pear-Shape, who owned a weight loss business but was overweight himself. He conned an elderly widow out of the jewels and sold them to a fence.

"GETTING OLD" (May 20, 1949) Liz find a book she forgot to return to the library, long overdue. George wants to donate it to their tag sale, but Liz refuses to handle ‘hot’ merchandise. George sarcastically calls her Pear-Shape.

George is not referring to Liz's waistline, but to the character in the Dick Tracy comic strip named Pear-Shape Tone, who was part of the storyline from April to July 1949. He was a racketeer who would steal jewelry from his wealthier clients, then fence it to make a profit.

"LIZ IN THE HOSPITAL" (May 27, 1949) As George speeds toward the hospital a cop pulls them over. Liz thinks that if she gets arrested she can’t go to the hospital so she tells the officer that they are driving a stolen car. When George tries to interrupt, she calls him Pear-Shape to further reinforce her fake story of thievery.

Pear-Shape must have been quite popular in May 1949, because this is the third consecutive episode of “My Favorite Husband” where he is mentioned!

"LIZ AND GEORGE ARE HANDCUFFED" (December 30, 1949) George overhears Liz playing out a scene from Dick Tracy with little Tommy Wood from next door, who got a Dick Tracy outfit for Christmas and has been playing cops and robbers ever since. Liz says his sisters won’t play Tess Truehart to his Dick Tracy. George corrects her that she is now known as Tess Tracy, since Dick and Tess recently got married.

LIZ: “You mean I’ve been playing around with a married man?”

On December 25, 1949, just five days before this broadcast, Dick finally married his girlfriend, Tess Truehart.

Little Tommy ‘Tracy’ comes over to show ‘Pruneface’ Cooper (Liz) his badge, handcuffs, and finger print outfit.

LIZ: “Tommy, is it true that no two people in the whole world have the same fingerprints?”

TOMMY: “Nah, that’s a lot of bunk. I’ve already found three people who have exactly the same fingerprints; my daddy, Santa Claus, and the crook who broke into my piggy bank.”

"THE JIMMY DURANTE SHOW" (April 29, 1948) Lucille Ball guest stars in an episode where they take a magic carpet around the country to see how things might be different if women were captains of industry. In Paris, Illinois, they visit the second largest perfume factory in the country, owned by Hot Breath Houlihan.

DURANTE: “Now I know who set B.O. Plenty’s house on fire!”

B.O. Plenty was a character from Dick Tracy comic strip. In March 1948, his house mysteriously burned down and everyone feared the character was dead. Readers actually wrote to the newspaper begging Chester Gould not to kill off B.O. Plenty and Gravel Gertie!

From 1950 to 1951, "Dick Tracy" was a television series, ending just a few months before "I Love Lucy" went on the air. Dick Elliott (right) made his television debut as Officer Murphy. He had done several films with Lucille Ball and appeared on "I Love Lucy" in two episodes. Likewise, Pierre Watkin played Police Chief Pat Patton. He had also done several films with Lucy and two episodes of "I Love Lucy."

Ten years later there was an animated series titled "Dick Tracy" featuring Lucille Ball alumni Jerry Hausner, Benny Rubin, and Mel Blanc.

In 1967 there was a pilot for a new live-action "Dick Tracy" series that went unsold. It featured Eve Plumb and Victor Buono, who later did episodes of "Here's Lucy," but were far more famous for other shows.

LI'L ABNER

Li'l Abner was a satirical comic strip that featured a fictional clan of hillbillies living in the mountain village of Dogpatch USA. Written and illustrated by Al Capp (1909–1979), the strip ran for 43 years, from August 13, 1934, through November 13, 1977. The strip inspired a 1956 Broadway musical that was filmed in 1959. Prior to that there was a non-musical film in 1940. A radio series was heard from 1939 to 1940.

"GEORGE ATTENDS A TEENAGE DANCE" (November 20, 1948) This episode of "My Favorite Husband" opens with Liz reading the morning papers over breakfast.

LIZ: “Who do you suppose got married?”

KATIE THE MAID: “Li’l Abner and Daisy Mae?”

Almost from the start, Abner Yokum was being pursued for matrimony by Daisy Mae Scragg. The reading public found it quite a tease that the two were clearly destined to get together. They finally married in 1952, nearly four years after this broadcast. The event made the cover of LIFE Magazine.

"LIZ LEARNS TO DRIVE" (November 13, 1948) George reads about his old college girlfriend, Myra Ponsenby, in the morning paper. Liz is unenthusiastic.

LIZ: “What’s new in Lower Slobbovia?”

“Lower Slobbovia” was a term first used in 1946 by Capp to describe a place that was unenlightened and socially backward. The term entered popular culture when referring to any place hopelessly stuck in the past.

"FIRST STOP" (January 17, 1955) Fred Mertz calls the rundown Ohio roadside diner "Lower Slobbovia.”

In "Tennessee Ernie Visits" (May 3, 1954) Fred calls Cousin Ernie "Little Abner".

The Broadway musical and film adaptation starred Peter Palmer as the title character. Palmer played Brother Peter in Lucille Ball's failed NBC sitcom "Bungle Abbey" (1980). On Broadway, Daisy Mae was played by Edie Adams (aka Mrs. Ernie Kovacs), who played herself in the very last episode of "The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour" (1960). The film also featured Lucy players William Lanteau, Alan Carney, Bern Hoffman, Bobby Jellison, and Torben Mayer.

The 1940 film featured Lucy's mentor Buster Keaton as Lonesome Polecat and Dick Elliott as Marryin' Sam. A new 1971 musical special featured Lucy alumni Carol Burnett, Ken Berry, Eddie Albert, and Donald O'Connor. In 1967, "Here's Lucy" director Coby Ruskin created a pilot for a "Li'l Abner" series that failed to sell.

LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE

Little Orphan Annie was a daily comic strip created by Harold Gray and syndicated by the Tribune Media Services. It made its debut on August 5, 1924, in the New York Daily News. In 1930 it became one of the first comic strips adapted to radio, and attracted about 6 million fans before leaving the air in 1942. It was adapted to film in 1932 and 1938, and (like Li'l Abner) even became a Broadway musical. The success of the 1977 musical is credited with revitalizing the popularity of the franchise. The musical was filmed in 1982, 2014, and for television in 1999.

"LUCY WANTS NEW FURNITURE" (June 1, 1953) Lucy likens her over-permed hair to a chrysanthemum, while Fred calls her Little Orphan Annie.

Annie is generally depicted with a mass of red hair and a red dress with a white collar.

"THE STAR UPSTAIRS" (1955) Cornel Wilde is trying in vain to read a soaking wet newspaper thrown to him in the bathtub by Lucy disguised as a bellboy.

WILDE: “I thought President Eisenhower was playing golf with Little Orphan Annie.”

Eisenhower was famous for playing golf and Annie was famous on the comic pages, so it easy to see a mash-up of the two from a soggy paper.

"LUCY AND ART LINKLETTER" (January 10, 1966) Seeing Lucy’s wide-eyed look, Mr. Mooney tells her to "stop looking like an over-aged Orphan Annie.”

In the comic strip, Annie's eyes have no pupils!

"LUCY GETS TRAPPED" (September 18, 1967) Lucy calls in sick, but goes shopping instead. When she's named Customer of the Year in a big celebration, she tries to hide the newspaper with her picture in it from Mr. Mooney. She tells him there's nothing new in the newspaper.

LUCY (about the news): "Oh, the temperature’s up, the stock market’s down, and Little Orphan Annie is lost again!”

During its 86 years of publication, Annie being lost or having disappeared was a frequent storyline. In fact, when the strip finally ceased publication in 2010, it ended with Daddy Warbucks "resigning himself to Miss Annie's being lost forever."

SUPERMAN

The Man of Steel was introduced to the world in comic book form in June 1938, created by Jerry Siegel and Joel Shuster. Beginning in January 1939, a daily comic strip appeared and a color Sunday version was added that November. Since then, the character, and characters from his world, has been seen in virtually every form of media, including, of course, television.

"LUCY AND SUPERMAN" (January 14, 1957) is considered one of television's first 'cross-over' shows. "The Adventures of Superman" aired from 1951 to 1958 in syndication, concurrent with "I Love Lucy". It starred George Reeves as Superman, a role he also plays on this episode of "I Love Lucy." While "Superman" made the transition to color in 1954, CBS kept "Lucy" in black and white for its entire run. Reeves is never mentioned by name in the dialogue or in the original credits, although it is pretty clear that Lucy and Ricky are recruiting "the actor who plays Superman" to entertain at Little Ricky's birthday party, not the superhero himself. Keith Thibodeaux (Little Ricky) later said that this was his very favorite episode. Because Desilu had obtained the license to use the actual Superman logo, they weren’t shy about using it! They even got permission to use the show’s theme music, composed by Leo Klatzkin.

Actors who were also seen on “Adventures of Superman” and their (characters) on “I Love Lucy”: Doris Singleton (Caroline Appleby), Elizabeth Patterson (Mrs. Trumbull), Tristram Coffin (Harry Munson), Herb Vigran (Jule / Al Sparks / Joe), Claude Akins (Himself aka ‘Giant Native’), Hayden Rorke (Mr. O’Brien), Phil Arnold (Harry Henderson / Man in Hotel Hallway), Milton Frome (Bill Henderson), Pierre Watkin (Mr. Dorrance), Dick Elliott (Tourist at Empire State Building / Yankee Stadium Spectator), Maurice Marsac (Maurice / Waiter), Frank J. Scannell (Buffo the Clown), Lou Krugman (Hollywood Director / Jewelry Salesman / Club Manager), Joi Lansing (Herself / Miss Low Neck), Larry Dobkin (Counterman / Waiter / Counterfeiter), Rolfe Sedan (Paris Chef), Eve McVeagh (Roberta the Hairdresser), Norman Varden (Mrs. Benson), Danni Sue Nolan (Mr. Reilly’s Secretary), Harry Cheshire (Sam Johnson), Ken Christy (Ken the Detective / Dock Agent), Robert Foulk (Brooklyn Policeman), Sid Melton (Jockey / Bellboy / Shorty), Bert Stevens (Tropicana Patron), Harold Miller (Theatre Patron / Ship Passenger), Hans Moebus (Man on Dock), Ernesto Molinari (Vineyard Boss), Jack Chefe (Bellhop / French Waiter), Bess Flowers (Tropicana Patron / Theatre Patron), and Monty O’Grady (Ship’s Passenger / Man at Airport).

Picking up Little Ricky’s toys, Lucy holds one of his “Superboy” comic books. It is the December 1956 issue (#53), hot off the presses during filming. Ironically, on the cover, Superman is looking at television! Even more ironically, inside the comic book was an ad titled “Draw Bob Hope”. Hope had just appeared on the season opener of “I Love Lucy.”

BATMAN

Batman was created by Bill Kane and Bill Finger in May 1939, just a year after Superman. As with Superman, there were numerous radio, film, and television adaptations of the characters, most notably a series starring Adam West that aired from 1966 to 1968.

Alas, there is no direct reference to the Caped Crusader in the Lucyverse. There are, however, plenty of indirect references due to the large number of actors who appeared on the television series who had also appeared with Lucy: Madge Blake, Cesar Romero, Van Johnson, Shelley Winters, Liberace, Tallulah Bankhead, Ethel Merman, Milton Berle, Rudy Vallee, Ida Lupino, Howard Duff, Stafford Repp, Victor Buono, Vincent Price, Edward Everett Horton, Vito Scotti, Norma Varden, Tristram Coffin, Ellen Corby, Sammy Davis Jr., Allen Jenkins, Art Linkletter, Alan Hale Jr., Jessyln Fax, Ben Welden, Dick Kallman, Alberto Morin, Bryan O'Byrne, and Larry Anthony.

Most notable among these is Madge Blake, who played Aunt Harriet on "Batman" as well as two characters on "I Love Lucy" and one on "The Lucy Show." She was also seen with Lucy and Desi in The Long, Long Trailer (1954). Coincidentally, she played Martha, a prospective new tenant in "Lucy and Superman" (see above). When she sees something outside the apartment window, her husband Herbert is concerned.

HERBERT: “Was it a bird?”

MARTHA: “No.”

HERBERT: “Was it a plane?”

MARTHA: “No.”

HERBERT: “Well, what was it, dear?”

MARTHA: “It was Superman!”

A 1949 film titled Batman and Robin featured Lucy performers Jack Chefe, Lyle Talbot, William Fawcett, and Phil Arnold.

DENNIS THE MENACE

Dennis the Menace, a comic strip centered around a mischievous but good natured young suburban boy, made its debut on March 12, 1951 syndicated in newspapers. Its success inspired comic books and (most famously) a television series that aired from 1959 to 1963.

"LUCY THE ROBOT" (February 28, 1966) Jay North, who played Dennis, guest-starred on a 1966 episode of "The Lucy Show" playing the 13 year-old nephew of Mr. Mooney (Gale Gordon). Lucy dresses as a toy soldier robot to divert him.

“You will keep that MENACE subdued for the next eight days!” ~ Mr. Mooney to Lucy about Wendell

During the final season of "Dennis", the long-suffering character of neighbor George Wilson was written out due to the death of actor Joseph Kearns. Kearns had played two characters on “I Love Lucy” - a psychiatrist in season one, and a theatre manager in season six. Gale Gordon was added to the cast as George’s brother, Henry.

When Lucille Ball was finally convinced to return to network television in 1962, she naturally wanted Gordon to join her, but he was unavailable due to his prior commitment to “Dennis the Menace” so Mrs. Carmichael’s put-upon banker was played by Charles Lane. Lane was also on “Dennis” as the recurring character of druggist Mr. Finch. He played the role six times before leaving for “Lucy”, his final episode airing just a day before his penultimate episode of “Lucy”!

When “Dennis” was canceled and Gordon was finally free, Ball wasted no time in hiring him and had Lane’s character was written out in order to make way for a new banker, Theodore Mooney. “Dennis the Menace” also had a character named Theodore Mooney - a police sergeant (George Cisar). He was often seen in the company of a woman named Lucy (Mrs. Lucy Elkins played by Irene Tedrow, and John Wilson (Gale Gordon).

Another cast member that "Lucy" and "Dennis" had in common was Danny, a cairn terrier who played Fred the dog on "I Love Lucy" and Freemont, Mr. Wilson's dog, on "Dennis the Menace." Danny was trained by Bill Blair and owned by Frank Inn, Hollywood's busiest animal actor supplier.

Besides Gordon, Lane, and Kearns, “Dennis” also featured “Lucy Show” and/or “I Love Lucy” alumni: Mary Wickes (Miss Cathcart), Edward Everett Horton (Uncle Ned), Kathryn Card (Mrs. Biddy), Parley Baer (Captain Blast), Elvia Allman (Edna), Tyler McVey (Mr. Carlson), Dub Taylor (Opie Swanson), Norman Leavitt (various roles), Bob Jellison (Announcer), Richard Reeves (Mr. Kelly), Lurene Tuttle (Mrs. Courtland), Nestor Paiva (Gamali), Jonathan Hole (Addison Brook), Stanley Adams (Jerry Richman), Willard Waterman (Otis Quigley), Harry Cheshire (Mr. Petry), Eve McVeagh (Mrs. Purcell), Harvey Korman (Bowers), Stafford Repp (Lt. Wheeler), Verna Felton (Aunt Emma), Madge Blake (Mrs. Porter), Ellen Corby (Miss Douglas), Eleanor Audley (Mrs. Pompton), and frequent extras Leoda Richards, Leon Alton, Olan Soule, Larry J. Blake, George DeNormand, and Monty O’Grady.

THE GUMPS

The Gumps is a comic strip about a middle-class family headed by hen-pecked husband Andy. It was created by Sidney Smith in 1917, launching a 42-year run in newspapers from February 12, 1917, until October 17, 1959, just six month before the last time America saw the Ricardos and Mertzes for the last time.

"The Adagio" (December 31, 1951) Ricky says “All this shaving is liable to wear my chin away,” to which Lucy replies “Okay, Andy Gump.”

The character had a bushy mustache but no lower jaw. Cartoonist Smith based him on real-life Andy Wheat who had his jaw removed after a tooth infection.

BUSTER BROWN

Buster Brown is a comic-strip character created in 1902 by Richard F. Outcault. Adopted as the mascot of the Brown Shoe Company in 1904, Buster Brown, along with Mary Jane, and with his dog Tige, became well known to the American public in the early-20th century. The character's name was used to describe a popular style of suit for young boys, the Buster Brown suit.

"THE ENGLISH TUTOR" (December 29, 1952) Lucy hires a grammar instructor so her new baby will grow up surrounded by well-spoken friends and family. Fred sarcastically shows up to the first session wearing a Buster Brown suit.

ETHEL: "All right, Buster Brown, go downstairs and get out of that silly outfit."

"THE RICARDOS CHANGE APARTMENTS" (May 18, 1953) To give Ricky the feeling their apartment is too small, Lucy fills the flat with toys, including a frog with a tongue that popped out when squeezed. This was actually a TV tie-in (one of the first) called Froggy the Gremlin. The character made its debut on radio’s “Buster Brown Gang” in 1944, which was brought to television in 1951 as “Smilin’ Ed’s Gang” with Froggy as a puppet and – occasionally – a life-sized costume character. In various formats, the program was seen from 1951 to 1960 (also on CBS) and featured "Lucy" performers June Foray, Vitto Scotti, Lou Krugman, Alan Reed, and Jerry Maren as Buster Brown.

BRENDA STARR, REPORTER

Brenda Starr is a comic strip started by Don Messick in 1940 about an adventurous and glamourous female reporter. The strip ended in 2011.

"LUCY BECOMES A REPORTER" (January 21, 1963) When Lucy takes a job as the editor of the Danfield Tribune's social column, Mr. Foley, the Tribune’s editor, sarcastically refers to Lucy as Brenda Starr.

Like Lucy, Brenda had red hair.

THE KATZENJAMMER KIDS

The Katzenjammer Kids was a comic strip created by German immigrant Rudolph Dirks which appeared from 1897 to 2006. Dirks was said to be the first to use 'thought balloons' in a comic strip.

"LUCY AND THE DIAMOND CUTTER" (November 16, 1970) Wally Cox plays Gustav, a nervous diamond cutter who stays at the Carter home while waiting to cut an expensive gem. Gustav calls Kim and Craig “the Katzenjammer Kids.”

The line is humorous due to Cox's thick German accent.

BRINGING UP FATHER

"VIV VISITS LUCY" (1967) A hippie named Itchy (Les Brown Jr.) tells Viv he doesn't miss his parents because “that 'Maggie and Jiggs' action was pretty hard to take.” Maggie and Jiggs (or Jiggs and Maggie) was the colloquial name for a comic strip actually titled “Bringing Up Father.” It was created by George McManus and ran from 1913 to 2000. The strip presented the life of a nouveau-riche American family. It was translated to stage, radio, television and six films.

It is often forgotten that "I Love Lucy" was also a comic strip which appeared daily from 1952 until 1955. In fact, it was the comic strip that broke the news that Lucy Ricardo had given birth to a boy! These were then collected into "I Love Lucy" comic books. "The Lucy Show" was also a series of comic books, published by Gold Key from 1963.

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fredandrieu · 1 year

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Harold Knerr

10 juillet 1938

#harold knerr #the katzenjammers kids #1930s #1938

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pulpsandcomics2 · 2 years

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Ace Comics #1 April 1937

Newspaper comic strip reprints

#katzenjammer kids #snuffy smith #barney google

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slidesworthseeing · 2 years

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Found slide: Holiday reading, Kurrajong, Dharug country, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, circa 1951 (photographer unknown)

#found slide #kurrajong #dharug country #blue mountains #new south wales #australia #kodachrome #walt disney comics #katzenjammer kids #1951

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condamina · 2 years

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Nel 1924 il fumetto si è già strutturato come industria

Yellow Kid. Fonte: Wikipedia I Katzenjammer Kids, Bibì e Bibò in Italia Una celebre immagine di Krazy Kat È importante considerare come a quest’altezza temporale l’industria dei comics sia già strutturata; il lavoro dei primi artisti, come Outcault, Dirks, Verbeek, Feininger, McCay, Swinnerton, Bud Fisher e altri, ha perfezionato e regolamentato le strutture semiotiche del linguaggio in un…

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not to wax poetics, and I really can't

but Katzenjammer is such a fucking good book!!! I would recommed everyone to read it.

it is such a poetic book, its so fucking poetic. its not poems or anything just poetic

and you can connect to it and the story brings up our own fears and trauma. things we can relate to

Story of a normal school experience and how it fucking sucks. bullies and friends and love and all the micro bullshit we put up with

all the small jabs and cuts of a normal school expirience. not happy not sad but fucking bittersweet and angry

also fearful and scary and heartbreaking and tragic. that is our lives at the moment

All thw kids living now, middle school and up. hell even 3-5th grade. it fucking sucks and this book shows it

Its so relatable and fucking amazing read it!!

#win.txt✦

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July 30, 1922 The Captain and the Kids by Rudolph Dirks

TOP PANEL [ID: The Kids' billy goats are yoked backwards onto a wheelbarrow filled with biscuits. They run away from a cowboy on horseback, leading a herd of longhorn cattle across the desert towards them. /end]

MAIN COMIC [ID: Mamma stands in the kitchen, happily baking biscuits. Behind her back, the Kids stand by the table where trays of biscuits cool, grabbing them and hucking them one by one out the open window. /end] Fritz: Oo, Mamma, vot lufly biscuits you haff ge-baked! Mamma: Chass, mit der Captain, hot biscuits iss like sveet smells of roses!

[ID: We see outside the window, where the Kids' billy goats sit, happily catching the biscuits in their mouths as the Kids throw them out. Der Captain stands behind them, viewing the whole scene with contempt. /end] Captain: Hm. Kafoozling in Denmark, or I'm a souzled herring!

[ID: Der Captain shoves the goats out of the way and sits under the windowsill, happily catching the biscuits in his upturned top hat. They land with a PLUNK as the goats look on, salivating. /end] Captain: Ts-sh...!!

[ID: He takes the hat full of biscuits and leads the goats away with it, Pied Piper-style. The Kids watch from the window, shocked. /end] Captain: Ha ha! FIll up der capacity, liddle cuties, for der finish iss soon ended! Fritz: ! ? ! Hans: ! ? !

[ID: He leads them across a wooden plank bridging two sides of a river. Cheerfully, he dumps the biscuits out onto the plank and the goats merrily chow down. The Kids prance up to this whole scene in the background. /end] Captain: Maybe you like some quail on der half shell, oder a svift spoosh on der nose, before ve part! Fritz: Der old boy got a fine heart! Hans: ...und a fat head!

[ID: Der Captain takes one end of the plank bridge and overturns it, dumping the goats headfirst into the river. The Kids protest angrily on the other shore. /end] Captain: Vell, vell, so goes it mit life, now it iss und now it ain't! Fritz: HEY!

[ID: Der Captain replaces the bridge and traipses across it, happily tipping his hat to the drowning goats. The Kids stand angrily at the other end of the bridge, awaiting him and surveying the situation. /end] Captain: Don't mention it! You find der svimming iss good for der combustion! Fritz: Iss der muskels ripe? Hans: Like a bear! Goats: Blaa! Blaw!

[ID: The Kids happily upturn the bridge and knock der Captain into the river atop the goats. /end] Fritz: Two iss company und vun more iss a splash! Hans: Vitch iss der goats?

[ID: Der Captain gets out of the river, using the upturned bridge as a gangplank onto the shore, where he spanks both Kids at once. The goats angrily follow him up the gangplank, unseen as der Captain's too busy spanking. /end] Captain: In der morning, der foist train for Africa. In der meantime, I show you who iss vot!

[ID: The goats head-butt der Captain in the hind all the way down a dirt road. The Kids stand in the background, cheering. /end] Hans: Yoo-hoo! Dot ain't der vay to Africa! Captain: Ouch! Hey... Ouch! Vait... Ouch!

[ID: Der Captain bursts through a screen door into Mamma's kitchen. She turns angrily from her empty biscuit trays to him. /end] Mamma: Look me in der eye! Vare vent my bisquits?

[ID: Der Captain leans out the window, brandishing a rolling pin to use on the goats, who sit where the Kids trained them to under the sill, eagerly awaiting more biscuits. Mamma stands angrily behind der Captain inside. The Kids peek out from behind a corner, trying to get the goats' attention. /end] Mamma: You hear vot I said, vare vent my bisquits? Captain: D'ey didn't vent yet, but d'ey vill in a minute! Hans: Pssst!

#newspaper comics #vintage #history #1922 #the katzenjammer kids #the captain & the kids #rudolph dirks #transcript available #1920s #tw: animal cruelty #biscuit baking #subterfuge #comeuppance

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travsd · 29 days

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A Century Ago Today: The Debut of Moon Mullins

June 19, 1923 saw the debut of Frank Willard’s comic strip Moon Mullins. That makes it a century old. As it happens, I learned about it about the half-century mark, as its characters were featured in Filmation’s Saturday morning cartoon show Fabulous Funnies, which is also how I learned about The Katzenjammer Kids. These comics were still running in newspapers at the time, but nothing focuses the…

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#cartoon #character #comic strip #Fabulous Funnies #Ferd Johnson #Filmation #Frank Willard #Kayo #Moon Mullins

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exeuntstormtroopers · 9 months

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Hi I’ve just recently finish your book katzenjammer and I have some questions this one might sound a little dumb but Kat died right at the end when she went through the door? And the reasons why Ryan did what he did was because of bullying? He seemed like a confident and hot headed character so I wasn’t able wrap the thought around my head correctly. And I really love the book!! 🩷

Spoilers for Katzenjammer! And trigger warnings for school violence!

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Cat - The idea was that Cat has been in a purgatory the entire book, and at the end, she understands what happened to her and moves on. You can interpret where she went however you want, but she's been dead the entire "mutated" part of the book.

Ryan - So, the idea that school shooters are kids who were bullied has been a harmful and pervasive myth for a long time. Ryan was bullied, but so were almost all of the other characters in the book, including Cat herself. You're absolutely right that Ryan came off as a confident and hot-headed character—that's what he was supposed to be. And you'll remember that he was the very first bully in the book, when Cat was little.

Ryan did what he did because of a number of factors (entitlement, societal conditioning, upbringing, etc) that I specifically didn't explore much in the book because Katzenjammer wasn't meant to be a profile of a school shooter. I wanted to show an environment where this kind of tragedy could be seeded (which is schools all across America, and the number of shootings goes up every year), and the kind of horrific trauma and loss of life that happens because of what we do to each other as friends, parents, lovers, teachers, and classmates.

Cat doesn't understand completely why Ryan did what he did, she knows only what she's seen him do from afar, so it confused her, too. I wanted that to be the reader's experience as well. We don't always understand why bad things happen to us, and sometimes there will be no one left to explain it to us. We have to find our own closure.

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clockwrkcabaret · 1 month

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Oh Grow Up!

WARNING! This show is for adults. We drink cocktails, have potty mouths and, at least, one of us was raised by wolves.

The Clockwork Cabaret is a production of Agony Aunt Studios. Featuring that darling DJ Duo, Lady Attercop and Emmett Davenport. Our theme music is made especially for us by Kyle O’Door.

This episode aired on Mad Wasp Radio, 03.17.24.

New episodes air on Mad Wasp Radio on Sundays @ 12pm GMT! Listen at www.madwaspradio.com or via TuneIn radio app!

Playlist:

Tom Waits – I Don’t Wanna Grow Up

Shovels & Rope – Good Old Days

Truckstop Honeymoon – List of Chore

The Two Man Gentlemen Band – Chocolate Milk

Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq. – I Don’t Want Kids (feat. Ben Dawson)

Biscuithead & the Biscuit Badgers – Never Going Back

Dandelion Junk Queens – Growing Up Is Giving Up

Dust Bowl Faeries – Candy Store

Insomniac Folklore – The Lego Song