Remember The Time

Sunday Embarassing Day. Embarrassing Moments was a longer running daily panel that ran from the early twenties to somewhere in the thirties. It was probably produced by some sort of billpen, with various artists contributing. In 1928 George Herriman (of Krazy Kat fame) took over from Darrel McClure. I have shown some of these delightful panels before. They are especially nice because they show Herriman using human characters. But this month I have gone back to get them from the start. He seems to have started on a Saturday. His run extended to 1932 and I hope to one day have shown them all.

What A Goof!

Sunday Surprise Day. As good and historically important as Krazy Kat is, I have a fondness for one of George Herriman's less known features, the daily panel Emberrassing Moments, which ran in the late thirsties. Known for drawing animals, his humans are even better. The only disappointement is the fac that the gags deliver what the title suggests. What is depicted are usually no 'emberrassing moment' but rather an early form of 'bloopers' and other mistakes. I have shown some before, but here is another month.