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The Day Book, Chicago, Illinois, November 26, 1912
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The Pittsburgh Press, March 17, 1912
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The Pittsburgh Press, Pennsylvania, March 6, 1912
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The Pittsburgh Press, Pennsylvania, May 22, 1912
The Pittsburgh Press, Pennsylvania, October 2, 1912
Evansville Press, Indiana, February 5, 1912
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Evansville Press, Indiana, August 7, 1912
I'm loving these Nobody comics. Is there an archive of them somewhere?
Unfortunately there’s none that I know of! I’m going to post all I can find but the Nobody comic only ran for a short time, less than a year, in 1912. Clifton Meek never really made it big, but he did have quite a few different strips. After Nobody came Johnny Mouse, which was said to be part of Walt Disney’s inspiration for Mickey Mouse.
From Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination:
Here’s a couple examples of Johnny Mouse..
The Pittsburgh Press, June 29, 1913:
The Pittsburgh Press, June 1, 1913:
The Pittsburgh Press, December 9, 1914:
Evansville Press, Indiana, February 5, 1912
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Evansville Press, Indiana, August 26, 1912
Evansville Press, Indiana, January 12, 1912
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Evansville Press, Indiana, July 4, 1912
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Evansville Press, Indiana, January 12, 1912
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Evansville Press, Indiana, March 4, 1912