Draft:Gummer Street

Gummer Street was a newspaper comic strip created by Phil Krohn that ran for a relatively short period in the early 1970s. An adman and political cartoonist, Phil was the brother of Disney animator Doug Krohn.

Phil Krohn

It was published by the United Feature Syndicate, starting in 1970

Cover of a Gummer Street book (Italian edition)

The strip debuted on September 14, 1970 and a Sunday version was added around mid-1971. It ended on November 11, 1972.

Plot

The strip featured the daily lives of common folk living in the eponymous street of the title, who were inspired by the real folks who lived in the streets of Philadelphia, where Krohn lived at the time.

Reception

Besides being published in the USA, it was also quite popular in Italy via "Eureka" magazine (by Editorale Corno).

The strip was also published in Brazil, through "Patota" magazine, published by Editora Artenova in the 1970s.

Cast of Characters

• Shirley - an abrasive crone who is constantly worried, sad and grumpy.
• Darcy - the solar and optimistic friend who plays a contrast to her neighbor Shirley.
• Floyd - a sensitive beatnik artist whose ego is much larger than his talent. Often tortures his neighbors with his songs and poems.
• Harold - the police officer who patrols Gummer Street is often met with disrespect and suspicion from its inhabitants.
• Pops Sharkey - "pool shark" and owner of the local snooker bar and saloon where the Green Sloth Gang spends their days, Pops has uncanny playing abilities and shady stories from the good old times.
• The Green Sloth Gang - a group of leather-clad up-to-no-good hoodlums who pester Harold and try to terrorize the neighborhood, which often end with them being smooshed into walls or beaten into a pulp of scribbles.

References

Newspaper page featuring a Gummer Street strip.