Volume 8 - Issue 32 - The TWs' Return
I'm leaving today to tour Hungary and spend some more time in England, so I thought I'd better fire this one off before I go. The strip below is the May 11th, 1941 return strip after the TWs' last hiatus started at the end of 1934. After this length of time, Donahey had to reintroduce the little folks. After all, you could be a great big 6 years old, and have never even seen a TW before! The strip is notable for other reasons: There was no title, which is rare after this date. There are dual cutouts, but the "Cut Me Out" reminder didn't appear until several strips later. Also, the text is very sparse. Perhaps Donahey wanted to keep things pretty simple until readers had the chance to accept the concept. I've used this strip to inaugurate the TW high-resolution site at TheTeenieWeenies.com. That site will only have the strip graphics and text, but the graphics will be 300 dpi, which should print quite nicely. All TW "news" and discussion will continue to be confined to this site. See you when I get back! The Teenie Weenies are very small people, not much taller than a match. Everyone knows that animals can't talk, but the Teenie Weenies understand them. Why that is, no one can tell. The Teenie Weenie Sailor announced one day that Nick the squirrel was very lame. The Teenie Weenie Doctor went at once to visit Nick. After talking to the squirrel, the Doctor made up his mind that Nick had rheumatism. Nick lived in a hole up in a tree and when it rained water ran into his nest. "We've got to keep Nick's house dry," the Doctor told the General. The General ordered some Teenie Weenie men to build a roof over the door to Nick's house. The little men got Nick to carry the Sailor up the tree. The Sailor carried a long string and a Teenie Weenie pulley, which he made fast to a limb of the tree. Then the little men pulled up boards and tiny tools. When the roof was ready, the Teenie Weenies covered it with water proof paper, and that kept rain from running into the nest. Nick was very grateful. One morning the Teenie Weenies found 4 walnuts and 7 hickory nuts piled up in front of their house, which is really a man's shoe. Please sign our guest book here: Guest Book
