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\n<\/p>\n

I originally wrote
\n‘Antipodean Currents’ in 2016, after being commissioned to write a
\nbrief “layman’s history” of comic art in Australian and New
\nZealand from the late 19th century to the present day. It was originally
\nintended for an academic essay collection, but the project was eventually
\ncancelled, and it never saw print. I subsequently made an illustrated PDF
\nversion of this essay available on my Academia page<\/a>, but this was only available to
\nAcademia.edu subscribers. As I’ve had numerous academics and comic
\nfans\/historians ask me to send them copies over the years, I’ve decided to
\npublish it over several instalments on the Comics Down Under blog<\/a> and make it available
\nto a wider audience (You can read the first instalment here<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

I hope you’ll enjoy
\nreading the second installment of “Antipodean Currents”.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

– Kevin Patrick<\/span><\/p>\n

Comic Strips and the Popular Press<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fig.1<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

When Great Britain
\ngranted political independence to the newly proclaimed Commonwealth of
\nAustralia in 1901, there followed an outpouring of patriotic magazines, some of
\nwhich made extensive use of cartoons and comic strips to comment on the vices
\nand virtues of the young nation. Chief amongst these was The Comic
\nAustralian<\/i> (1911-1913), the first magazine to print coloured comic
\nstrips illustrated by Australian artists. Oddly enough, it was the poet Hugh McCrae (1876-1958)<\/a>, who drew a
\npioneering series of comic strips for the magazine, featuring a bushland
\nretinue of kangaroos and koalas, which made the then-innovative use of speech
\nballoons enclosed within formally separated panels (Figure 1) (Note #1)<\/span>.<\/b> The adoption of Australia\u2019s exotic
\nfauna as anthropomorphic characters would become a recurring motif in
\nAustralian comics from this period onwards.<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

The growth of Australia\u2019s suburbs throughout the
\n1920s, serviced by public transport networks, created a new commuter audience
\nfor newspapers and periodicals <\/span>(Note #2)<\/span><\/b>. Newspapers
\nbecame a more visual medium, subscribing to what historian K.S. Inglis called
\nthe \u2018law of increasing brightness\u2019, whereby \u2018the headlines [grew] higher \u2026the
\ndisplay advertisements more seductive \u2026 [and] the photographs larger and more
\nvivid\u2019 <\/span>(Note #3)<\/span><\/b>. Comic strips
\nstood poised to become a vital component in newspapers\u2019 growing emphasis on
\ngraphic design and layout, yet some Australian newspapers were slow to embrace
\nthe medium. Sydney\u2019s <\/span>Sunday Times<\/i>, a self-styled \u201cfamily
\nnewspaper\u201d, published Australia\u2019s first comic-strip supplement for children on
\n14 August 1921 <\/span>(Note #4)<\/span><\/b>. The
\naustere and conservative S<\/span>ydney Morning Herald<\/i>, however, steadfastly
\nrefused to print any comic strips until 1945, when it published C.S. Gould\u2019s
\ncomic-strip canine, <\/span>Shaggy <\/i>(Note
\n#5)<\/span>.<\/b><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fig.2<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Smith’s Weekly<\/a> <\/i>was a staunchly nationalistic newspaper which
\ntraded on its working-class appeal and boasted an impressive roster of cartoonists
\nwhose work was considered a cornerstone of the newspaper\u2019s popularity
\nthroughout the 1920s (Note #6)<\/span><\/b>. Their
\nleading cartoonist was the American-born Stan Cross (1888-1977)<\/a>, who was given samples of the American comic
\nstrip, The Gumps<\/i>, and instructed to devise a similar feature
\nfor Smith\u2019s Weekly<\/i>. Cross responded with You & Me<\/i>,
\nwhich became Australia\u2019s first weekly newspaper comic strip upon its debut in
\nAugust 1920 (Fig.2)<\/b>. The series focused on the portly Mr Pott and
\nhis lanky mate, \u201cWhalesteeth\u201d, whose barroom bonhomie frequently degenerated
\ninto violent arguments over politics, religion, and other topical issues. Cross
\nably transferred the domestic situation-comedy premise of The Gumps<\/i> to
\na recognisably Australian setting, filtered through a distinctive \u201cAussie\u201d
\nvernacular, which saw the strip become a mainstay of Smith\u2019s Weekly<\/i> for
\ntwenty years.
<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fig.3<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

It
\ntook a red-haired urchin named Ginger Meggs to prove beyond doubt comic strips\u2019
\npotential value to Australian newspapers. Ginger Meggs was a minor character
\nin Us Fellers<\/i>, created by James Bancks (1889-1952)<\/a> for
\nSydney\u2019s Sunday Sun<\/i> in November 1921. Meggs, who shirked
\nhomework in favour of racing billycarts and getting into fights, gradually
\nbecame the leading character. Us Fellers<\/i> (subsequently
\nrenamed Ginger Meggs<\/a><\/i>) captured the everyday argot of Australian
\nchildren, but its successful placement with newspapers in Britain, Europe, and
\nthe United States during the 1920s suggested that the series\u2019 appeal was
\nuniversal (Fig.3)<\/b>. Ginger Meggs became the undisputed star of
\nAustralian comics, appearing in the annual Sunbeams Book<\/i> series
\n(1924-1951), and on cinema screens in Those Terrible Twins<\/i> (1925)<\/a> (Note #7)<\/span><\/b>.
<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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In 1927, the Auckland
\nStar<\/i> published one of New Zealand\u2019s first comic strips, The
\nTee Wees\u2019 Adventures<\/i>, a charming \u201cbush fairy\u201d serial by D. Price (Fig.4)<\/b>.
\nThis was followed in the early 1930s by two comparable series, each illustrated
\nby female artists: Jocelyn Harrison-Smith\u2019s Ngaio and her Magic Paddle<\/i> and
\nAvis Acres\u2019 The Adventures of Tink and Wink, the Star Babies <\/i>(Note #8)<\/span><\/b>. Their frequent use of Maori
\nlanguage and iconography demonstrated how Australasian cartoonists frequently
\ndrew on indigenous cultures to differentiate their work from British and
\nAmerican comic strips.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fig.4<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

New Zealand\u2019s
\nrelatively small publishing industry forced many local cartoonists to cross the
\nTasman Sea to Australia in search of work, where some would make an indelible
\ncontribution to Australian comics throughout the 1920s and 1930s. One notable
\nexpatriate artist was Noel Cook (1896-1980)<\/a>, who drew cartoons for the New
\nZealand Observer<\/i>, before migrating to Sydney, where he contributed
\nillustrations to The Bulletin<\/i> and Smith\u2019s Weekly<\/i>.
\nIn 1923, Cook produced Peter and all the Roving Folk<\/i> for
\nSydney\u2019s Sunday Times<\/i>, considered by some to be the world\u2019s first
\nscience-fiction comic strip (Note #9)<\/span><\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fig.5<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Women\u2019s
\nmagazines played a pivotal role in cultivating the public\u2019s taste for
\nadventure-serial comic strips. The Australian Women’s Weekly<\/a><\/i> unveiled a new American series, Mandrake
\nthe Magician<\/i>, in December 1934 (Fig.5)<\/b>. The Australian Woman\u2019s Mirror<\/a><\/i> followed suit with its equivalent American comic-strip
\nhero, The Phantom<\/i>, in September 1936. Both series, created by
\nauthor Lee Falk (1911-1999)<\/a>, were sold throughout
\nAustralasia by the Sydney-based Yaffa Syndicate<\/a>, which, as the regional
\nrepresentative for King Features Syndicate (US), offered back-dated American
\ncomic strips to local clients at artificially low prices (The company
\nsold Mandrake the Magician<\/i> to the Women\u2019s Weekly<\/i> for
\njust A\u00a35.00 per full-page episode) (Note #10)<\/span><\/b>. Coupled
\nwith the perceived dearth of equivalent local content, this pricing strategy
\nallowed American comic strips to gradually dominate the Australasian newspaper
\nmarket by the late 1930s.
<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

To be continued in ‘Antipodean Currents’, Part 3<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Image
\nSources:<\/span><\/b> Fig.1: <\/b>(Pikitia Press)<\/a> ; Fig.2:<\/b> (The LaTrobe Journal<\/a>); Fig.3: <\/b>(20th Century Danny Boy)<\/a>; Fig.4:<\/b> (From Earth’s End)<\/a>; Fig.5:<\/b> (Trove\/National
\nLibrary of Australia, via Pinterest<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Note #1:<\/span><\/b> John Ryan, Panel
\nby Panel: A History of Australian Comics<\/i> (Stanmore, NSW: Cassell
\nAustralia, 1979), p.13.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Note #2:<\/span><\/b> Ian Gordon, \u2018From The Bulletin<\/i> to
\nComics: Comic Art in Australia 1890-1950\u2019, Bonzer: Australian Comics
\n1900-1990s<\/i>, Annette Shiell, Ed. (Redhill South, VIC: Elgua Media, 1998),
\npp.2-3.<\/span><\/p>\n

Note #3:<\/span><\/b> K.S Inglis, \u2018The Daily Papers\u2019, Australian
\nCivilization: A Symposium<\/i>, Peter Coleman, Ed. (Melbourne: F.W. Cheshire,
\n1962), p.152.<\/span><\/p>\n

Note #4:<\/span><\/b> R.B. Walker, Yesterday\u2019s News: A
\nHistory of the Newspaper Press in New South Wales from 1920 to 1945<\/i> (Sydney:
\nSydney University Press, 1980), p.36.<\/span><\/p>\n

Note #5:<\/span><\/b> Ryan, Panel by Panel<\/i>, p.57<\/span><\/p>\n

Note
\n#6: <\/span><\/b>George Blaikie, Remember
\nSmith\u2019s Weekly?<\/i> (Adelaide: Rigby Limited, 1966), pp.3, 55.<\/span><\/p>\n

Note #7<\/span><\/b>:  Lindsay
\nFoyle, The Most Important Boy in Australia: 75 Years of Ginger Meggs<\/i> (Strawberry
\nHills, NSW: Australian Black & White Artists\u2019 Club). <\/span><\/p>\n

Note #8:<\/span><\/b> Adrian Kinnaird, From Earth\u2019s End: The
\nBest of New Zealand Comics<\/i> (Auckland: Godwit Books\/Random House New
\nZealand, 2013), p.13.<\/span><\/p>\n

Note #9:<\/span><\/b> Tim Bollinger, \u2018Comics and Graphic Novels \u2013
\nEarly Years of Comics, 1900s to 1940s\u2019, Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand<\/a><\/i> (4
\nMarch 2014) .<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

Note #10:<\/span><\/b> Denis
\nO\u2019Brien, The Weekly<\/i> (Ringwood, VIC: Penguin Books Australia,
\n1982), p.55.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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