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Description
Original daily comic strip art by Richard Rodgers, ink on paper. Dated February 21 and believed to date from circa 1947, corresponding to the final year of Rodgers’ tenure on Diary of Snubs Our Dog for The Christian Science Monitor. The strip centers on a wry exchange about “work” and effort, with Snubs delivering the punchline through earnest confusion and physical comedy. Executed with clean, economical linework and conversational captioning, the piece reflects the understated, character-driven humor that defined Snubs during its mid-century Monitor run.
Artist Blurb
Richard Rodgers was an American cartoonist who assumed duties on Diary of Snubs Our Dog in 1939, following the strip’s creator Paul R. Carmack. Rodgers drew the strip through 1947, maintaining its gentle tone and domestic humor during a transitional period for The Christian Science Monitor’s comics program. His work bridged the original Carmack era and the later Ted Miller run, preserving the quiet observational style that made Snubs a long-running and beloved Monitor feature.
Description
Original daily comic strip art by Richard Rodgers, ink on paper. Dated February 21 and believed to date from circa 1947, corresponding to the final year of Rodgers’ tenure on Diary of Snubs Our Dog for The Christian Science Monitor. The strip centers on a wry exchange about “work” and effort, with Snubs delivering the punchline through earnest confusion and physical comedy. Executed with clean, economical linework and conversational captioning, the piece reflects the understated, character-driven humor that defined Snubs during its mid-century Monitor run.
Artist Blurb
Richard Rodgers was an American cartoonist who assumed duties on Diary of Snubs Our Dog in 1939, following the strip’s creator Paul R. Carmack. Rodgers drew the strip through 1947, maintaining its gentle tone and domestic humor during a transitional period for The Christian Science Monitor’s comics program. His work bridged the original Carmack era and the later Ted Miller run, preserving the quiet observational style that made Snubs a long-running and beloved Monitor feature.
