Bringing Up Father - Polly and her Pals - complete year run 1926 - 52 Newspaper pages & strips - 1926

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 1926. full year of 52 pages.

On the Back 47x 'Polly and her Pals' by Cliff Sterrett

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

Polly:
Polly and Her Pals is an American comic strip, created by cartoonist Cliff Sterrett, which ran from December 4, 1912, until December 7, 1958. It is regarded as one of the most graphically innovative strips of the 20th century. It debuted as Positive Polly on December 4, 1912, in William Randolph Hearst's newspapers, initially the New York Journal, and was later distributed by King Features Syndicate. The title changed to Polly and Her Pals on January 17, 1913.


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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