Fontaine Fox’s cartoon panel ran for 6 decades, I think. Now that she’s retired, I see that Katrinka lost a whole lot of muscle! I’m not sure she ever spoke before, too.
Wow…. this must be going so far back that it is beyond my own memory. Joel and I have plans to sit on the back porch, smoke copious quantities of robust burley leaf, and pass the jug back and forth this afternoon as we watch and speculate on what may happen next. Neither of us has a clue.
To see Katrina at work see the quite wonderful 1936 Toonerville Trolley cartoon on YouTube. It’s very faithful to the style and spirit of the original strip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o-IgDF7O34
Suburban trolleys had a short life. The one that ran by my house in the 1920s was already being shut down and abandoned at one end before they even finished building the other end. The Toonerville Trolley outlasted all its real-life counterparts.
However, “Toonerville Trolley” is still used as a term of abuse for suburban railroads that the speaker doesn’t think much of.
The still very much active veteran rock band, the Electric Prunes once recorded a song called Toonerville Trolley. The song itself was quite a bit different from most of the material they were recording at the time.
cpalmeresq about 9 years ago
Realize that “Mutt & Jeff” began 108 years ago. I’m no expert, so I don’t know who this lady appearing today is.
DaJellyBelly about 9 years ago
I think that is the woman from Toonerville Trolley.
DaJellyBelly about 9 years ago
Katrinka
DJJG about 9 years ago
Fontaine Fox’s cartoon panel ran for 6 decades, I think. Now that she’s retired, I see that Katrinka lost a whole lot of muscle! I’m not sure she ever spoke before, too.
Pipe Tobacco about 9 years ago
Wow…. this must be going so far back that it is beyond my own memory. Joel and I have plans to sit on the back porch, smoke copious quantities of robust burley leaf, and pass the jug back and forth this afternoon as we watch and speculate on what may happen next. Neither of us has a clue.
3pibgorn9 about 9 years ago
The Powerful Katrina from The Toonerville Trolley that Meets all the Trains. AKA Toonerville Folks by Fontaine Fox.
A strip that ran for years into the 1950s at least.
paul brians about 9 years ago
To see Katrina at work see the quite wonderful 1936 Toonerville Trolley cartoon on YouTube. It’s very faithful to the style and spirit of the original strip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o-IgDF7O34
John W Kennedy Premium Member about 9 years ago
Suburban trolleys had a short life. The one that ran by my house in the 1920s was already being shut down and abandoned at one end before they even finished building the other end. The Toonerville Trolley outlasted all its real-life counterparts.
However, “Toonerville Trolley” is still used as a term of abuse for suburban railroads that the speaker doesn’t think much of.
BlitzMcD about 9 years ago
The still very much active veteran rock band, the Electric Prunes once recorded a song called Toonerville Trolley. The song itself was quite a bit different from most of the material they were recording at the time.
Solidad about 9 years ago
Jim Scancarelli has in the past done better work with the old comics home. Still, its ok.