Category: Funny Page
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Off the Track: A Barrel Coach, a Scratch Cat, and Charles M. Payne
Charles M. Payne was one of the busiest cartoonists of the early newspaper age, and one of the most practical. He spent almost seventy years in the business, hopping from paper to paper, and he had a trick no one else tried twice: he sold nearly identical strips to two different newspapers at the same…
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A Tin Can Crown: The Misadventures of Happy Hooligan and the Genius of Frederick Burr Opper
When Happy Hooligan debuted in 1899, readers met a bumbling, kind-hearted tramp who quickly became one of the earliest comic strip icons. Created by Frederick Burr Opper, Happy Hooligan chronicled the well-meaning but constantly unlucky exploits of its titular character—a man who could never catch a break, no matter how hard he tried. Wearing a…