Story title: "Why Big Brothers Leave Home" (II)
Cover Date: February 1937
By: Sheldon Mayer
Alright, so this is the actual of the semi-meta "Why big brothers leave home strip?" which to my understanding is kind of a tradition for Scribbly, so let's find out why brothers do leave home.
So, this one starts tellingly: Scribbly is doing his homework and his brother is listening to the radio slightly too loud, so he asks him (kind of) politely to turn it down. Now, what has Scribbly always complained about not being able to concentrate on...? His drawings! So it's pretty obvious that this is one of the stories sent in by the readers. Which is fine, actually, I mean, we were told that that's where the ideas would come from, but still, it's weird seeing this characters representing some random kid from back then.
Anyway, the little asshole feels like being annoying, so Scribbly gets up and turns down the radio himself.
Which I guess is a relatable situation? I don't know, I don't have any siblings, but I have heard some stories with this kind of structure (as in, parents siding with the smallest even when the eldest is right) from my friends, soooo... Maybe?
Anyway, that's it:
Way to rat out baby Gaines, Bill from Sklyn (not Brooklyn)!
Hey, at least this time the direction is included in the actual story, so it'd be easier to send one out.
You can read this here (tho maybe you shouldn't). Let's see the ratings.
Quality/Enjoyment: 2/5
Yeah, this is pretty awful. The only reason I don't give it one star is because of the theoretical reliability (which I guess it's a quality that all of these will more or less share), but I got a gut feeling that this strip will be more of the get-it-out-of-the-way-quickly variety. Thankfully, it's short enough to work within that "genre".
Historical/Cultural/Narrative Significance: 1/5
And that's it! Next one is another one of these, and after that, more Scribbly! (The somewhat decent one, thankfully) So thanks for reading and have a nice rest of your day!
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