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| Another significant one.
T.A. Tad Dorgan was a significant cartoonist who also created comic strips, first, 'Jonnny wise' and later ' Silk Hat Harry's Divorce Suit.' He did regular sports cartoon strips. This was his first book.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tad_Dorgan
He is also credited with creating many slang terms, some of which are still used today. He also claimed to have invented the term, 'Hot Dog'.
ttps://whatscookingamerica.net/History/HotDog/HDHistory.htm
His argument for how he thought up the term makes sense, but its more likely he popularized it rather than made it up.
Once again thank you Lyons. Invaluable.
Crazy Book tho. Makes me wonder if he and Herriman were pals. Basically a verbal standup routine. This guy was a very quick thinker.
'Quick Watson, the Needle!'
You might find me using that a bit in my posts! |
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| Some funny stuff here, but you'd never know that Tad was an accomplished cartoonist if this were the only book of his work you'd seen. |
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| The Grand Comics Database now has this indexed. https://www.comics.org/issue/797760/ |
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| This is a curious collection. Mostly text jokes, probably old at the time, with very limited comic content. An interesting look at what passed for a "comic strip" back in the early days of the format. I wouldn't recommend it to just anyone, but if you're interested in early "comic strips" it's worth a look. |
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| I have several Cupples and Leon books in my collection, as I love the comic strip inking styles of the 1910s-1930s. But, I don't care all that much about having access to this one, as it only has a few pages with that style of cartoons. The rest of the book is filled with corny text jokes (which were probably already 50 years old when this book was published), and simple stick figure cartoons with accompanying text jokes, which are also unfunny. However, I beg to differ with Crash's statement that having read only this book by Dorgan, one couldn't tell that he was a talented artist and cartoonist. Just looking at the inking on his dapper Dogs tells me otherwise. I'm rather surprised that that esteemed publisher took on this book, but I'm guessing that they had already published a few of his other books, filled with standard cartoon illustrations. |
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| Publication | 1911 | Price: 0.25 USD | Pages: 1 |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Silk Hat Harry; Bunk |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Bunk; Silk Hat Harry |
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| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Bunk; Tad Dorgan (photo); Silk Hat Harry |
| Notes | A picture of Tad flanked by two of his characters. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Silk Hat Harry; Bunk |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Dedication. |
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| Comic Story | You'll Find Sympathy in the Dictionary (1 page) |
| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | from Daffydils daily? - The New York Evening Journal 19xx-xx |
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| Comic Story | Father Always Wanted Me To Be a Club Man (1 page) |
| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Doc Cook Always Said 'I'll Try Anything Once' (1 page) |
| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Tom Sharkey; Johnny; Mrs. Bush; Gus |
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| Comic Story | John Don't Forget to Wind the Clock and Feed the Kitty (1 page) |
| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Abe |
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| Comic Story | I'd Rather Be Just What I Am Than Lots of Other Things (1 page) |
| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Jerry Blooey; Bill |
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| Comic Story | You'll Think I'm a Pretty Wise Little Fellow When You Know Me Better (1 page) |
| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Vera; John; Mac; Bill |
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| Comic Story | And He Never Took a Lesson in His Life (1 page) |
| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Slim John; Big Bart |
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| Comic Story | Sic 'im Prince He Bit Your Father (1 page) |
| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Dave Marsh; Robinson Crusoe; Friday |
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| Comic Story | Half the World Are Squirrels and the Other Half are Nuts (1 page) |
| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Mabel; Al Crandall; Schlitzberger |
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| Comic Story | It Isn't What You Used To Be - What Are You Grabbing Now (1 page) |
| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Hermann |
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| Comic Story | Thank You and You'll Thank Me That's the Best Quartah - You Ever In-Ves-Ted (1 page) |
| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Ignatz; Mac |
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| Comic Story | There is Always Something in the Lives of Famous Men (1 page) |
| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Bessie McCoy; Bert Williams; Keegan; John Fisher |
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| Illustration | Bessie McCoy (1 page) |
| Credits | Pencils:? (photograph) | Inks:? (photograph) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Silk Hat Harry; Bessie McCoy (photo); Bunk |
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| Comic Story | The Beauty of Harry Stevens' "Hot Dogs" is More Than Skin Deep (1 page) |
| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Oat Abar |
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| Comic Story | As McNamara Says "Its Hard To Do Without a Make-up (1 page) |
| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Napoleon |
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| Comic Story | Yes Sir I Was Chief Clown With Hanlons Superbas for 20 Years Always Minded My Own Business and Got Along Fairly Successful (1 page) |
| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Moe |
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| Comic Story | You Can't Keep a Squirrel On the Ground (1 page) |
| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: John; Phil; Hen Hop; Ima Nut; Oat Abar; Jake |
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| Comic Story | I Don't Want To Talk About Myself But Before I Was Sixteen Years Old I- (1 page) |
| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Dead Shot Bill; Joe Hash; Hen Hanson |
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| Comic Story | You Never Saw Me Hanging Around 42nd and Broadway When I was a Boy (1 page) |
| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Hiram Cauliflower; Mike Levy |
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| Comic Story | Oh a Little Beer Won't Hurt You (1 page) |
| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Cyril; Sam |
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| Comic Story | And You'll Think I'm a Pretty Wise Little Feller When You Know Me Better (1 page) |
| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Mme Paladinio; McCabe; Ferryboat Jenkins; Silk O'Loughlin |
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| Comic Story | And He Never Took a Lesson in His Life (1 page) |
| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | Aw Go Ahead - a Little Beer Won't Hurt You- (1 page) |
| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | The Great Frankfurter Marathon (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Silk Hat Harry and friends chase down racing frankfurters. |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Silk Hat Harry; Bunk |
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| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Otey Johnson; Aggie; Freddie; Alexander; John |
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| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Ferdinand Flapjack; Horace; Harold |
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| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Herman Piffler; Phillip; Black Dan |
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| Comic Story | Father Always Wanted Me To Be a Club Man (1 page) |
| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: King George; The Duke of Horseradish; Dick |
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| Comic Story | Half the World Are Squirrels and the Other Half are Nuts (1 page) |
| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Cyril; Eileen; Josh; Steve |
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| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Davy Crockett |
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| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | You Can't Keep a Squirrel On the Ground (1 page) |
| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Sidney Pistasch; Pop Haines; John |
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| Comic Story | The Best Way To Get Ahead Is To Raise Cabbage (1 page) |
| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Red Jerry; Fat John; Joe Fabian; Dusty Dave |
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| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Herbert Huckleberry |
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| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Buck Gagus; Bill; Paul Peppermint; Steve |
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| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Dave Doughnut; Adolphus; Harold |
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| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Fannie |
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| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Henry Hawkins |
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| Featuring | Daffydils |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Helen French; Rhoderick Dhu; Vic McGuire; John |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Anthropomorphic-funny Animals | Characters: Silk Hat Harry; Bunk |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
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| Illustration | Daffydils (1 page) |
| Content | Characters: Bunk; Silk Hat Harry |
| Notes | Back cover. |
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