Foxy Grandpa
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Foxy Grandpa was a newspaper comic strip featuring an eponymous character, created by cartoonist Bunny Schultze.
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[edit] Publication history
Foxy Grandpa made its first appearance on January 7, 1900.[1] It initially ran in the New York Herald, but it moved to the New York American on February 16, 1902.[2] Between 1901 and 1917, Foxy Grandpa was published in books, more than 30 volumes from four different publishers. The strip was also adapted to Broadway shows, and early silent films (with Foxy Grandpa played by stage performer Joseph Hart). In 1929 the strip appeared in America's first comics periodical, The Funnies. In one form or another, the strip ran into the 1930s.[2]
[edit] Synopsis
The strip revolved around Foxy Grandpa, an elderly gentleman, with two mischievous grandsons, Chub and Bunt who constantly try to trick him. Foxy Grandpa, however, always managed to get the better of the two boys, combining brains with a perverse sense of humor, while demonstrating skills at acrobatics, illustration and construction of various small devices.[2]
[edit] Modern homages
- "Foxy Grandpa" is also written on a trucker hat given to SpongeBob SquarePants by his boss, Mr. Krabs.
[edit] Sources
- ^ Lambiek Comiclopedia. Carl Edward Schultze.
- ^ a b c Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Foxy Grandpa.
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