I always liked Otto Soglow's
Little King strip, but I never knew about
The Ambassador until I discovered some examples at the
I Love Comix Archive. Here's a sampling, and you can find more at the link for the Archive.
Apparently,
The Ambassador was created as a kind of knock-off of the
Little King, albeit by the latter's creator. There was some kind of issue about bringing the King from the New Yorker (where it originated) to the funnie pages, and this was Soglow's solution. Once the copyright issue was resolved, the Ambassador disappeared, and the King became a Sunday mainstay. I can't imagine any strip today sparking those kind of controversies.
I always liked Otto Soglow's Little King strip, but I never knew about The Ambassador until I discovered some examples at the I Love Comix Archive. Here's a sampling, and you can find more at the link for the Archive.
Apparently, The Ambassador was created as a kind of knock-off of the Little King, albeit by the latter's creator. There was some kind of issue about bringing the King from the New Yorker (where it originated) to the funnie pages, and this was Soglow's solution. Once the copyright issue was resolved, the Ambassador disappeared, and the King became a Sunday mainstay. I can't imagine any strip today sparking those kind of controversies.
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