11 Facts About Moon Mullins

1.

Moon Mullins is an American comic strip which had a run as both a daily and Sunday feature from June 19,1923 to June 2,1991.

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2.

Moon Mullins took a room in the boarding house at 1323 Wump Street in 1924 and never left, staying on for 67 years.

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3.

Moon Mullins next wrote and drew The Outta Luck Club for King Features Syndicate.

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4.

Moon Mullins was a tough-talking, if generally good natured, kind of guy who took plenty of punches during his run.

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5.

See, back before Moon Mullins was created, Frank Willard was working on a strip called The Outta Luck Club for King Features Syndicate.

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6.

Moon Mullins's little brother Kayo was a tough guy in a derby and turtleneck; everyone remembers him as the kid who slept in a pulled-out dresser drawer.

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7.

Moon Mullins is not likely to be adapted into the new big Broadway musical, but I always liked it and would like to see it remembered.

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8.

Moon Mullins created several comic strip features for the Syndicate—Texas Slim and Lovey-Dovey —did sports illustration work, and produced advertising cartoons.

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9.

Moon Mullins appeared in 350 papers at its height but declined to 50.

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10.

Moon Mullins merchandising began when agent Toni Mendez arranged a licensing deal for Kayo suspenders.

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11.

Cambria Studios produced two sample episodes of a proposed Moon Mullins syndicated TV series with their Syncro-Vox animation process in the early 1960s, but it didn't clear enough television stations to go into production.

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