Bringing Up Father - complete year 1927 - 52 Newspaper pages & strips - 1927

Rare surviving episodes from various Sunday Comics sections, featuring episodes of Bringing Up Father by George McManus on one each single full page. Published in 1927. full year of 52 pages. On the same page 'Rosie's Beau' also by McManus.

On the back we find Tillie The Toyler (among others) by Russ Westover.

Only some images were selected.

Bringing Up Father is an American comic strip created by cartoonist George McManus. Distributed by King Features Syndicate, it ran for 87 years, from January 2, 1913, to May 28, 2000.

The strip was later titled Jiggs and Maggie (or Maggie and Jiggs), after its two main characters. According to McManus, he introduced these same characters in other strips as early as November 1911

Tillie The Toyler:
Tillie the Toiler is a newspaper comic strip created by cartoonist Russ Westover who initially worked on his concept of a flapper character in a strip he titled Rose of the Office. With a title change, it sold to King Features Syndicate which carried the strip from January 3, 1921, to March 15, 1959.

The daily strip began on Monday, January 3, 1921, followed by the Sunday page on October 10, 1922.

Westover retired in 1951 with his assistant Bob Gustafson then doing most of the writing and drawing. After Westover departed completely three years later, Gustafson's signature appeared on the strip beginning October 4, 1954. The daily strip ended March 7, 1959, with the last Sunday eight days later on March 15.

The pages are in good condition, although wrinkles, tears, flaking and missing pieces may occur.

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