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Tag Archives: Peter Newell
Polly Sleepyhead Passes Through a Small Cyclone
Another late strip from Peter Newell‘s series Polly Sleepyhead; it is from 1907, but I do not know the date:
More Wishing Willy
Here is the second episode of Peter Newell’s Wishing Willy, I do not have any more, though there were six, if Allan Holtz‘s American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide is correct. Help in finding the missing ones (and better scans … Continue reading
Peter Newell’s Wishing Willy
In addition to The Naps of Polly Sleepyhead (1906-1907), Peter Newell produced a second newspaper strip, Wishing Willie (or Willy), published in a few papers, e.g. the Atlanta Constitution, between 3 August and 7 September 1913: a grand total of six … Continue reading
No More Naps for Polly
In the last episodes of Peter Newell’s The Naps of Polly Sleepyhead the naps disappear, not only from the title: she is now the intended victim of Tom and Dicky’s practical jokes, but she regularly manages to inadvertedly turn the … Continue reading
Peter Newell, Polly and Her Papa
Peter Newell’s strip “The Naps of Polly Sleepyhead” for 22 April 1906.
