Well, since there’s no caption to read, here’s a little info on Marty back in the day:“Born in 1917 in Oakland, California, Martha Links soon moved with her parents across the bay to San Francisco, where she lived for most of her life. Graduating from Lowell High School, she attended the Fashion Art Institute for six months—her only formal training in art—and then got a job painting murals in the teen departments of San Francisco’s big department stores. After a career that lasted only through the Emporium, the City of Paris, and O’Conner Moffat, Links found herself at an agency, assigned to do fashion drawings for a major ad campaign. When she turned in her art, her supervisor was disappointed. “This isn’t what we want,” said that worthy, “—these kids look more like—like—bobby soxers!”
Crushed, Links thought her career as a fashion artist was over. But then as she thought about the hours she’d lately spent at soda fountains, listening to how the teenagers talked and observing at their clothing and actions, she had an idea for a cartoon character. But nothing came of it until shortly after she took a job in 1940 in the Women’s World department of the Chronicle, where she started drawing cartoons about a pug-nosed, short-skirted teenage girl named Mimi, who was a little older than Emmy Lou would be.
Links did a cartoon once a week and was paid $5 for it. Interviewed by cartoonist Ed Mitchell for Cartoonist PROfiles in late 1976, Links said, “Mimi didn’t always look the same. I sort of kept changing her, adding things here and there.”
One of the things that emerged among the changes was a title for the feature: the first Bobby Sox appeared on November 20, 1944. Soon thereafter, it was picked up and distributed nationally by the Chronicle’s syndication arm, Consolidated News Features.
By then, Links had married in 1941 her high school beau, Alexander Arguello, scion of a distinguished San Francisco family. He was a descendant of Jose Dario Arguello, a Spanish army officer who was commandant of the Presidio of San Francisco and a governor of Alta California. His son, who also became commandant of the Presidio, was a governor of California in the Mexican era. Links would have three children, two of them girls, who, at various times, would serve as models for Emmy Lou. “I had some real-life situations to draw from,” Links told Mitchell. “I’ll have to say that some of the things that were true could never be put in the newspaper.”
Sorry everyone!! We’re working to reupload the cartoon. Upload problem. I love the comments though! Once in a while we do it on purpose to get your great comments! Just kidding! Cheers! Rick
Hey this is Jordan, I’ve been doing the uploads. After looking into both this grey-out incident and the weekend comics being the same, I can’t find any actual reason why they are the way they are. The files all add up accordingly on our file transferring software and I have tried everything and can do nothing but apologize. So here it is! Sorry all, it must be a weird bug with our software and their software. But hey, thanks for paying attention all and we will do our best to ensure it never happens again! Much love!
Last Rose Of Summer Premium Member over 9 years ago
Half the comic is blanked out, censorship?
jbmlaw01 over 9 years ago
Mom was doing her Elvis impersonation
Retired Dude over 9 years ago
Hey, wait a minute! This is not Geech!
roma82 Premium Member over 9 years ago
Half the strip today, and Saturday’s & Sunday’s were the same strip…
Linda Solomon over 9 years ago
They did this at Ten Cats yesterday too, but fixed it almost immediately. This should have been fixed by now.
brklnbern over 9 years ago
Have to come up with your own caption. My is Dad really is the cutest guy around. That’s why mom is smiling and dad is in shock.
Ushindi over 9 years ago
Well, since there’s no caption to read, here’s a little info on Marty back in the day:“Born in 1917 in Oakland, California, Martha Links soon moved with her parents across the bay to San Francisco, where she lived for most of her life. Graduating from Lowell High School, she attended the Fashion Art Institute for six months—her only formal training in art—and then got a job painting murals in the teen departments of San Francisco’s big department stores. After a career that lasted only through the Emporium, the City of Paris, and O’Conner Moffat, Links found herself at an agency, assigned to do fashion drawings for a major ad campaign. When she turned in her art, her supervisor was disappointed. “This isn’t what we want,” said that worthy, “—these kids look more like—like—bobby soxers!”
Crushed, Links thought her career as a fashion artist was over. But then as she thought about the hours she’d lately spent at soda fountains, listening to how the teenagers talked and observing at their clothing and actions, she had an idea for a cartoon character. But nothing came of it until shortly after she took a job in 1940 in the Women’s World department of the Chronicle, where she started drawing cartoons about a pug-nosed, short-skirted teenage girl named Mimi, who was a little older than Emmy Lou would be.
Links did a cartoon once a week and was paid $5 for it. Interviewed by cartoonist Ed Mitchell for Cartoonist PROfiles in late 1976, Links said, “Mimi didn’t always look the same. I sort of kept changing her, adding things here and there.”
One of the things that emerged among the changes was a title for the feature: the first Bobby Sox appeared on November 20, 1944. Soon thereafter, it was picked up and distributed nationally by the Chronicle’s syndication arm, Consolidated News Features.
By then, Links had married in 1941 her high school beau, Alexander Arguello, scion of a distinguished San Francisco family. He was a descendant of Jose Dario Arguello, a Spanish army officer who was commandant of the Presidio of San Francisco and a governor of Alta California. His son, who also became commandant of the Presidio, was a governor of California in the Mexican era. Links would have three children, two of them girls, who, at various times, would serve as models for Emmy Lou. “I had some real-life situations to draw from,” Links told Mitchell. “I’ll have to say that some of the things that were true could never be put in the newspaper.”
Saucy1121 Premium Member over 9 years ago
Or maybe making a joke?
Pataruski Premium Member over 9 years ago
I requested this be corrected, got confirmation that it had been, but it’s still half missing, but I don’t care, It lead to learning Marty’s bio!
emmyloufan1 over 9 years ago
Sorry everyone!! We’re working to reupload the cartoon. Upload problem. I love the comments though! Once in a while we do it on purpose to get your great comments! Just kidding! Cheers! Rick
Jordan4EmmyLou over 9 years ago
Hey this is Jordan, I’ve been doing the uploads. After looking into both this grey-out incident and the weekend comics being the same, I can’t find any actual reason why they are the way they are. The files all add up accordingly on our file transferring software and I have tried everything and can do nothing but apologize. So here it is! Sorry all, it must be a weird bug with our software and their software. But hey, thanks for paying attention all and we will do our best to ensure it never happens again! Much love!
brklnbern over 9 years ago
Finally the strip can through.