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(60) Polly and Her Pals. "I won't have that critter on the farm, Fat-head!" 1933. Published by King Features Syndicate, Inc., November 6, 1933.
India ink with scraping out over graphite underdrawing with paste-on.
Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature
Prints and Photographs Division
LC-DIG-ppmsca-07744 (60)
In this two panel comic strip of Polly and Her Pals drawn by Clifford Sterrett (1883-1964), the central character Paw brings home a tiger, that he thought was a hallucination. However, the tiger is real, having recently escaped from the circus. This experience, which is part of a series about Polly's family's move to the country, convinces Paw to move back to the city. The gently humorous strip, starring Polly, her parents, and diverse relatives and friends debuted in 1912. One of the first to feature an independent "new woman" of college age, Sterrett also evolved in this strip a unique graphic style with angular compositions and boldly stylized forms. |