Artist in Dell Funnies

[RustlingsTim]

Can anyone tell me anything about the artist who did "The adventures of 'spargus and Chubby" ?
i assumed it was a newspaper comic but it's not listed in Holtz's American Newspaper Comics.
The art is quite distinctive and. assured and I would have thought recognisable - but GCD has nothing and a quick google search didn't pick up anything.
Any ideas?

thanks, tim

[narfstar]

There are a lot of distinctive artists that we have no idea who they were Maybe someone will know this artist.

[JVJ (RIP)]

Not me, narf.
No idea. Pretty early and pretty crude. Sorry.

Peace, Jim (|:{>

[SuperScrounge]

I would guess that it was not a newspaper comic as there doesn't seem to be any copyright notice by any syndicate on it.

Either a failed submission to a newspaper or an original made to look like a newspaper strip.

[RustlingsTim]

Thanks guys. Still fascinates me. The title can't decide whether it's 'Spargus or (.seems more likely) 'Sparagus from one issue to the next. I like the little signs everywhere (whar Elder called chicken fat) and the mad professor in his lab coat / cloak that sweeps the floor reminds of some other image from somewhere.
I'll just keep looking for something similar in other early titles

[SuperScrounge]

IIRC Max Gaines and Sheldon Mayer were working on the book at this time. Does anyone know if they ever named any cartoonists they worked with then?