I decided to look into who this Dorothy Grace person was who helped inspire(?)
yesterday's classic comic. Now, I am not positive but Dorothy Grace is more than likely Dorothy Grace (Stapleton) Hamlin. In 1926, Dorothy Grace Stapleton married Vincent Trout "V.T." Hamlin. V.T. Hamlin was the creator of the comic strip
Alley Oop, which continues to this day after 93 years. It would make sense that Art Sansom would be friendly with the Hamlins as
Alley Oop was still going strong in 1966 and Hamlin would stay on the strip until 1973.
Alley Oop and
The Born Loser were also distributed by the same syndicate, Newspaper Enterprise Association. The Hamlins and the Sansoms were clearly close as Wilberforce would make an appearance
in an Alley Oop comic in 1970 and, I believe, Oop makes an appearance in
The Born Loser in the background.
Dorothy would pass away in 1985 at the age of 82. V.T. would pass in 1993 at the age of 93.
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| Dorothy and V.T. Hamlin circa 1928. |
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| July 19, 1987 |
Wastrel is still so drunk that he doesn't know if he's coming or going! I originally thought Wastrel was trying out a new schtick, but then I realized he's
that drunk off his ass.
It's time once again for Brutus and Uncle Ted to talk about Uncle Ted being old. It usually is a Sunday thing these days. I guess it takes 6-7 panels to really get the idea that Uncle Ted is old across.
Note the "including you" part. Uncle Ted knows what he's doing here.
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