Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum

Sappo. "A few months ago John Sappo, with the aid of a dummy, tricked his wife into believing that he jumped from a cliff into the ocean" / Thimble Theatre. "Again the desert has failed to make us rich"

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Description
  • Fourteen panel color comic strip.
  • ©1930, King Features Syndicate, Inc. Great Britain rights reserved.
Subject
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Identifier
  • Digital ID: d_17581
  • Finding Number: CGA.SFACA.197
Summary
  • Sappo: Myrtle asks John why he attempted suicide. He told her too many rolling pin hits. John asks Myrtle if she married again and she lied and told him no. John leaves, comes back as Henry and Myrtle panics. She tells Henry to go away because her husband is back. He leaves, John comes back and asks Myrtle who she was talking to. She lied and told him no one.
  • Thimble Theatre: The Indian chief comes to get Castor. He finds out George Washington is dead so Castor can't be George. Castor then tells him he is the sun god. Just then the sun goes away and it turns dark. Everyone bows to Castor, believing he is the sun god. Ham gives him a gold watch. A man walks by them reading an almanac. He reads there is supposed to be a total eclipse today and there was one. Ham takes back the gold watch.
Source Collection
Published in
  • Chicago American
Collection identifier
  • SPEC.CGA.SF
Repository
  • Ohio State University. Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
File Format
Date copyrighted
  • 1930
Date issued
  • January 5, 1930
Rights note
  • This item, made available for research and educational purposes, may be protected by copyright; the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status.
Version
  • tear sheets
Medium
  • ink
  • newsprint
Syndicate
  • King Features Syndicate
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Time period (Topic)
Genre
Extent
  • 54 x 40.5 cm
Credit line: San Francisco Academy of Comic Art Collection, The Ohio State University, Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum

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