![]() ![]() all in good fun, right? A harmless piece of Americana, right? WRONG! As the following pictures will prove, Buster Brown is the most horrifying hellbeast ever devised by man. One of his trademark bits was to make a ridiculous pronouncement on some matter and then declare that matter to be "resolved." In fact, "Resolved!" became Buster's catchphrase. In each story, he would get into some kind of comical shenanigans and would receive his comeuppance in the form of a spanking, yet he would never learn his lesson or reform his ways for long. In case you're curious about the character behind the shoe commercials, Buster was a well-to-do but mischievous lad who had a taste for low-level chaos despite his rather prissy appearance. ![]() The lad started endorsing shoes in 1904, nearly from the beginning of his career, and he's still at itover a century later. All of those trickled away by the time the 1960s rolled around, leaving the shoe business as Buster's only lasting legacy. ![]() Fair enough, but much like Skippy peanut butter, Buster Brown shoes were named for a now long-forgotten, theoretically lovable cartoon tyke from the early decades of the 20th century.Ĭreated by comics innovator Richard Outcault, the man often credited with inventing the comics form itself, young Buster Brown and his canine companion Tige had their own newspaper strip from 1902 to 1921 and subsequently appeared in live-action short films, Broadway plays, radio shows, and even a television series. W hen you think of Buster Brown, you probably picture those ugly shoes that no kid ever wanted to wear. ![]()
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