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"Der Captain" (1906)

Artists: RUDOLF DIRKS (ARTIST) (All) , A.F. Heckle (Composer) (Writer)

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Title:	"Der Captain" (1906)
Artist:	RUDOLF DIRKS (ARTIST) (All)
Artist:	A.F. Heckle (Composer) (Writer)
Media Type:	Mixed Media
Art Type:	Cover
For Sale Status:	nfs
Views:	84
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Added to Site:	4/20/2024
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A Characteristic March and Two-Step. For Piano. Title and sketch by permission of "American Journal Examiner". Published by G.W. Taylor, Dallas, Texas. Art by Rudolf Dirks (1877-1991). He was employed by the New York Journal in 1897. His editor asked him to create a strip that could compete with the popularity of 'The Yellow Kid' by Outcault, published in a rival newspaper, The New York World. Dirks came up with 'The Katzenjammer Kids'. The strip was one of the first strips to use a permanent cast and a frame sequence. It also featured speech balloons, in which Dirks made hilarious use of German slang (for instance, "Katzenjammer" stands for hangover.)

In 1912, Dirks wanted to go to Europe to devote himself to painting, and his strip was taken from him by the publisher William Randolph Hearst. A legendary court battle followed, after which Dirks regained the right to draw his characters, but the use of the title remained the sole right of the newspaper. This battle became a precedent for many cartoonists in trouble with their newspaper or syndicate. The result was that the artist Harold Knerr continued the 'Katzenjammer Kids' strip in the New York Journal, owned by Joseph Pulitzer, while Dirks resumed the strip in the New York World under the title 'Hans and Fritz'. He later renamed it to 'The Captain and the Kids', because of the anti-German sentiment during World WarI --- Information help from Lambiek Comiclopedia.

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