A parody of melodrama, it depicted a stereotypical villain named Desmond who continually tried to capture a damsel in distress named Rosamond, which brought him into conflict with her and her paramour Claude Eclaire;[3] Hershfield ended the strip by having Claude and Rosamond marry, which meant that Desmond could no longer pursue her.[4]
Don Markstein noted that it was a "probably a response" to the presence of a similar character in C. W. Kahles's earlier strip "Hairbreadth Harry",[3] while Maurice Horn felt that it "showed greater ingenuity and wit" than Kahles's work.[7]
^DAUNTLESS DURHAM OF THE U.S.A., at Don Markstein's Toonopedia; "Desmond (...) was idle because his former antaonist [sic]and love interest, Claude Eclaire and the fair Rosamond, had eluded him by marrying"; retrieved April 6, 2019
^World Encyclopedia of Comics, by Maurice Horn, published 1976 by Chelsea House
^Melodramatic Villainy (Just) after the Victorians, by Guy Barefoot; chapter 3 in Neo-Victorian Villains: Adaptations and Transformations in Popular Culture, edited by Benjamin Poore; published June 1 2017 by Brill Publishers
^Bayonne, by Kathleen M. Middleton; published May 1, 1995 by Arcadia Publishing
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desperate, desmond, baseball, player, desmond, beatty, comic, strip, harry, hershfield, published, york, journal, between, march, 1910, october, 1912, installment, from, 1910, parody, melodrama, depicted, stereotypical, villain, named, desmond, continually, tr. For the baseball player see Desmond Beatty Desperate Desmond was a comic strip by Harry Hershfield published in the New York Journal 1 between March 11 1910 and October 15 1912 2 Installment of Desperate Desmond from 1910 A parody of melodrama it depicted a stereotypical villain named Desmond who continually tried to capture a damsel in distress named Rosamond which brought him into conflict with her and her paramour Claude Eclaire 3 Hershfield ended the strip by having Claude and Rosamond marry which meant that Desmond could no longer pursue her 4 Coulton Waugh described it as one of the first strips to include genuine suspense 5 similarly R C Harvey has mentioned its early use of daily continuity 6 Don Markstein noted that it was a probably a response to the presence of a similar character in C W Kahles s earlier strip Hairbreadth Harry 3 while Maurice Horn felt that it showed greater ingenuity and wit than Kahles s work 7 Adaptations EditFilm adaptations of Desperate Desmond were produced by Nestor Studios 8 directed by Tom Ricketts with Dorothy Davenport as Rosamond and Fred Kelsey as Claude 9 as well vaudeville star Fred Duprez released a recording of a Desperate Desmond based comedy act 3 References Edit Harry Hershfield at Lambiek retrieved April 6 2019 Obscurity of the Day Desperate Desmond by Allan Holtz at Stripper s Guide published November 25 2009 retrieved April 6 2019 a b c DESPERATE DESMOND at Don Markstein s Toonopedia published 2004 retrieved April 6 2019 DAUNTLESS DURHAM OF THE U S A at Don Markstein s Toonopedia Desmond was idle because his former antaonist sic and love interest Claude Eclaire and the fair Rosamond had eluded him by marrying retrieved April 6 2019 The Comics by Coulton Waugh first published 1947 1991 edition published by University Press of Mississippi The Art of the Funnies An Aesthetic History by Robert C Harvey published 1994 by University Press of Mississippi World Encyclopedia of Comics by Maurice Horn published 1976 by Chelsea House Melodramatic Villainy Just after the Victorians by Guy Barefoot chapter 3 in Neo Victorian Villains Adaptations and Transformations in Popular Culture edited by Benjamin Poore published June 1 2017 by Brill Publishers Bayonne by Kathleen M Middleton published May 1 1995 by Arcadia PublishingExternal links EditAudio of Fred Duprez s Desperate Desmond at the Library of Congress Wikimedia Commons has media related to Desperate Desmond Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Desperate Desmond amp oldid 1134898872, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
