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Description: | "Japhet and Happy" were characters created by James Francis "Frank" Horrabin and first appeared in "The Adventures of the Noah Family" cartoon strip in the Daily News in 1919. Frank Horrabin was a Socialist, radical writer, cartoonist and Labour MP for Peterborough who worked at the Daily News as Art Director. The "Noah Family" strip moved to the News Chronicle in 1930 and continued into the 1940's. The comic strips were collected into several books and Annuals. On the front cover, Japhet ( a young boy) is seen dressed as a clown, whilst Happy (a bear) is dressed as a circus ring-master. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Brent Museum | Rights holder: | J.F. Horrabin; Digital Image: Brent Museum | Subjects: | Leisure | Temporal: | 1931 | Source: | Brent Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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