Need help with a comic strip template

I know I'm only a girl, but feel I'm crying in the wilderness.

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Re: Boy Scout collectibles
Letter signed by Burnham

 

It is late for this old lady and I shouldn't be trying to figure anything out at 4am! I did not mean to be redundant with my suggestion. Good night all!

 

Hooley Dooley some of the stuff sells for a bit hmmmm

 

It's an hour later where this old lady sits.

 

Yes, so I wouldn't put much weight on the use of that term on this printing plate; it has been used pretty widely. I do think the "to be continued" is a strong indication that this was likely from a newspaper, or perhaps a comic book or magazine that ran a serial strip from month to month, (such as "Boy's Life", which Bronwen suggested).

I'm not an expert on printing processes, but here's my best guess: this type of printing plate, used in offset printing, would likely predate 1970-1980, when photo processes had pretty much replaced cast printing plates. And the general style dates it to earlier than that.

 

The way the Africans are portrayed, speech as well as appearance, would already not have been PC, I don't think, 30 - 40 years ago. It definitely has a pre-Civil Rights era feel to it.

This is probably my last idea on this. I strongly suspect that the story of Burnham's life was serialized in Boys' Life Magazine, hence the 'to be continued'.

 

OK, one more. This eBay seller has some old issues of Boys' Life for sale now & has a category in his store for Boy Scout books, etc. He might be someone to get in touch with or to follow: mcarver14116

 

This is pretty informative about Boy's Life. Under content it discusses that they contracted early cartoons from Johnstone and Cushing Art Agency. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boys'_Life

 

Looks like we're all getting to be on the same page.