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re: "Graphic novels" (or comics) as musical material...

Posted by:	showtunetrivia 11:05 am EDT 05/07/15
In reply to:	"Graphic novels" (or comics) as musical material... - jimvar1 03:08 am EDT 05/07/15

Maggie and Jiggs briefly ran in BRINGING UP FATHER in 1925; THE KATZENJAMMER KIDS had a musical around 1920, but it didn't reach Broadway. There were a bunch of flops that didn't run three weeks in the early years of the century, all based on comics.. The only one I recall off the top of my head was 1908's FLUFFY RUFFLES, about a sweet, ditzy gal. FLUFFY's memorable for two reasons: an early score by Kern and a great show tune title, "There's Something Rather Odd About Augustus." One of my fave titles, ever! Laura

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