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DescriptionI picked up a Heritage Auctions lot consisting of six "Cap Stubbs and Tippie" daily comic strips by Edwina Dumm. This set of episodes delivers the series usual humorous, heartfelt family hijinks. While Cap Stubbs and his perky pup Tippie are always getting into trouble, his mom and grandma are just as busy getting into everyone else's business!Frances Edwina Dumm (1893 – April 28, 1990) was a writer-artist who drew the comic strip Cap Stubbs and Tippie for nearly five decades; making her one of the earliest female syndicated cartoonists. She used her middle name for the signature on her comic strip, signed simply Edwina. Dumm is also notable as America's first full-time female editorial cartoonist, hired in 1915 by the short-lived Republican newspaper, the Columbus "Monitor", until that paper folded in 1917. She was subsequently hired by the George Matthew Adams Service to create Cap Stubbs and Tippie which ran from from August 21, 1918, to September 3, 1966. These dailies are dated 5-12, 8-11, 11-24, 1-10, 1-11, and 4-8, but the exact years are not indicated. The Heritage listing information placed these strips from the 1950s-60s, although in hand they seemed a tad older. However, four of the six strips have penciled notes in the margins as to the day of the week - Friday for 1/10, Saturday for 1/11, Tuesday for 4/8 and Monday for 8/11. So, I used this information as my starting point. Looking at years in the 1950s-60s time frame, 1964 works for three of the day/date combinations, but 1958 works for all four. I went to newspapers.com and pulled up papers which had the strips for those dates, and no matches. I then checked 1964 with the same result. I then picked just the 1/10 strip to focus on, and started looking at that date working backwards from 1966 when the strip ended. I found it in 1941. The other three strips with day/date also hit for that year. The remaining two strips with date only I figured must be close, and both were found quickly the following year in 1942 papers. Thirty minutes searching has confirmed all six publication years, and I'll be penciling those dates on the backs of the strips. Detective work and historical research is another piece of our hobby that I do enjoy! Social/Sharing |
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Jeffrey Wedding 
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 9/4/2025
John C wrote:
Go go gadget legs.
And reaching for the go go gadget hat!
Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008
1 - Posted on 9/4/2025
Awesome work, Jeff! That's something I also have always loved doing whenever I bought a strip that had the copyright sticker missing and I didn't know the year. The detective work adds a sense of fun to collecting older strip art. Though I have to also admit, it can also be a LOT more time consuming that this one was for you, especially if you can't help falling down the rabbit hole!
Jeffrey Wedding
Member Since 2009
1 - Posted on 9/4/2025
Ruben DaCollector wrote:
Awesome work, Jeff! That's something I also have always loved doing whenever I bought a strip that had the copyright sticker missing and I didn't know the year. The detective work adds a sense of fun to collecting older strip art. Though I have to also admit, it can also be a LOT more time consuming that this one was for you, especially if you can't help falling down the rabbit hole!
Yeah, having a few day/date combos is a huge lead to start with. For those who are looking for aids, Seattle Pacific University was a help for my initial narrowing down of 1958 and 1964 as possibilities with their chart for 1950-2060 (https://spu.edu/ddowning/percal.htm). Folks can also query www.timeanddate.com in their options for similar searches to narrow down a year with a certain day/date combo.
Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005
2 - Posted on 9/4/2025
Tippie singin'
When Edwinnin'
Tippie singin'
I get knocked Dumm
But I Cap Stubbs again
Your Edwina keeps me down
I get knocked Dumm
But I Cap Stubbs again
You're never gonna keep me down
Kavi H
Member Since 2018
1 - Posted on 9/5/2025
Tippie has already stolen my heart and I've only read one strip so far!
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