“Little Jimmy” Meets “Canyon Kiddies”, by James Swinnerton
Next in our Native American Heritage Month coverage, we’ve scanned part of the Little Jimmy section, from the 1934 Book 2 of Famous Comics. Each of Famous Comics’ three issues collected daily comic strips of three different series. In Book 2, the run of artist James Swinnerton’s strip, Little Jimmy, crossed over with another Swinnerton [...]
Old Skool! University of California 1924 Yearbook
Many amateur cartoonists got their first taste of being in print by illustrating their school yearbooks from Boody Rogers to Milton Caniff. But here’s a switch: I imagine William Randolph Hearst was a big donor to the University of California and that it was he who drafted his A-List cartoonists to cartoon what have to [...]
This Day in Arf History: Jimmy Swinnerton Was Born Today
Jimmy Swinnerton spawned a comic called Little Jimmy that ran for over 50 years. It’s a bit of a miracle that the strip-and Swinnerton-lasted that long. A doctor during the early part of Swinnerton’s career, told him he had just two weeks to live. This news prompted Swinnerton to move to Arizona where the beautiful [...]
