Alec the Great
Edwina Dumm's dog Sinbad was the model for her cartoon dog characters Tippie, Sinbad and Alec.
Author(s)Edwina Dumm
Current status/scheduleGag panel; Concluded
Launch date1931; 93 years ago (1931)
End date1969; 55 years ago (1969)
Syndicate(s)George Matthew Adams Service (1918–1965)
The Washington Star Syndicate (1965–1969)[1]
Genre(s)Humor

Alec the Great was a syndicated newspaper gag panel created by Edwina Dumm and featuring a dog character (as did her other comic strip, Cap Stubbs and Tippie). It ran from 1931 to 1969.[2]

Characters and story

In Alec the Great, Dumm illustrated verses written by her brother, Robert Dennis Dumm, about the small dog, Alec. Their collaboration was published as a book, Alec the Great: 1,001 Verses - Wise, Witty and Cheerful (Crown, 1946). Comics historian Maurice Horn notes that Alec looked exactly like Tippie.[3]

Another dog book by Edwina Dumm was Sinbad: A Dog's Life, published by Coward McCann in 1930. Alec and Tippie both looked like Sinbad, who was based on Dumm's real-life dog Sinbad.

References

  1. ^ Edwina entry, Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999. Accessed Dec. 4, 2017.
  2. ^ "Edwina Dumm's biography,", Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum (Ohio State University). Accessed Dec. 4, 2017.
  3. ^ Horn, Maurice. The World Encyclopedia of Comics. Chelsea House, 1976.

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