Facsimile edition of the Cupples and Leon book originally published in 1927 and reprinting strips from 1926. Cupples and Leon was the premier publisher of comic strips in the 1920s and 1930s, publishing hardcover editions of all the great strips of that era, such as, Bringing Up Father, Mutt and Jeff, The Gumps, Moon Mullins, and Little Orphan Annie. Four editions of Reg'lar Fellers were published between 1921 and 1929. Reg'lar Fellers first saw print during World War I. Byrnes had a knack for portraying the world of kids, and the strip became one of the most popular in the nation. "The kid life affectionately portrayed was...very real and sympathetic and, to many, the truest of the comics' many depictions of kid life. - - - Mauric Horn World Encyclopedia of Comics. " The strip was populated with Jimmie Dugan, Pudd'nhead and his brother Pinhead, Flynn the cop, and Bullseye the dog. This is an excellent way to read strips that aren't available anywhere else. 6¾x8¾, squarebound softcover, color cover, 88 black and white pages ....WAS $9.95. ON SALE! $8.95
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