History, sort of
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Krazy Kat
Krazy Kat was a comic strip from 1913 to 1944. It was pretty unconventional, from the odd premise to the stylized dialog to being occasionally self-referential — sometimes the characters addressed the cartoonist, criticizing some aspect of that day’s strip. The main characters were Krazy Kat herself (or himself; it was never clear), and his… Continue reading
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Popeye
Popeye the Sailor Man is a cartoon character that first appeared in1929. He wasn’t the star of a comic strip at first; he was just a minor character in Thimble Theatre, a syndicated comic that had already been published daily for ten years. The main characters in Thimble Theatre at the time were Olive Oyl … Continue reading
About Me
I’m Pete Harbeson, a writer (among other things) located near Boston, Massachusetts. In addition to writing my own content, I’ve learned to translate for my loquacious and opinionated pup Chocolate Bossypaws. No surprise, she mostly speaks in doggerel. You can find her contributions tagged with Chocolatiana.
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