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''Etta Kett'' was a long-run comic strip created by Paul Robinson. Launched as a single panel during December 1925, it originally offered tips to teenagers on manners, etiquette and the social graces. The original distribution was with the Central Press Association, which was purchased in 1930 by King Features Syndicate. ==Characters and story== Robinson, however, saw a narrative potential that went beyond the initial format, devising a strip of wholesome humor that maintained a readership over five decades. Drawing with a polished, clean-line style, he jettisoned the teen-tips to expand his teenage characters into a daily strip and Sunday page about energetic Etta Kett and her middle-class family and friends in a suburban setting. ''Etta Kett'' came along six years after Carl Ed's ''Harold Teen'' and displayed certain parallels, notably activities set inside the Sugar Shack soda shop rather than the Sugar Bowl soda shop of ''Harold Teen''. As Peter Kylling observed, Robinson also borrowed from his earlier strip, ''The Love-Byrds'': :The series premiered in the early 1920s. Stopped in 1925. Apparently just another series about a married couple living in the suburbs, but there are differences taking the time and age in consideration: Howard Byrd helps with the daily chores, and Peggy Byrd works in an office along with Howard. Furthermore, Howard likes his parents-in-law(!) and he joins the army only to be kicked out because of poor eyesight. The father character in Robinson's next comic book series, ''Etta Kett'', is clearly modelled after Howard, and the series as a whole may be seen as a continuation of ''The Love-Byrds'', except that the Ketts have a daughter who is in focus. She, on the other hand, bears resemblance to Peggy Byrd!〔(Kylling, Peter. Comicsinfo )〕 The brunette Etta and her boyfriend Wingey Wallace experienced an endless round of activities and events, such as soda fountain sessions at the Sugar Shack (where Wingey worked), rooting for the home team at the football field, arranging dates, pulling pranks and heading off for the rodeo. Comics historian Andy Madura commented, "Beginning in late 1925, ''Etta Kett'' was another of the flapper strips stemming from the 1920s. Like those that survived the era, ''Etta Kett'' had to metamorphosize away from the frivolous flapper mentality to attract Great Depression and beyond readers. For ''Etta Kett'' this was largely accomplished by putting Etta into a more college-like setting and making her the proper opposite to her somewhat wolfish boyfriends."〔(Andy Madura's Comics & Paper Collectibles )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Etta Kett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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