- Foxy Grandpa
"Foxy Grandpa" was a newspaper
comic strip featuring an eponymous character, created bycartoonist Bunny Schultze .Publication history
"Foxy Grandpa" made its first appearance on
January 7 ,1900 .Cite web|last=Lambiek Comiclopedia|title= Carl Edward Schultze|url=http://lambiek.net/artists/s/schultze_carl.htm] It initially ran in the "New York Herald ", but it moved to the "New York American " on February 16, 1902.cite web |last= Don Markstein'sToonopedia |title= Foxy Grandpa|url=http://www.toonopedia.com/foxygran.htm ] Between 1901 and 1917, "Foxy Grandpa" was published in books, more than 30 volumes from four different publishers. The strip was also adapted to Broadway shows, and early silent films (with Foxy Grandpa played by stage performer Joseph Hart). In 1929 the strip appeared in America's first comics periodical, "The Funnies ". In one form or another, the strip ran into the 1930s.ynopsis
The strip revolved around Foxy Grandpa, an elderly gentleman, with two mischievous grandsons, Chub and Bunt who constantly try to trick him. Foxy Grandpa, however, always managed to get the better of the two boys, combining brains with a perverse sense of humor, while demonstrating skills at acrobatics, illustration and construction of various small devices.
=Modern ho* "Foxy Grandpa" is also written on a trucker hat given to SpongeBob SquarePants by his boss, Mr. Krabs.
External links
* [http://www.barnaclepress.com/list.php?directory=FoxyGrandpa] Samples of Foxy Grandpa strips from Barnacle Press
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