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| | Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Boob McNutt |
 | | Gilbert Seldes, in his 1923 essay "The Seven Lively Arts" (which is generally credited with putting Krazy Kat on the cultural map), didn't have many nice words for
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 | | Comparing Boob ("without a brain in his head") to smart, clever, but less popular comic strip heroes such as Foxy Grandpa and Hawkshaw the Detective, Seldes called him "the least worthy of Rube Goldberg's astonishing creations". |
 | | And yet, of all Goldberg's many contributions to our cartoon heritage (Lala Palooza, Bobo Baxter, Foolish Questions and much, much more), only the classic Rube Goldberg Device itself spanned a greater portion of his remarkable career, or had a greater impact on American popular culture, than the Boob McNutt Sunday page. |
| www.toonopedia.com /mcnutt.htm (517 words) |
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