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DAD PLUGG

A cartoon strip created by Richard Taylor for The Worker (Toronto) a weekly newspaper published by the Communist Party of Canada. It appeared circa 1935.

David Rosen described Dad Plugg as: “… a mustachioed old gent who delighted in letting the air out of political windbags and fat bosses.”

SOURCE:

Essay unpublished:

“Drawing The Line: Radical Cartoonists of the Thirties.” Writ., David Rosen. This was a sample chapter for a proposed book on cartoonists who worked partially or completely for alternative publications.

GALLERY:

$C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE CARTOON\IMAGE CARTOON D\DAD PLUGG, R Taylor, The Worker, Drawing The Line, 8_0001.jpg$ The Worker. “Drawing the Line”: 8.

$C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE CARTOON\IMAGE CARTOON D\DAD PLUGG, R Taylor, The Worker, Drawing The Line, 8_0002.jpg$ The Worker. “Drawing the Line”: 8. St. James Street mentioned here was the financial distinct of Montréal.

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