malaprop
09-01-2007, 11:39 PM
I ran into this strip while reading some Sparkler Comics from 1951-52. Sparkler was mostly newspaper reprints (Nancy, Tarzan, et al) but this was a continuing story line, not single page gags. What makes it interesting is the artwork (Warren Tufts), and the fact that there is at least some attempt at presenting historical context. The one I'm reading now has references to Sutter's Mill and a Russian fort in northern California, even mentioning Czar Nicholas. Anyone else out there read any of these?