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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Irving Phillips' The Strange World of Mr. Mum ran from 1958 to 1974. It was a daily panel which added a Sunday strip in 1960. As I recall, Mort Walker told Virgil Partch he could get him a syndicated gig. VIP told Walker he was doing fine with gag cartoons in magazines. When the magazine markets began to dry up, Partch in 1960 prepared his cartoons as a newspaper feature, but the syndicate said, "We just bought this Mr. Mum, and one surreal cartoon is enough. Sorry." So instead of doing the type of imaginative cartoons that made him one of the leading 1940s cartoonists, Partch syndicated the suburban backyard Big George.
February 21, 1960
January 22, 1961
January 31, 1961
March 5, 1961
August 22, 1959
Labels: mr. mum, phillips, vip
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Wednesday, December 01, 2010
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In the 1940s and 1950s, Virgil Partch was my favorite magazine gag cartoonist. I loved his surreal world, angular characters and literal visualizations of common phrases. When he was killed in a 1984 automobile accident, I decided I had to write a lengthy article to let young people know about Partch's peak years. It was published a year later in Nemo 14 (August 1985). In the course of researching the article, I discovered that Partch had drawn the same situation at least five times. So I grouped them together.
For more Partch, go here. ¶ 10:12 AM 3 comments
In the 1940s and 1950s, Virgil Partch was my favorite magazine gag cartoonist. I loved his surreal world, angular characters and literal visualizations of common phrases. When he was killed in a 1984 automobile accident, I decided I had to write a lengthy article to let young people know about Partch's peak years. It was published a year later in Nemo 14 (August 1985). In the course of researching the article, I discovered that Partch had drawn the same situation at least five times. So I grouped them together.
For more Partch, go here. ¶ 10:12 AM 3 comments
