Showing posts with label Strip. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Strip. Show all posts

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Betty - Sunday Comic Strip Vintage 1919



Betty - Sunday Funny Papers 1919 No 1 from Chuck Thompson

Our Sunday comic strip for the week is this vintage piece from 1919.  Betty was a short run strip that lasted about 3 months long and that was it.  It was over.  There are about 11 known strips.  We will try and get to more in the future with this one.  It's always interesting to look at what was considered funny back in earlier times and what was the sentiment of the day.  This gives you part of that picture. Enjoy. 
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Monday, September 9, 2013

Charlie Chan Sunday Comic Strip



Charlie Chan Sunday Comic Strip 2 from Chuck Thompson

Charlie Chan old time classic Sunday comic strip.  Short stories of the world famous detective from the 1920's to the 1950's.  His popularity went down towards the end of the 1940's pretty much putting a halt to the movies and comic strips.  During the time period, Charlie Chan was more popular than Sherlock Holmes.  These days, not that many people are even familiar with Charlie Chan.

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First episode of Alfred Andriola's Charlie Cha...
First episode of Alfred Andriola's Charlie Chan Sunday comic strip (October 30, 1938), distributed by the McNaught Syndicate. The daily strip began earlier that week (October 24, 1938). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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Monday, June 3, 2013

The Story of Colonel Drake - History of Petroleum - Comic Book Form



Now this is a very entertaining way to learn a great deal about the history of petroleum.  Rock oil as it was once called.  The story begins in the early 1850's and is based around a character known as Colonel Drake.  Fun and entertaining way to learn something new.  16 pages that will not take up to much of your time and the story does hold your interest.  It's a fast read.  If you want a copy of this book, you are welcome to download a copy from our slideshare site as we have made it available.

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