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Everett True Comics

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A place to appreciate the twentieth century comic character Everett True of "The Outbursts of Everett True." Feel free to check out the sticky.

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[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

1948?

[–] clark@midwest.social 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I thought so too, but the comics stopped being produced in '27, so I'm not sure that's right.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There's a bunch more with that date here. Maybe he did some more of them later on?

[–] clark@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Maybe it was a special collaboration project (with Antifa?).

[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder if it's even real. None of the other images when searching Google has any sort of similar date.

[–] clark@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You mean the dates are wrong? That's probably on me for fetching the comics from Twitter lol. Feel free to correct anytime.

*I think I read that wrong lol my brain isn't englishing right now. carry on

[–] Rolando@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Turns out that

  • August Derleth (of Cthulhu fame) tracked down Condo in his retirement, according to The Capital Times of Madison, Wisconsin on Nov 28, 1948 Page 4 - see image below.
  • A Capital Times article on Wed, Jan 17, 1951 Page 12 says that Derleth planned to publish a collection of old and new comics.
  • Finally, The Wisconsin Historical Archives has "4 oversize folders" of "Pen and ink drawings, 1948-1949, 1953-1954, by cartoonist A.D. (Armundo Dreisbach) Condo, featuring the character Everett True." (but... I imagine you have to actually go to Wisconsin and convince them to let you see them...)