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Frederick Burr Opper
Frederick Burr Opper

Frederick Burr Opper

American, 1857-1937
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Frederick Burr Opper is regarded as one of the pioneers of American newspaper comic strips, best known for his comic strip Happy Hooligan. His comic characters were featured in magazine gag cartoons, covers, political cartoons and comic strips for six decades.

Born to Austrian-American immigrants Lewis and Aurelia Burr Oppers in Madison, Ohio, Frederick was the eldest of three children. At the age of 14, he dropped out of school to work as a printer's apprentice at the local Madison Gazette, and at 16, he moved to New York City where he worked in a store and continued to draw. He studied briefly at Cooper Union, followed by a short stint as pupil and assistant to illustrator Frank Beard.

Opper's first cartoon was published in Wild Oats in 1876, followed by cartoons and illustrations in Scribner’s Monthly and St. Nicholas Magazine. He worked as illustrator at Frank Leslie's Weekly from 1877 to 1880. Opper was then hired to draw for Puck by publishers Joseph Keppler and Adolph Schwarzmann. He stayed with Puck for 18 years, drawing everything from spot illustrations to chromolithograph covers.

Opper married Nellie Barnett on May 18, 1881. They had three children, Lawrence, Anna and Sophia.

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Happy Hooligan makes a grand hit!

Happy Hooligan makes a grand hit! (1911)

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Found at last!

Found at last! (1883)

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[Happy Hooligan]. Art is long, but Happy is unlucky!

[Happy Hooligan]. Art is long, but Happy is unlucky! (1914)

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Low, Son & Haydon’s pure toilet soaps

Low, Son & Haydon’s pure toilet soaps (1883)

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Poor paterfamilias – the family rises and he has to pay the freight

Poor paterfamilias – the family rises and he has to pay the freight (1895)

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painful position for nurse McKinley

painful position for nurse McKinley (1896)

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Over-production

Over-production (1896)

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Old jokes in new political clothes

Old jokes in new political clothes (1895)

Frederick Burr Opper (American, 1857-1937)
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New York’s St. Patrick

New York’s St. Patrick (1895)

Frederick Burr Opper (American, 1857-1937)
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New York’s Republican ‘standard-bearer’

New York’s Republican ‘standard-bearer’ (1894)

Frederick Burr Opper (American, 1857-1937)
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Monopoly in Hades–How the place will be run, two years after Jay Gould’s arrival

Monopoly in Hades–How the place will be run, two years after Jay Gould’s arrival (1883)

Frederick Burr Opper (American, 1857-1937)
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Merely wants to knowa

Merely wants to knowa (1895)

Frederick Burr Opper (American, 1857-1937)
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McKinley’s valentines from his expectant and hopeful fellow-citizens

McKinley’s valentines from his expectant and hopeful fellow-citizens (1897)

Frederick Burr Opper (American, 1857-1937)
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McKinley has almost all the chips; – but the game is young, yet

McKinley has almost all the chips; – but the game is young, yet (1894)

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The letters of Alphonse by Alex Kenealy

The letters of Alphonse by Alex Kenealy (1900)

Frederick Burr Opper (American, 1857-1937)
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In dire distress

In dire distress (1895)

Frederick Burr Opper (American, 1857-1937)
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How to keep a girl

How to keep a girl (1883)

Frederick Burr Opper (American, 1857-1937)
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His soonness

His soonness (1886)

Frederick Burr Opper (American, 1857-1937)
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He did it all

He did it all (1897)

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He beats them all to pieces

He beats them all to pieces (1894)

Frederick Burr Opper (American, 1857-1937)
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Father Sandow Kickerbocker’s terrific feat

Father Sandow Kickerbocker’s terrific feat (1894)

Frederick Burr Opper (American, 1857-1937)
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Drowned in the flood

Drowned in the flood (1893)

Frederick Burr Opper (American, 1857-1937)
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Cupid’s candidate

Cupid’s candidate (1896)

Frederick Burr Opper (American, 1857-1937)
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Condemned to die

Condemned to die (1894)

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