The Major Has All Day to Tub (Major Hoople)
Date1935
Artist
Gene Ahern
(American cartoonist, 1895–1960)
Illustration Citation"Major Hoople," by Gene Ahern, February 4, 1935, Newspaper Enterprise Association Service, Inc.
MediumInk and blue pencil on bristol board
Dimensionscomposition: 11 × 12 in. (27.9 × 30.5 cm)
sheet: 12 × 12 3/4 in. (30.5 × 32.4 cm)
sheet: 12 × 12 3/4 in. (30.5 × 32.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1987
Object number1987-56
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextGene Ahern's daily comic strip Our Boarding House featured down-to-earth landlady Mrs. Hoople and her self-important husband, who claimed the title "Major" Hoople and was compared by some to the once-screen character of W. C. Fields. The strip was carried on until 1984 by other artists after Ahern left the Newspaper Enterprise Association in 1936.
