| John Sappo | |
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Real Name |
John Sappo |
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First Appearance |
The Five-Fifteen (December 24, 1920) |
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Original Publisher |
King Features Syndicate |
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Created by |
Elzie Crisler Segar |
Origin[]
John Sappo was an everyman whose misadventures in everyday life (such as trying to catch the 5:15 train home) dominated the series at first. By November 1921, Segar introduced Sappo's significantly larger, more domineering wife Myrtle, thus increasingly centering the strip on domestic humor.
The strip continued with this basic format (save for an eventual shift in name to Sappo, the Commuter around 1923) until February 17, 1925, upon which the strip ceased publication for unknown causes. Segar would, however, soon revive the strip as a Sunday-only feature (with its plot and characters essentially unmodified), the first example of which, now merely titled Sappo, saw publication on February 28, 1926.
Public Domain Appearances[]
All published appearances of John Sappo from before January 1, 1930 are public domain in the US.
Public Domain Comic Appearances[]
- The Five-Fifteen (1920-1924)
- Sappo the Commuter (1924-1925)
- Sappo (1926-1929)