Thursday, February 04, 2010
Death of Newspapers #13: Sideways comic strips
Control click header above to hear vaudevillian George Price sing his 1923 hit, "Barney Google with the Goo-Goo-Googly Eyes". Was this an influence on Doodles Weaver's "William Tell Overture"? Listen to the horse race near end. Weaver was 12 years old when this song was a hit.
Scroll down to see comments about earliest sideways strips by Ted Dawson and Roy Crane, and go here to see Ted Dawson's sideways strips. Here's one even earlier from comic genius Billy DeBeck, actually a horizontal/vertical hybrid.
For even more Ted Dawson illustrations and comic strips, go here.
Control click header above to hear vaudevillian George Price sing his 1923 hit, "Barney Google with the Goo-Goo-Googly Eyes". Was this an influence on Doodles Weaver's "William Tell Overture"? Listen to the horse race near end. Weaver was 12 years old when this song was a hit.
Scroll down to see comments about earliest sideways strips by Ted Dawson and Roy Crane, and go here to see Ted Dawson's sideways strips. Here's one even earlier from comic genius Billy DeBeck, actually a horizontal/vertical hybrid.
February 3, 1937
For even more Ted Dawson illustrations and comic strips, go here.
Labels: barney google, billy debeck, death of newspapers, snuffy smith, ted dawson
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