Tuesday, February 19, 2013

A Mule Is A Mule

Tuesday Comic Strip Day.

A little odball strip from the early fifties. According to Alan Holtz' American Newspaper Comics it ran from May 5 1952 to November 28 1953. He quotes Alberto Becattini (who visits us here sometimes) as saying that the 'writer' David Stern, who also wrote the novel that spawned all the movies and comic strip versions, was only the editor here and tht Frank Thomas actually wrote the scripts. Is that the Frank Thomas of Disney fame, Alberto? I guess not.







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1 comment:

  1. Alberto5:44 AM

    Hi Ger.

    No, the Frank Thomas who did Francis has nothing to do with famous the Disney animator. Yet he was a very good writer/artist, both in newspaper strips and comic books. Following is what the Who's Who of American Comic Books has on him.

    Best,
    Alberto

    THOMAS, FRANK
    Name and vital stats
    THOMAS, FRANKLYN [1914- dec] (artist; writer)
    Biographical
    Not to be confused with the Disney animator
    Syndication
    ALL-AMERICAN FOOTBALL (pen/ink/) 1938 > 38
    DINKY DOYLE [daily] (wr/pen/ink/) 1946 > 46
    FERD'NAND (ghost wr/ghost pen&ink/) 1955-65 for United Feature Syndicate > 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65
    FRANCIS THE TALKING MULE (ghost wr/) c1952 for United Feature Syndicate > 52
    GOING WEST (wr/pen/ink/) 1951-54 > 51 52 53 54
    HOSSFACE HANK (wr/pen/ink/) 1955-64 for Al Smith Service > 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64
    Comics in other media
    Comics (wr/) 1985 for Cats magazine > 85
    CENTAUR COMICS GROUP
    CHUCK HARDY (wr/pen/ink/) 1940 > 40
    DR. HYPNO (wr/pen/ink/) c1939 > 39
    EYE SEES, THE (wr/pen/ink/) c1940 > 40
    FANTOM OF THE FAIR (wr/pen/ink/) c1940 > 40
    SOLARMAN (wr/pen/ink/) c1940 > 40
    DELL PUBLICATIONS
    ANDY PANDA (wr/) 1940s-52 > 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52
    BILLY AND BONNIE BEE (wr/pen/ink/) 1942-45 > 42 43 44 45
    BUDDIES (wr/pen/ink/) early-1940s > 40 41 42 43
    DON BUGABOO AND FATCHO (pen/ink/) 1943 > 43
    HANK AND LANK (wr/pen/ink/) 1942 > 42
    HOWDY DOODY (wr/) 1940s > 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49
    LITTLE LULU (wr/) 1940s > 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49
    LITTLE SCOUTS (wr/) 1940s > 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49
    OSWALD THE RABBIT (wr/) 1952 > 52
    OWL, THE (wr/pen/ink/) 1940-42 > 40 41 42
    WOODY WOODPECKER (wr/) 1940s > 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49
    ECLIPSE ENTERPRISES
    MR. MONSTER'S SCHLOCK!~ (wr/pen/ink/) 1987 reprint of The Eye Sees > 87
    MARVEL COMICS
    Illustration (pen/ink/) 1940 > 40

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