Sunday, March 31, 2013
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Dewey Drip
Police Comics #20 |
Dewey Drip is really just a series of popular 1941 comic tropes thrown together into a one page comic. Despite this, the gag strip lasted for 8 years in the pages of Police Comics.
Dewey gets a letter from the government, informing him that he has been drafted in World War II. Being a stereotypical hillbilly of the 1940s with a love of feuding, he is excited that someone will pay him to fight. While hillbilly humor wasn't unique to gag pages--or even to Police Comics--Dewy's situational humor held him in the book.
Dewey Drip was created by Joe Devlin. He is credited with all of the strips artwork and writing. Of course some credible sources say he died in 1942, so it is in question.
As the war ended and Dew returned to his normal, zany hillbilly life, the strip began slowly falling into the back pages. He is absent from #63-64. #67-69, #71-82, and #89. Dewy made his last appearance in Police Comics #93 (August 1949).
Police Comic #21 |
Police Comics 22 |
Police Comics #23 |
Police Comics #70 |
Labels:
Dewey Drip,
John Devlin,
Police Comics,
Quality Comics
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
What Would Women Talk About Without Men?
Before you get excited, a text story from the pages of Dizzy Dames is no deeper than its comics pages.
Still this is worth the time to read this one page story from Dizzy Dames #5.
Still this is worth the time to read this one page story from Dizzy Dames #5.
Labels:
1950s,
American Comics Group,
Dizzy Dames,
text story
Saturday, March 9, 2013
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