MOON MULLINS (1929)

Frank Henry Willard (September 21, 1893 – January 11, 1958) was an American cartoonist best known for his syndicated newspaper comic strip Moon Mullins which ran from 1923 to 1991. The strip expanded to 250 newspapers. Moon Mullins was also featured on a radio program, a Milton Bradly game, two Big Little Books, and a comic book. Willard was one of the first members of The National Cartoonists Society, joiningtwo weeks after it was formed in 1932. - This sheet music appeared as a Sunday Funnies music insert in the Chicago Tribune. Caracters on the cover described by Wikipedia:Moon Mullins - With his big eyes, plaid pants, perpetual cigar and yellow derby hat, Moon is an amiable roughneck. He haunts saloons, racetracks and pool halls, mangles the English language with Jazz Age slang, and gets into endless scrapes looking for an easy buck or a hot dame. Moon himself is a low-rent but likeable sort of riff-raff, involved in get-rich schemes and bootleg whiskey, crap games and staying out all night with disreputable friends. None of the roughhousing was fatal or even particularly threatening, however. Indeed, the gentleness of the situational humor behind all the characters' rough edges kept the strip on an even keel. The name "Moonshine" referenced Mullins as a drinker and gambler during Prohibition.
Kayo - Moon's street urchin kid brother, who sleeps in an open dresser drawer. Kayo is usually clad in suspenders, polka dot pants and a black derby. Pint-sized Kayo (a play on "K.O.," sportswriters' shorthand for a knockout punch) is wise beyond his years and even a bit of a cynic. His plain-speaking, matter-of-fact bluntness is a frequent source of comedy.
Emmy (Schmaltz) Plushbottom = the nosy, lanky, spinsterish landlady who likes to put on airs. She finally married on October 6, 1933, and became Lady Plushbottom. She says "My stars" and "For pity sakes" a lot, but her trademark line—always delivered after a (frequent) putdown—is "I'll smack your sassy face!" - General description: One sheet of folded newsprint similar in size & function to a standard piece of sheet music ; cover & 3 pages of music. The opposite pages include three Moon Mullins comic-strips, extra"catch" lyrics, and pictures & bios of the writers.