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Speaking of Walter Wellman, what do we have here? Why, it’s a long forgotten strip featuring the domestic comedy of Mr. Happihome and spouse. While I’d like to find some strips from If or Oh, Where, Oh, Where, Has That Willie Boy Gone, I’m pretty excited to present these today; I’d never heard of it before. Happihome is pre-television sit-com for sure, there’s hi-jinks aplenty of the 1906 variety. You can count on him to pull the ol’ apple pie switcheroo or mistakenly bring home a cat instead of a hat…cue the laugh track.

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For a few weeks in the summer of 1906, a guy named Gussie attempted to share his passion for the national pastime with his gal Gladys. The gags lobbed here are the softest of softballs, but the striking artwork certainly caught my eye (not to mention those fancy duds our titular duo don for a day out at the ball park). Lee Stanley may not have hit a home run with this one, but I’m sure you’ll still have a good time with Gussie and Gladys at the Ball Game, sports fans.

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Harry Lewis is not an artist I’m familiar with, but I like what I’m seeing here in Mrs. Trixie Trix.  From what I’ve been able to gather, Mr. Lewis has several short-run series to his name – in fact I’m including a couple strips from a second title as a bonus!  The Hatred of Horrid Hattie is actually the first work of his that I stumbled upon, but I have only been able to locate two episodes.  In my search for more, I ran into Trixie and knew I needed to share.  If anyone has more Hattie or Trixie (though I’m thinking we may have the full run), please share.