The Toonerville Folks or The Toonerville Trolley That Meets All the Trains was created by Fontaine Fox and was published in newspapers from 1908 to 1955. The daily single panel comic was a look at Toonerville, a town in the suburbs. The Toonerville Trolley was driven by the Skipper to meet commuter trains as it brought in people from the big city. The comic strip would be turned into a silent film series in 1927. By 1936 the Trolley became an animated short. It was these cartoons that I fondly remember watching as a child, along with Felix, Crusader Rabbit, Three Stooges and many others...
Even though a stamp had been issued for the Toonerville Folks as part of the Classic Comic Strip stamps, I decided to add the Toonerville Trolley to the trolley first day cover from 1983, simply for my enjoyment
Orlando Sentinel editorial comic honoring Fontaine Fox
Fox showing his love of baseball
Mystic - Classic Comic Strips first day cover
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