MSU Comic Library index

 Michigan State University Libraries

Special Collections Division
Reading Room Index to the Comic Art Collection
"Du" to "Du Bois, Gaylord"

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Our Gang No. 1 1942

1st appearance of Tom & Jerry - Tom is depicted as a brown-colored cat in this comic instead of the more traditional gray

1st appearance of Barney Bear

1st team appearance of Our Gang

Who was Omar

 In an interview with Irv Ziemanns, Gaylord was asked twice who Omar was, since it appears in his account books. He said he couldn't remember but knew the comics were small promotional freebies included in cereal boxes and other food items. Omar, pictured here, was for the Omar Bread Company.

OMAR SUPER BOOK OF COMICS 20 (vol 2)

OSWALD THE RABBIT

OMAR BREAD/WESTERN PUBLISHING

1946

Super-Book of Comics were printed in the early 40's. The first series of them were printed from 1942-43 & had 11 issues (0-10). The 2nd series was printed from 1944-48 & had 31 issues (0-30). The books have 16, full color, all newsprint pages (cover to cover).

Hurricane Kids - and pseudonyms

 Gaylord DuBois’ background and the mystery of Albert Hartje:

• Gaylord DuBois: Born on August 24, 1899, in Winthrop, Massachusetts, and passed away on October 20, 1993, in Orange County, Florida.

• Albert Hartje: A pen name credited from Popular Comics #46 onwards, associated with “The Hurricane Kids.” The question of Albert Hartje’s identity revolves around 

whether it was an actual scriptwriter’s name or a house name.

• Evidence:

  • Mid-1930s: Editor Oskar Lebeck’s policy had artists providing scripts. Once Lebeck 

hired DuBois, this policy changed based on artists’ inclinations.

• • DuBois’ Contribution: DuBois likely began writing “The Hurricane Kids” from 

issue #44, identified by his distinctive nautical language.

• • Albert Hartje Byline: First appeared in issue #46. It is concluded that DuBois 

created this pseudonym starting in issue #46. DuBois was known for his wordplay and foreign language interests.

 “Hartje” means heart in Dutch, suggesting “Noble/Bright Heart.”

In essence, "Albert Hartje" was a pseudonym created by DuBois for its meaning and 

word play.

From The Grand Comics Database™ (GCD) at Comics.org

Name:

Gaylord Du Bois Type: Common Alternative Name
Given name: Gaylord Family name: Du Bois

Other Names:

1. Gaylord McIlvaine Du Bois Type: Name at Birth
   Given name: Gaylord McIlvaine Family name: Du Bois
2. G. Ellerbrock Type: Pen Name
   
3. Howard R. Garis Type: None
   
4. Bob Gaylord Type: Pen Name
   
5. Albert Hartje Type: Pen Name
   
6. Buck Wilson Type: Pen Name

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Stanley Stories - Our Gang Comics #4, 1943

from Saturday May 14, 2016

"This story is not written by Stanley. The prolific Gaylord DuBois penned thousands of stories for Western Publications, from its early years in the comics industry through its transition from Dell to Gold Key Comics in the 1960s. This was one of his typical early '40s jobs."

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Tom and Jerry first appeared in 'Our Gang" comics No. 1, 1942.  Written by Gaylord DuBois. Tom was a brown cat in this issue.

The Hannah Barbera animation in 1840 was called "Puss Gets the Boot" and the characters were named Jasper and Jinx.

Coon Mountain revisited

Gaylord DuBois

A Conceptual Artistic Installation Exhibition of Gaylord Dubois (Du Bois)

Life Scripted

from 10/1/05

It is this artists' conclusion that there is a propensity of material spanning the 93 years of Gaylord Dubois's life. Numerous photos ranging from birth to death have been obtained along with letters, journals, articles and account records.
Gaylord Dubois's history ranges from salesman, minister, school teacher, social worker, deputy sheriff to writer and scripter -- the career we all know him for. In his lifetime Dubois wrote over 3000 comic stories, more then 10 novels or adaptations (including the first Lone Ranger), at least 4 Little Blue Books, several volumes of poetry, 30+ Big Little Books and more.
Comic scripting began as early as 1938 and continued until 1977 with a few stories published as late as 1995 and some still being published. Titles include Tarzan, Lost in Space, Roy Rogers, Turok, The Lone Ranger, Uncle Wiggily, Red Ryder, Brother's of the Spear, Tom and Jerry and Raggedy Ann. A more complete list will appear on this site in the near future.
The location of the initial opening of this exhibition has yet to be determined. Tentatively we have been looking at Denver although it has been suggested Boston might be more fitting since Gaylord Dubois was a Boston 'home town boy'. He was born in Massachusetts in 1899 and died in Florida in 1993 at 94 years of age. During that time he traveled at great length throughout the US and Western Canada.
It is expected the exhibition will be traveling to many of Gaylord's haunts throughout New York, Texas, New Mexico, California, Wyoming, Alberta and other places. After graduating from Boston University, Dubois returned to the Adirondacks where he had spent much of his childhood. In 1946 he, along with his wife Mary Van Alen, purchased a trailer and set off across the country in search of material for his writing. He spent many of his summers in the Peace River District of Alberta staying with his daughter and his grandchildren.


Gaylord DuBois

BROTHERS OF THE SPEAR

Medium: Comic books


Published by: Dell Comics


First Appeared: 1951


Creators: Gaylord DuBois (writer) and Jesse Marsh (artist)



These days, stories in which black and white adventurers treat each other as equals are such a familiar sight, they're scarcely even noticed. But a half-century ago, they were quite rare. The first such series in American comic books, however, was as little commented-on at the time as it would be today. That's probably because it ran unobtrusively in the rear of another hero's comic. But it was a very well circulated comic, and the feature ran there for a long time.

The Dell comic book based on Edgar Rice Burroughs's Tarzan began in 1948. Postal regulations made it necessary that at least a few pages be devoted to features other than the one on the cover, so the back pages of Tarzan ran series such as "Mabu", "Two Against the Jungle" and "Boy" (the movie name of Tarzan's son, Korak). In the 25th issue (October, 1951), they hit on a winner with "Brothers of the Spear", which ran more than a quarter of a century, all told, and featured the first professional work of cartoonist Russ Manning.
The series was created by writer Gaylord DuBois, one of the most prolific scripters in the history of comic books, and artist Jesse Marsh, whose highly stylized work was seen throughout the Dell line. They'd been the creative team on the Tarzan title almost since it began. The first episode occupied a mere six pages, but it launched a serialized story that eventually grew to epic proportions.
Dan-El and Natongo, who took an oath of brotherhood at the very beginning, were both kings by right, whose thrones had been usurped. Restoring Dan-El in the kingdom of Aba-Zulu and Natongo in Tungelu occupied the first couple of years of the series. By the time it was done, both were married, Dan-El to the beautiful Tavane and Natongo to the equally beautiful Zulena. But neither affairs of state nor family duties had any effect on their love of adventure, and they had many more, one running smoothly into the next, over a period of years.

More ...http://www.toonopedia.com/brospear.htm

Graphic Books Best Seller Lists: March 14 - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com

"7 TARZAN: THE JESSE MARSH YEARS, Vol. 1, by Gaylord DuBois and Jesse Marsh. (Dark Horse, $49.95.) Witness the Golden Age adventures of Tarzan."

Graphic Books Best Seller Lists: March 14 - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com:

The Lone Ranger by Gaylord Dubois. Based on the famous radio adventure series by Fran Striker. - DUBOIS, GAYLORD.

The Lone Ranger by Gaylord Dubois. Based on the famous radio adventure series by Fran Striker. - DUBOIS, GAYLORD.: "DUBOIS, GAYLORD. The Lone Ranger by Gaylord Dubois. Based on the famous radio adventure series by Fran Striker.
New York, Grosset & Dunlap Publishers [c1936].. Orange cloth lettered and decorated in red. Cloth covers lightly soiled, slight wear to the extremities, otherwise very good. Presumed third printing with both Dubois and Striker named on the title-page. The first Lone Ranger book. This printing issued before Dubois' name was completely removed from the title-page (this occurred with the fourth printing according to Firsts magazine, July/August 1993). Striker's name on the spine and front cover."

ERBzine 2115: Gaylord DuBois Remembered

"GAYLORD DUBOIS
King of the Comics Writers
Gaylord Dubois worked as a writer for over 30 years with Western Publishing. A graduate of Boston University and General Theological Seminary, his works were always wholesome, family fare.
He wrote Big Little Books and novels as well as contributing to the majority of non-Disney 'adventure' comic books bearing the Dell imprint.
Dubois wrote or adapted almost every Tarzan lead story in Dell from 1947 to 1971 as well as the majority of backup features including the popular 'Brothers of the Spear' from 1950 to 1960."

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