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Category Archives: Peter Newell
Peter Newell’s Wishing Willy
In addition to The Naps of Polly Sleepyhead (1906-1907), Peter Newell produced a second newspaper strip, Wishing Willie (or Willy), published in a few papers, e.g. the Atlanta Constitution, between 3 August and 7 September 1913: a grand total of six … Continue reading
No More Naps for Polly
In the last episodes of Peter Newell’s The Naps of Polly Sleepyhead the naps disappear, not only from the title: she is now the intended victim of Tom and Dicky’s practical jokes, but she regularly manages to inadvertedly turn the … Continue reading
Peter Newell, Polly and Her Papa
Peter Newell’s strip “The Naps of Polly Sleepyhead” for 22 April 1906.
More Naps
Here is another colour full page of The Naps of Polly Sleepyhead by Peter Newell; for 8 April 1906.
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