The left column are the syndication strips, since they
never were published I have just sequentially numbered
them. The notation I am using is <strip number>/<panel>
Where there was no equivalent strip panel to a comic
book panel I have marked the strip "xxxx".
The second column are the comic book panels. The
notation here is <page>/<panel>. I marked the comic
book entry with a "unused" Where there were there was
no equivalent comic book panel for a strip panel.
Captions without a border where considered their own
panel.
xxxx - 1 splash page with caption
1/1 - unused
1/2 - unused
1/3 - unused
1/4 - unused
2/1 - unused
2/2 - unused
2/3 - unused
2/4 - unused
3/1 - unused
3/2 - unused
3/3 - unused
3/4 - unused
4/1 - unused
4/2 - unused
4/3 - unused
4/4 - unused
5/1 - unused
5/2 - unused
5/3 - unused
5/4 - unused
6/1 - 2/1 horizontally truncated on left, some background
inking added
6/2 - 2/2 horizontally truncated on right, re-balloon
6/3 - 2/3 horizontally truncated on right
6/4 - unused
7/1 - unused
7/2 - unused
7/3 - 2/4 re-scripted
Inky: ALL THESE YEARS I'VE BEEN HELPING YOU
DRAW OLD MAN SPRY, I THOUGHT HE WAS A
NASTY TEMPERED OLD GUY
cobb: HE...WAS INKY!
changed to
cobb: THAT'S WHY I WNAT YOU TO HURRY, INKY!
...I...I'VE GOT A DEADLINE...TO MAKE
7/4 - unused
7/5 - 2/5
8/1 - 2/6
xxxx - 2/7 caption panel added
JACK HILL WAS AN UNKNOWN QUANITY IN INKY'S
SCHEME OF THINGS. AND NOW, EVERYTHING THAT
MATTERED TO THE YOUNG CARTOONIST HAD TO BE
WEIGHED BY A STRANGER WHOSE COOL, IMPASSIVE
EYES INKY COULDN'T READ. HE WOULD BE FAIR..
INKY KNEW THAT MUCH ABOUT HIM. THE QUESTION
NOW, WAS ONE OF CONFIDENCE. HOW HIGHLY DID
HILL REGARD INKY?
8/2 - 2/8
8/3 - 2/9
8/4 - 3/1 horizontally truncated
9/1 - 3/2
9/2 - 3/3 caption added, bottom made irregular
9/3 - 3/4
9/4 - 3/5 horizontally extended on right
10/1 - 3/6
10/2 - 3/7 horizontally truncated on both sides
10/3 - 3/8 horizontally truncated on right
xxxx - 4/1 caption panel added
IT WAS A FRIGHTENING TIME---AND IT REGISTERED
INSIDE A MAN--WHERE THE RIVERS RUNNING FROM
THE HEART CARRIED FEAR TO EVERY INCH OF
INKY'S BODY AND FILTERED IT THROUGH WHERE HE
COULD SEE IT GLISTEN ON HIS HANDS--AND FEEL
ITS CLAMMY WARMTH ON HIS BACK. WHEN INKY
DELIVERED HIS FIRST FINISHED STRIP, HE PAUSED
AT THE OFFICE DOOR...
10/4 - 4/2
11/1 - 4/3
11/2 - 4/4
11/3 - 4/5
11/4 - 4/6 horizontally truncated, Hill shifted to left
12/1 - 4/7 horizontally truncated, Inky cut off
12/2 - 4/8
12/3 - 4/9
12/4 - 5/1
13/1 - 5/2 caption rewrote
old: INKY SPOTTS, APPRENTICE ARTISTS, IS
BEWILDERED WHEN SYNDICATE MANAGER JACK
HILL TURNS DOWN HIS FIRST COMIC STRIP
new: HILL'S SPIEL ECHOED LIKE A EULOGY GIVEN
IN THE DIM, GRAY LIGHT OF A TEMPLE WHERE
INKY’S DREAM WAS BEST GENTLY LAID TO REST,
BECAUSE, IT WAS KINDER THAN JUST TOSSING
ITS REMAINS INTO THE FIRST OPEN PIT!
THERE WAS NO WAY TO FIGHT BACK! INKY WAS
HELPLESS AGAINST THIS KINDNESS, WHICH
CONCEALED IT'S STERN FINALITY...
horizontally extended on left, clipped on right
13/3 - 5/3
13/4 - 5/4
13/4 - 5/5 horizontally truncated, hill cut off
14/1 - 5/6 Inky's balloon rewrite
old: WELL, YOU'RE THE EDITOR, MISTER HILL! YOU
REJECTED MY COMIC STRIP BECAUSE THE
CHARACTERS DON'T LIVE...I GUESS I JUST
HAVEN'T GOT WHAT IT TAKES!
new: WELL, YOU'RE THE EDITOR, MISTER HILL! I
GUESS I JUST HAVEN'T GOT WHAT IT TAKES.
horizontally truncated, Hill shifted left
14/2 - 5/7
14/3 - 5/8 horizontally truncated on left
14/4 - 6/1 horizontally & vertically truncated
15/1 - 6/2
15/2 - 6/3
15/3 - 6/4
15/4 - unused
xxxx - 6/5 caption panel added
NO MATTER WHAT INKY FELT AT THAT MOMENT HE
COULDN'T DENY THE TRUTH IN HILL'S WORDS..
THE STRIP DIDN'T HAVE IT. HE'D KNOWN BEFORE
HE'D GIVEN IT TO HILL.. HILL HAD KNOWN IT
AT ONCE! THE WORLD WAS SUDDENLY A BIG
QUESTION MARK. AND INKY SHRANK FROM REPEATING
IT--- RETREATING TO THE STARTING POINT--
HURTING WITH EACH BACKWARD STEP...
16/1 - 6/6 caption removed
HIS COMIC STRIP REJECTED BY THE SYNDICATE,
INKY SPOTTS WANDERS INTO THE SHADY SQUALOR
OF THE SLUMS!
vertically extended on bottom
16/2 - 6/7
16/3 - 6/8 horizontally extended on right
16/4 - 7/1 horizontally truncated
17/1 - 7/2
17/2 - 7/3 horizontally truncated, Courtney shifted to left
Dreame's cigarette holder removed
17/3 - 7/4 horizontally extended on right,
Dreame's cigarette holder removed
18/1 - 7/5 horizontally truncated on left
18/2 - 7/6 horizontally truncated on right,
Dreame's cigarette holder removed
18/3 - 8/1 horizontally truncated on both sides
19/1 - 8/2
19/2 - 8/3 Dreame's cigarette holder removed
19/3 - 8/4
19/4 - 8/5 horizontally truncated on both sides
20/1 - 8/6 horizontally extended,
abstract arcs added to background
20/2 - 8/7 horizontally extended on right, Dreame shifted
right, topped inked black
20/3 - unused
20/4 - unused
21/1 - 9/1 Dreame shifted down, cigarette holder removed
21/2 - 9/2 horizontally extended on left
21/3 - unused
21/4 - unused
22/1 - unused
22/2 - 9/3 Inky enlarged
22/3 - 9/4 redrawn, Inky made larger then Dreame
22/4 - 9/5 redrawn, Inky made larger then Dreame
xxxx - 9/6 caption panel added
23/1 - 9/7
23/2 - 9/8 horizontal extended on right
23/3 - unused
23/4 - unused
24/1 - 10/1 horizontally extended on top right, curtain
added, inked by Simon
24/2 - 10/2 vertically truncated bottom removed
24/3 - 10/3 background added
25/1 - unused
xxxx - 10/4 caption panel added
THERE WAS NO ESCAPING THE BURNING AMBITION
OF YOUNG INKY WELLS... AT THE NEWSPAPER
OFFICE, NEXT DAY, DONNA REALIZED THAT SHE
WOULD HAVE TO MOVE FAST IF SHE WAS TO
CAPITALIZE ON THE TALENTS OF HER NEW
DISCOVERY.
25/2 - 10/5 background figures added by Simon
25/3 - 11/1
25/4 - 11/2 Dreame redrawn, background removed,
topped inked black
26/1 - 11/3
26/2 - 11/4 horizontally truncated on left, Dreame's hair
redrawn
26/3 - 11/5 horizontally truncated on left, Dreame's hair
redrawn
26/4 - 11/6 horizontally truncated on right, part of Dreame
removed, Dreame's hair redrawn
27/1 - 11/7 horizontally truncated on left,
Dreame's hair redrawn
27/2 - 11/8 Dreame redrawn
27/3 - 11/9
27/4 - 12/1
28/1 - 12/2 horizontally extended on right
28/2 - 12/3
28/3 - unused
28/4 - unused
29/1 - unused
29/2 - unused
29/3 - 12/4 Dreame redrawn
29/4 - 12/5 Dreame redrawn
30/1 - unused
30/2 - 12/6
30/3 - 12/7 Dreame redrawn
30/4 - 12/8 Dreame's hair redrawn, inking added to top
xxxx - 13/1 caption panel added
DONNA WAS RADIANT THE NEXT DAY--- THERE WAS
A NOTE OF TRIUMPH IN HER VOICE AS SHE
APPROACHED HER NEW "FIND" WITH THE PILFERED
SCRIPT IN HAND--- THIS WAS A GOOD START---
INKY WOULD BE PLEASED--- AN ARTIST HAD TO
BE IN THE RIGHT FRAME OF MIND!
31/1 - 13/2 inking added to ceiling
31/2 - 13/3
31/3 - 13/4 Dreame redrawn face in shadow
31/4 - 13/5 horizontally truncated both sides,
vertically truncated on bottom, extended on top
32/1 - unused
32/2 - unused
32/3 - unused
32/4 - unused
33/1 - 13/6 inking added to Dreame's dress
33/2 - 13/7
33/3 - 13/8
33/4 - 13/9 horizontally truncated on both sides,
Dreame and Half-tone shifted
Dreame redrawn
xxxx - 14/1 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 14/2 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 14/3 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 14/4 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 14/5 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 14/6 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 14/7 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 15/1 caption panel added
THE DAYS FLEW BY, NOW--- THE SWEET SMELL
OF SUCCESS WAS IN THE AIR--- AND MORE THEN
THAT... THERE WAS Donna... LOVELY, CLEVER,
INTELLECTUAL... IT WAS GOOD TO HAVE HER
AROUND... INKY'S THOUGHTS WERE NEVER FAR
FROM Donna THESE DAYS---
34/1 - 15/2
34/2 - 15/3
34/3 - 15/4 horizontally truncated on right
34/4 - 15/5 horizontally truncated on both sides,
Inky shifted left
35/1 - 15/6 horizontally truncated on right
top inked black with skyline
35/2 - 15/7
35/3 - 15/8 horizontally truncated on left
35/4 - 15/9 horizontally truncated on right
36/1 - unused
36/2 - 16/1
36/3 - 16/2
36/4 - 16/3 horizontally truncated on right
xxxx - 16/3 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 16/4 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 16/5 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 16/6 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 17/1 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 17/2 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 17/3 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 17/4 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 17/5 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 17/6 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 17/7 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 18/1 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 18/2 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 18/3 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 18/4 new caption panel
xxxx - 18/5 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 18/6 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 18/7 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 18/8 new Kirby pencils Simon inks
xxxx - 18/9 new caption panel
