Camera-ready comic strips, entitled Mutt & Jeff and Cicero's Cat
date: label: date made
content: 08/14/1966
name: label: graphic artist
content: Smith, Al
label: graphic artist
content: Fisher, Bud
label: publisher
content: Bell-McClure Syndicate
notes: label: Description
content: Mutt & Jeff, created in 1907 by Bud Fisher (1885-1954), was one of the first daily comic strips in American newspapers. The strip was in syndication until 1982 by the Bell-McClure Syndicate, drawn famously by Al Smith who drew the strip from 1932 until 1981. The storyline features Augustus Mutt (A. Mutt), his family, and Jeff. Mutt and Jeff are horseracing enthusiasts, and often prone to ridiculous get-rich-quick schemes. Cicero's Cat was a "topper" pantomime comic strip of Mutt & Jeff, featuring a cat that Mutt had given to his son. In these strips, Mutt & Jeff get jobs as bricklayers. Mutt makes a leaning tower instead. In Cicero's Cat, Cat is attacked by birds he attempted to shoo away.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Cats
label: Subject
content: Humor
label: Subject
content: Popular Culture
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Newspaper Comics Council, Inc., New York, NY
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.22369
label: catalog number
content: 22369
label: accession number
content: 277502
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Object Type
content: Drawings
label: Other Terms
content: Drawing; Pen and Ink
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: pencil (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 68.2 cm x 56.5 cm; 26 7/8 in x 22 1/4 in