I am working on a parody comic book that lampoons classic and contemporary comic strip characters.
Right now I am writing a sequence which involves cavemen and othertroglodytic characters. Currently I am employing Alley Oop, the cavemen from BC, Bucolic Buffalo from Tumbleweeds, the goons from Popeye and Peter Piltdown. But I need more!
Can anyone hip me to any other caveman or primitive characters from newspaper strips only? I am thinking especially of the loincloth variety characters, but feel free to suggest anyone you consider appropriate.
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Posted by: Don Markstein
Posted on: 2008-07-31 at 07:14:39 AM
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Let's see, there's Anthro, Tor . . . Does it include animated cavemen? If so, The Flintstones, The Mighty Mightor, [dinoboy.htm]Dino Boy[/url] . . .
If you go for early, now-obscure stuff, there's Our Antediluvian Ancestors and the British Prehistoric Peeps, possibly the first in cartoons (which I haven't written up yet because I haven't found a good picture).
Anybody else? DC also did one called Kong the Untamed, I think, tho I haven't written him up yet. And I'm sure there are more out there.
Oh yeah! There's Moon Boy in Kirby's Devil Dinosaur.
Quack, Don
If you go for early, now-obscure stuff, there's Our Antediluvian Ancestors and the British Prehistoric Peeps, possibly the first in cartoons (which I haven't written up yet because I haven't found a good picture).
Anybody else? DC also did one called Kong the Untamed, I think, tho I haven't written him up yet. And I'm sure there are more out there.
Oh yeah! There's Moon Boy in Kirby's Devil Dinosaur.
Quack, Don
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Posted by: Rob Allen
Posted on: 2008-07-31 at 09:25:55 AM
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He's looking for characters specifically from newspaper strips, so comic book and animated characters won't work.
Tarzan isn't a caveman, but he does wear a loincloth; would he work?
Once again, I'll offer a link to the best resource I have for old newspaper comics - the comic-strip-classics group at Yahoo:
[link:groups.yahoo.com]
groups.yahoo.com/group/comic-strip-classics/
Tarzan isn't a caveman, but he does wear a loincloth; would he work?
Once again, I'll offer a link to the best resource I have for old newspaper comics - the comic-strip-classics group at Yahoo:
[link:groups.yahoo.com]
groups.yahoo.com/group/comic-strip-classics/
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Posted by: Death Ray
Posted on: 2008-07-31 at 09:37:29 AM
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Yes, I am looking for newspaper strip characters only. But thanks for the suggestions (especially the Yahoo group). Please keep them coming!
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Posted by: Don Markstein
Posted on: 2008-08-01 at 04:06:13 AM
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Oh. Well, that limits it, doesn't it? Still, Our Antediluvian Ancestors qualifies, even if most modern people have never heard of it. And didn't The Flintstones appear in newspapers?
That's all I can think of offhand, but I'll keep it in mind. Meanwhile, the floor is open for anyone else to come up with one or two.
Quack, Don
That's all I can think of offhand, but I'll keep it in mind. Meanwhile, the floor is open for anyone else to come up with one or two.
Quack, Don
