June 22 1910 — So here it is, Herriman’s last cartoon for the Los Angeles Examiner, and BIG SURPRISE, it’s about the upcoming Fight of the Century. Since George’s first Family Upstairs strip was published in New York on June 20, it is safe to say that this cartoon was published well after Herriman had cleaned out his west coast desk. 

So after fifteen years is this the end of Herriman Saturday? Well actually it is not, at least not quite. For awhile now I have been scanning Herriman one-shot cartoons from his earlier days in New York, before he went to the west coast, so we’re going to have the Herriman Saturday Bonus Round for a short while until I use up my small inventory of those. You’ll get to see just how downright awful George’s early work was, bad enough to give the most unpolished amateur cartoonist hope that they too could someday be considered one of the greatest cartoonists ever to hold a pen. 

See you here next Saturday!