Skippy,Percy L Crosby,1891-1964

Title: [Skippy]. Today would be the day I'd leave my slingshot home / P.L. Crosby.
Creator(s): Crosby, Percy L. (Percy Leo), 1891-1964, artist
Date Created/Published: [between 1923 and 1945]
Summary: Three-panel comic strip shows a man bent over, painting a fence. Skippy, a small boy wearing a long coat, floppy tie and plaid hat, eyes the inviting prospect and laments the fact that he has left his slingshot at home. The strip, drawn from 1913 until 1945, chronicled the everyday adventures of a small boy who played mischievous tricks, skipped school when possible, and debated the illogic of life. The strip was immensely popular for many years, but in the 1930s, Crosby became preoccupied with political concerns, inveighing against President Roosevelt, Al Capone, J. Edgar Hoover, press censorship, and communism, among other things. He spent his last years in a mental hospital.
Notes:
Section title from item.
Forms part of: Art Wood Collection of Caricature and Cartoon (Library of Congress).
Unprocessed in WOOD/Crosby.277
Sources: 100 years of American newspaper comics, p. 348; Encyclopedia of American comics, p. 336 ljr
Subjects:
Child behavior--1920-1950.
Painting--1920-1950.
Children--1920-1950.
Comics--1920-1950.
Ink drawings--1920-1950.
Bookmark /2004672665/
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