Publication history
''Out Our Way'' first appeared in a half-dozen small-market newspapers on March 20, 1922.Lambiek ComiclopediaCharacters and story
The content of ''Out Our Way'' was based on Williams' own life experiences, as noted by Michael H. Price in the ''Fort Worth Business Press'':Rotating themes
Williams used ''Out Our Way'' as an umbrella title for several alternating series, which carried the subtitle hand-lettered within the panel border. These included ''The Bull of the Woods,'' with gags focusing on the foreman of a machine shop, and a depiction of small town family life in ''Why Mothers Get Gray''. Don Markstein, in describing Williams' settings and themes, lists the other subtitles:Toppers
Starting February 27, 1927, a topper, or subsidiary strip, appeared over the Sunday page: '' Wash Tubbs'', a gag comic strip by Roy Crane. The regular ''Wash Tubbs'' feature began as a gag-a-day strip in 1924 but quickly evolved into an action-adventure strip; the topper over ''Out Our Way'' was a return to the original concept. The topper shifted focus to become ''A Wash Tubbs Game'' from September 4, 1932 to January 29, 1933. After this, the comic strip returned for a few weeks, and then became ''Wash Tubbs Comical Jigsaw Puzzle'' from March 19 to May 7, 1933. The topper was then renamed ''Goofy-Ginks'', and ran until September 24, 1933.Reprints
Williams' strips and cartoons were collected in several books. The Worry Wart had his own comic book in 1956. Leonard G. Lee's Algrove Publishing reprinted Williams' work in more than a dozen volumes of its Classic Reprint Series. In addition to ''Out Our Way Sampler: 20s, 30s & 40s'' (2005), their catalog includes ''U.S. Cavalry Cartoons'', ''The Bull of the Woods'' (six volumes) and ''Classic Cowboy Cartoons'' (four volumes).See also
* Our Boarding HouseReferences
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