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I recently lamented the fact that I couldn’t find any more comics from the artist behind Clarence Culpepper and His Six Adoring Sisters, but guess what? I took another look and I still couldn’t find any. But I did uncover a number of illustrations, many accompanying articles written by Bonney Royal herself. These are pretty cool, especially if you have a fondness for Chicago.
This is a tale in six parts – start with the one above and go from there.
Frederick White kreated kute kitties for the kiddos and then konkluded it would fun to kill them off daily. Enjoy.
It’s a real shame sometimes, the way you see some promising features treated in this business of combing through forgotten comics pages of long ago. Bonney Royal’s Clarence Culpepper is one such strip. It lasted a mere five weeks, hardly given a chance at all (though, to be fair, I suppose a full page debut in the Sunday edition of the Chicago Tribune was no small deal). The art is pleasant and the Chicago setting fun. My efforts to locate any subsequent work in the funnies from Bonney Royal have been unsuccessful. A pity.
