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1931 12/20 FREDERICK OPPER HAPPY HOOLIGAN AND MAUD TOPPER HAND COLORED

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Title:	1931 12/20 FREDERICK OPPER HAPPY HOOLIGAN AND MAUD TOPPER HAND COLORED
Artist:	FREDERICK OPPER (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Comic Strip
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	1,394
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Comments:	4
Added to Site:	3/27/2018
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Description

OPPER WAS A REAL INNOVATOR IN COMICS, HIS DUMBED DOWN DRAWING APPROACH (OTHERS WHO USED THIS METHOD; TAD DORGAN AND T.E. POWERS DESERVE MENTION) REALLY LET THE READER ENTER INTO THE IDIOTIC WORLD OF HIS CHARACTERS. OPPER UNFORTUNATELY BEGAN TO LOSE HIS EYESIGHT AND AFTER NEARLY 50 YEARS AS A CARTOONIST, WAS DONE BY THE MID 30s. I THINK HIS “DUMBED DOWN STYLE” (QUOTING ART SPEIGELMAN) PROBABLY HELPED HIM GET A FEW EXTRA YEARS OUT OF HIS. CAREER.

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	CHRIS OLIVERIA
Joined:	September 2011
Last Login:	September 2025
Ebay Id:	oliveria39
Website:	http://Chrisoliveria.com
Country:	UNITED STATES
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Carl Linich
Member Since 2011

Posted on 3/28/2018

Congrats! I almost bid on this one... it's a beauty!

Roger K.
Member Since 2005
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Posted on 3/29/2018

This is absolutely fantastic! Any Opper is a treasure, but a full Sunday with topper! Wow! Big congrats and major jealousy!

Dave H
Member Since 2011

Posted on 4/12/2018

Yep, two of my all-time favorite characters, Maud and Happy on one giant page... doesn't get much better than that. A super find, Chris.

Bernard Voorzichtig
Member Since 2012

Posted on 1/6/2019

Beautiful Sunday and in color !

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