Petey Dink - 1919

Petey Dink by C.A. Voight - (Boston Traveler/New York Herald) Daily, circa 1919 (Platinum-Age)
A very nice example of the "Platinum-Age" comic strip "Petey Dink" by C. A. Voight from 1919. The title character appears in all four panels. At the age of fourteen, Charles A. Voight (1887-1947) left school to join the art staff at the New York World. In 1908, his first comic "Petey Dink" appeared in the Boston Traveler and the New York Herald. The series lasted until 1929. In the late 1910's, another Voight strip "The Optimist" appeared in Life magazine. Charles Voight is best known for his renderings of pretty girls, especially in his popular "Betty" comic strip which ran from 1920-1943.