Kitty Khaki is a weird one in the sense that I’ve cobbled these from a number of papers…Kitty just never seemed to find a home for more than a few episodes. I checked American Newspaper Comics and Mr. Holtz appears to have had the same issue investigating this one. I’ve managed to unearth sixteen of them, though I should warn you one is in such poor shape it is barely readable. The creator is clearly named Hughes, though that’s about all I can tell you.
Perhaps you are already acquainted with this piece of history, but even so, I doubt you’ve seen it told in contemporaneous comics (art by Geo Folsom). And if you’d like to see some absolutely stunning photos of the event, make sure to check out this piece from the Atlantic, written last year to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1913 Women’s Suffrage Parade.
As we’ve rolled out the welcome mat to many an oddity before, it surely was only a matter of time before Billy Block and Robby Rubber Boy showed up to join the party. Presented here is the entire run, a total of two strips, which you now must decide for yourself whether or not comes as welcome relief. Did Holz have more of these in him? Did he look at what he had unleashed upon a fragile comics readership and choose to walk away? We may never know…
