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Forty Years with Mister Oswald #[nn]
1968 · [none] · 300 pages
Synopsis
Mister Oswald is pacing nervously, smoking his Sisal-brand cigar, and leaving a trail of footprints while pacing rapidly in a circular motion. Also prominently displayed are two contrasting images of his hardware store spanning 40 years.
Credits
- Script
- Russ Johnson
- Pencils
- Russ Johnson
- Inks
- Russ Johnson
- Letters
- Russ Johnson
Characters
- Mister Oswald
- Mrs. Oswald
- Mr. Van Note
- Kenny
- Imogene Hammers
- Herman Hammers
- Pearlie Gates
- Jonny Potts
- Miss Turmyte
- Hottair
- Quitz Hammers
- Hugh Seddit
- Jake Botchley
- C. A. Phillum
- Horace Powers
- Adam Zapple
- L. W. McNote
- J. P. Van Boodle
- A. L. Gluteus
- Will Berry
- Ben Zeen
- Maxie Karp
- G. Howie Blurtz
- Mazuma Van Boodle
- Dill Loot
- Owen W. Moore
- Reverend Savus
Notes
The book collects 40 years of the Mister Oswald comic strips that ran in issues of the Hardware Retailer, a trade magazine for hardware store owners, with his first story being published in 1927. A second volume covering the last 22 years has yet to be published.