Abe Martin of Brown County

Abe Martin of Brown County

Abe Martin in a typical pose
Publication information
Genre Humor comics
Publication date 1904–1930
Creative team
Writer(s) Kin Hubbard
Artist(s) Kin Hubbard

Abe Martin of Brown County was an American newspaper gag-a-day comic strip, drawn by Kin Hubbard and published from 1904 until 1930 in The Indianapolis News.

Character

Abe Martin was a hillbilly character and an anti-hero, always making wisecracker jokes and uttering popular sayings. He made his first appearance on December 17, 1904.[1] Originally the character's locality wasn't specified, but in a strip from February 3, 1905 he announced: "I'm goin' ter move ter Brown County Tewmorrow", which he did.[2] At the time the character's popularity was such that by 1910 over 200 newspapers carried the strip and special almanacs were made.[3] Famous fans were George Ade, Will Rogers and James Whitcomb Riley.[4]

Sources

  1. ↑ http://www.ourbrowncounty.com/1003s1.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.browncountystatepark.com/abemartin.html
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ http://www.ourbrowncounty.com/1003s1.htm
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