Charlie Chaplin's Comic Capers
''Charlie Chaplin's Comic Capers'' was an American gag-a-day celebrity comics comic strip by Stuart Carothers Carothers entry
Lambiek's Comiclopedia. Retrieved March 11, 2021. and later Elzie C. Segar starring Charlie Chaplin. It ran in syndication from March 29, 1915, until September 16, 1917. It was one of the earliest comic strips inspired by the popularity of a celebrity.

Background

''Charlie Chaplin's Comic Capers'' was published in the Chicago Herald (1914–1918), ''Chicago Herald''. The comic strip cashed in on the tremendous popularity of the comedian at the time. It was created by Stewart W. Carothers in March 1915, who drew and wrote the stories until his tragic early death from defenestration. Two cartoonists credited as ''Warren ...
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Elzie Crisler Segar
Elzie Crisler Segar (; December 8, 1894 – October 13, 1938), known by the pen name E. C. Segar, was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of Popeye, a pop culture character who first appeared in 1929 in Segar's comic strip ''Thimble Theatre''."E. C. Segar", in Walker, Brian. ''The Comics: The Complete Collection''. New York: Abrams ComicArts, 2011. (pp. 238–243) "E. C. Segar", in Tumey, Paul C. ''Screwball! : The Cartoonists Who Made The Funnies Funny''. San Diego : IDW Publishing, 2019 (pp. 158-179) Charles M. Schulz said of Segar's work: "I think ''Popeye'' was a perfect comic strip, consistent in drawing and humor". Carl Barks described Segar as "''the'' unbridled genius as far as I was concerned". Early life Segar was born on December 8, 1894, and raised in Chester, Illinois, a small town near the Mississippi River.O'Sullivan, Judith. ''The Great American Comic Strip''.Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1990. (p.186-187) The son of Erma Irene (Crisler) and ...
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