He was polite and considerate at all times. Gallant, always smiling and perfectly groomed, was the one kids were supposed to emulate. His behavior was always rude, selfish and counter-productive. Goofus was the jerk, as the young reader could easily see from his sour facial expressions and his messy hair. It consisted of a pair of illustrations of two boys, Goofus and Gallant, responding to the same situation in contrasting ways, designed to convey "proper" versus "improper" behavior by offering them up as positive and negative role models. Matsick did the feature in Highlights starting in 1948, and it became familiar to America's youth during all the decades since. It was created by commercial artist Anni Matsick, whose other credits include a host of children's book and magazine illustrations, but no comics. The feature wasn't a comic strip, where a sequence of pictures tells a story.
But the most-parodied cartoon feature of all time is probably Goofus & Gallant, which generations of American children were exposed to in Highlights for Children magazine, a fixture in pediatricians' waiting rooms since 1946.
Toon fanciers, Duck Dodgers started as a parody of Buck Rogers and even today, bizarre villains are reminiscent of Dick Tracy, the comic strip where bizarre villainy reached what is perhaps its apotheosis. Even the pioneering British humor magazine Punch had a parody in Judy, where Ally Sloper started. Please contribute to its necessary financial support.Ĭartoon parodies have been a staple of popular culture ever since there have been cartoons in popular culture. If this site is enjoyable or useful to you, Published in: Highlights for Children magazine
GOOFUS AND GALLANT Original medium: Magazine cartoons
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