Casey Court Brordcasting Stashun (1932)

The wonderful Casey Court cartoon took up half of the back page of Illustrated Chips for many years, with the residents of the Court taking on different things every week. Here, they set up their own "Brordcasting Stashun", very topical back when this appeared!

This fantastic cartoon is by Albert Pease and appeared on the back of Illustrated Chips No.2198, dated October 22nd, 1932.

Casey Court in 1932

Few places on the Internet cover British comics from this period so here's a selection of Casey Court half pagers that I've scanned from the back pages of six issues of Illustrated Chips in 1932. Artist Albert Pease at his finest! 

101 years ago this week... CHIPS No.1313

With no mention of Halloween (as the custom wasn't a big thing in the UK then, and was probably still frowned upon by many) here are a few strips from the issue of Illustrated Chips No.1313, published 101 years ago this week in 1915. The Great War was raging, and there are wartime references in the strips, but Chips was a light distraction from worries of the horrors of the front line.

As ever, the cover stars were Weary Willie and Tired Tim, drawn by Percy Cocking, who would illustrate the strip until the comic's final issue in 1953! 

The format of Chips was the then-traditional 8 page tabloid; half prose stories, half strips. The centre pages featured tightly packed sets of short strips and cartoons. Here are a few of them. (I'm afraid I don't know who illustrated them but if I find out I'll add credits.)

The adverts in the issue suggest that Chips was still aimed at all ages at this time, with an emphasis on the older reader (an advert for a rupture cure!). The Charlie Chaplin Fun Book was a compilation of his strips from The Funny Wonder by Bertie Brown, plus new cartoons. So the 'comic album' or collected edition is nothing new!

On the back page, the eternally popular Casey Court drawn by M.C. Vietch, plus various mini-strips.

The creators of these strips (and sadly all the original readers) are all long since gone now, but artifacts such as this have survived the decades to give us an insight into those times.  

Casey Court in 1947

I've a busy week ahead writing and drawing comics, so only time for a quick posting today. Let's journey back in time to see six consecutive Casey Court cartoons of the first months of 1947 from the back page of Chips. Excellent artwork by Albert Pease. Chips was a fortnightly comic at the time due to wartime paper restrictions still having an effect, so these appeared from early January to late March. Wonderful linework and creativity. Click on each one to see it full size.