Buster’s Last Hurrah

I’m guessing this constitutes Buster Brown’s last appearance, in strip form at least, in the Sunday comics. This 1934 ad campaign for Buster Brown Shoes doesn’t seem to have gone on very long; at least this is the only sample I can recollect seeing.

This Buster strip is penned by the great cartoonist of the Betty Sunday page, C.A. Voight. The work isn’t signed but Voight’s style is distinctive enough to make it an easy call.

6 comments on “Buster’s Last Hurrah

  1. Hello, Allan—–I think this Buster Brown ad was a one-shot, as I never saw another, either. Voight did several early ad strips, as well, for (I think) Rinso detergent. Other retired strip characters that made their last appearance as shills include Dumb Dora,(Wheaties, ca. 1940, by Paul Fung) the Joys and Glooms,(Pepto-Bismol, 1938) Doings of the Duffs,(Jell-o, 1934, by Ben Batsford) and the Yellow Kid. (Ready-made fill-in the blanks series of ads, ca. 1910, by Outcault.)—Cole Johnson.

  2. Hi Allan and Cole. No, it was NOT an one shot. Take a look at “Eccoci Ancora Qui” (I have sent the links for downloading the whole 704 page book to PlatinumAgeComics and Comic Strip Classics; see posts “Late Xmas Present from Alfredo Castelli”) and you’ll find a different sample at page 191 (book 03).
    If you need the links for you blog, Allan, feel free to copy them

    Other retired strips that resurrected as ads were The Newlyweds (Minit Rub – Drawn by an unknown artist in a style totally different from McManus’, but with the same characters, see EAQ page 408); Jerry on the Job (Grape Nut Flakes, Walter Hoban, 1938; the haracter was revived again ias a regular series in 1946). Yellow Kid was featured (with pants) in advertising booklets from Graham’s garden tools published in 1915 (see EAQ page 561)
    Best, Alfredo

  3. Hi Alfredo –
    Am I understanding you correctly that you wish me to publish the links to the downloadable book here on the blog? If so I will be happy to do so. I think anyone that visits this blog would be thrilled to have access to it, but I assumed you wanted to restrict access to the CSC group.

    –Allan

  4. LINKS to “HERE WE ARE AGAIN!”
    Hi Allan,
    Sure, if you think that “Eccoci ancora qui” may be of interest to the readers of “Stripper’s Guide”, I’ll be very happy if you publish the links to download it. The book is copmplete, 704 pages, in Italian but with about 5,000 (Five thousand!) illustrations.
    Best – Alfredo

  5. Hi Allan,

    Here is all the listings for True Comics in Jerry Bails’ Who’s Who (http://www.bailsprojects.com/). Hopefully it may give some hints.
    Under “True Comics”
    Some have art samples showing and that may help too
    Name Category Credit Tenure
    ADLER, ARTHUR
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (wr/) 1946-50
    ALLISON, BILL
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (asst/) 1942
    APPEL, GEORGE
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1942 unconfirmed
    ASHE, EDD
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    Non-fiction: Table Turned (pen/ink/) in TRUE COMICS #26 (c) 1943 Parents Institute
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    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1942-43
    ASTARITA, RAFAEL
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1949
    BARE, AL
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (wr/) 1942
    BATTEFIELD, KEN
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1943
    BELL, FRED
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1942
    BLAIR, JOE
    Pen names
    Possibly DAVID T. MARKE (MARK) at TRUE COMICS ’41-45
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (wr/) 1941-c44
    BLUMMER, JON
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941
    BORTH, FRANK
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941-42
    BRADY, BILL
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1942
    CAMPBELL, HARRY
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941
    CAPLIN, ELLIOT
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    Support (publ/ed/) 1946-49 [Imprint: TRUE COMICS]
    TRUE COMICS~ (ed/) 1941-43
    TRUE COMICS~ (wr/) 1941-48
    CARRENO, AL
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1947
    CAZENEUVE, LOUIS
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    Non-fiction: Basketball (ink/) in TRUE COMICS 1941 see scan 0116RicePierce
    CERTA, JOE
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1947
    CHAPIAN, GRIEG
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (asst/) 1942
    COHEN, JOEL
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    Text illustration (pen/ink/) in TRUE COMICS (c) 1946 Parents Institute
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    DALY, JOHN
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941-46
    DE LAY, HAROLD
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941-44
    DE MARTINI, A.
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1940s unconfirmed
    DE MUTH, MARTIN
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (wr/) 1941-42
    DILLON, CORINNE
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    Non-fiction: Delaying Action (pen/ink/) in TRUE COMICS #45 (c) 1945 Parents’
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    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1942-47
    DOBROTKA, ED
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1942
    DRESSER, LAWRENCE
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1942-49
    DRESSLER, LAWRENCE
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    Non-fiction: Up from Slavery (pen/ink/) in TRUE COMICS (c) c1945 Parents Institute
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    ELKAN, MAX
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) c1942
    EVERETT, BILL
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941-42
    FAGALY, AL
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1942-43
    FANSHAW, DAN
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1942
    FASANO, JERRY
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1946
    FERSTADT, LOU
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1942
    FISK, HARRY
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941-42/44-47
    FLINTON, BEN
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941
    FROEHLICH, AUGUST
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941-42
    GATES, ART
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941
    GERSHWIN, EMIL
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1942
    GILKISON, TERRY
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941
    GILL, TOM
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (ink/) c1943-c47
    GLANCKOFF, SAM
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    Non-fiction: Mercy for Millions (pen/ink/) in TRUE COMICS #45 (c) 1945 Parents Institute
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    Non-fiction: The young flyer . . . (pen/ink/) in TRUE COMICS #26 (c) 1943 Parents Institute
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    GLANKOFF, SAM
    Syndication
    HOME-FRONT HEROES [Sunday] (pen/ink/) 1943-45 topper over TRUE COMICS for Parents Institute
    TRUE COMICS [daily] (pen/ink/) 1942-44 AMERICAN VESPUCIUS; GERM TAMER; OLD IRONSIDES
    TRUE COMICS [Sunday] (pen/ink/) 1942-44 AMERICAN VESPUCIUS; GERM TAMER; OLD IRONSIDES
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941-47
    GLANZMAN, LEW
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941-42
    GRANT, DOUGLAS
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941-43
    GRANT, GORDON
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941
    GRIFFITHS, HARLEY
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941-43
    GROTHKOPF, CHAD
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941-42
    HALL
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1942
    HARRISON, GEORGE
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941 Collaboration was signed: HARRY GEORGE
    HART, ERNIE
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1942
    HICKEY, TOM
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941 unconfirmed
    HICKS, ARNOLD
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941
    HUGHES, BOB
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941
    IVERS
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1940s
    JACQUET, LLOYD
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    Support (art dir/) 1941-42 through his studio [Imprint: TRUE COMICS]
    JASINSKI, CHET
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1947
    JENNEY, BOB
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1943
    JORDAN, JOHN 1
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941-42
    KIEFER, HENRY
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941-42
    KINSTLER, EVERETT
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) c1947
    KOTZKY, ALEX
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (asst/) 1941-42
    KOZLAK, CHESTER
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) c1942
    LAMPERT, HARRY
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ [fillers] (wr/pen/ink/) 1946-47
    LIVINGSTONE, R. H.
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    Non-fiction: Pres. Chaster A. Arthur (pen/ink/) in TRUE COMICS #45 (c) 1945 Parents Institute
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    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1942
    LUCEY, HARRY
    Syndication
    TRUE COMICS [Sunday] (pen/ink/) 1942 two weeks
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1942
    LYNCH, DON
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    Non-fiction: Palace Teacher (pen/ink/) in TRUE COMICS #50 (c) 1946 Parents Institute
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    Non-fiction: The Mayos (pen/ink/) in TRUE COMICS #26 (c) 1943 Parents Institute
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    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941-43
    MARCOUX, GEORGE
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1942-47
    MARKE, DAVID T.
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (byline/) 1941
    MC ARDLE, JAY
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941-47
    MEDITZ, JOHN
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) c1944
    MONTANA, BOB
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941-42
    MOREY, LEO
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941-43
    NAYDEL, MARTIN
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941
    NODEL, NORMAN
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (asst pen&ink/) c1943-c44
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1945-47
    NOONAN, DAN
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1942
    OKSNER, BOB
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) c1940-c41
    PADDOCK, MUNSON
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941
    PALAIS, RUDY
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1943
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    Note
    Aka TRUE COMICS; POLLY PIGTAILS; TRANS-WORLD PRESS
    Title published
    TRUE COMICS #1-84] 1941-50
    TRUE COMICS AND ADVENTURE STORIES nn 1965 reprint
    PATENAUDE, RAMONA
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941
    PEDDY, ART
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/) 1949
    PETER, HARRY
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941-42
    PHILLIPS, JIM
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1942
    PINAJIAN, ART
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1942
    PLASTINO, AL
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1943-46
    POUCHER, EDWARD
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1942/44
    POWELL, BOB
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1947-48
    PRENTICE, JOHN
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1942-46
    QUINLAN, CHARLES SR.
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1943-46
    RAMSEY, HARRY
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941-43 Collaboration was signed: HARRY GEORGE
    REAVIS, LOGAN
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941
    REINMAN, PAUL
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1942
    RICE, PIERCE
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    Non-fiction: Basketball (pen/) [with Louis Cazeneuve (i)] in TRUE COMICS (c) 1941 Parents Institute
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    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1942
    ROY, MIKE
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941
    RYAN, DOUGLAS
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941
    RYAN, EDWARD
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941
    SAHLE, HARRY
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941-42
    SCHAARE, C. R.
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    Non-fiction: The Narrow Escape of Henri de Tonti (pen/ink/) in TRUE COMICS #26 (c) 1943 Parents Institute
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    SCHROEDER, ERNIE
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    Non-fiction: Fireman’s Dog (pen/ink/) in TRUE COMICS #52 (c) 1946 Parents Institute
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    Non-fiction: When the ship docked . . . (pen/ink/) in TRUE COMICS #26 (c) 1943 Parents Institute
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    TRUE COMICS~ (wr/pen/ink/) 1946-49 on comics staff
    SCHROTTER, GUS
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1942
    SHERMAN, HOWARD
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1942
    SMALL, JON
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) c1943-c49
    SMALLE, ED
    Syndication
    TRUE COMICS [daily] (pen/ink/) early-1940s
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    Non-fiction: If a dead Jap . . . (pen/ink/) in TRUE COMICS #26 (c) 1943 Parents Institute
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    Non-fiction: Several log patrols . . . (pen/ink/) in TRUE COMICS #50 (c) 1946 Parents Institute
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    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941-49
    SNYDER, MARCIA
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1942/47
    SPARLING, JACK
    Syndication
    TRUE COMICS [daily] (pen/ink/) early-1940s
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    Non-fiction: Best I like . . . (pen/ink/) in TRUE COMICS #26 (c) 1943 Parents Institute
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    TRUE COMICS AND ADVENTURE STORIES~ (pen/ink/) 1965
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1943/46-50
    SPRINGER, FRANK
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1965
    STARR, LEONARD
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) c1943
    STONER, E. C.
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941-42
    TAX, JERRY
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (ed/) possibly other comics titles
    TAYLOR, HENRY
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941
    THOMPSON, BEN
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941-42
    TORBERT, FLOYD
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941-49
    TRUE COMICS
    Name and vital stats
    TRUE COMICS (see PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS)
    TUSKA, GEORGE
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1945
    UNCREDITED ART
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    Non-fiction: Clash for Empire (pen/ink/) in TRUE COMICS (c) c1945 Parents Institute
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    Non-fiction: How It Got Its Name (pen/ink/) [by Ernest Schroeder?] in TRUE COMICS #52 (c) 1946 Parents Institute
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    Non-fiction: Revere & Dawes (pen/ink/) in TRUE COMICS (c) c1945 Parents Institute
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    Non-fiction: Sinbad (pen/ink/) in TRUE COMICS (c) c1945 Parents Institute
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    Non-fiction: To stop the Nazi drive . . . (pen/ink/) in TRUE COMICS #50 (c) 1946 Parents Institute
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    WARREN, JACK
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1941
    WEBSTER, E. F.
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    TRUE COMICS~ (pen/ink/) 1942
    WOLFE, LOUIS
    PARENTS’ MAGAZINE PRESS
    Text (wr/) 1946 in TRUE COMICS

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