tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738186191340947496.post4660452266156911369..comments2024-01-31T03:32:19.180-05:00Comments on Matt Tauber: CAPPY DICKMatt Tauberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00336379337777188738noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738186191340947496.post-33519820308707634952022-08-28T12:20:15.774-04:002022-08-28T12:20:15.774-04:00Nice!Nice!Chris Sobieniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838106041175506925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738186191340947496.post-37987865851914317432022-08-28T10:24:48.963-04:002022-08-28T10:24:48.963-04:00Hi Ron, you might have drawn the Cappy Dick that I...Hi Ron, you might have drawn the Cappy Dick that I won the National prize for in 1959 as a 10 year old 4th grader.Jim Donnellynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738186191340947496.post-15958466836241273142022-08-28T10:19:26.892-04:002022-08-28T10:19:26.892-04:00As a 4th grader, 10 years old, I entered the Cappy...As a 4th grader, 10 years old, I entered the Cappy Dick puzzle every week in the Toledo Blade and usually won the local prize. I finally won the National prize of World Book encyclopedias in 1959! My 4th grade teacher was so proud of me! I used those books all thru high school and beyond.Jim Donnellynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738186191340947496.post-44124460968059802512021-08-10T17:55:27.315-04:002021-08-10T17:55:27.315-04:00It was Cappy Dick that got me started loving Art! ...It was Cappy Dick that got me started loving Art! I won a few contests too. I lived in Peoria,Illinois and the Peoria Journal Star ran the strip in their paper. I went on the take as many art classes as I could in High School and eventually I earn an Art Degree and taught art in Illinois for almost 20 years. I am enjoying retirement after working in an Iron Foundry for 38 years. I still enjoy art and making fishing lures.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14730425740510960150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738186191340947496.post-5977343973661290722021-03-29T19:41:59.095-04:002021-03-29T19:41:59.095-04:00I loved Cappy Dick! I remember winning a set of g...I loved Cappy Dick! I remember winning a set of giant plastic animal charms and a set of small colorful dice with letters on them back in the 70s. I think I actually still have them....somewhere....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04236781607517874012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738186191340947496.post-61046570308446438922021-02-15T22:06:12.166-05:002021-02-15T22:06:12.166-05:00I was so delighted to find your blog spot on Cappy...I was so delighted to find your blog spot on Cappy Dick! I was also a big fan of Cappy Dick and was a Grand Prize Winner when I was 12, so sometime around 1966. I won the Cappy Dick's "M" Puzzle that week and in addition to winning the small prize (a personalized wallet that particular week), I also finally won the Grand Prize of a 20 Volume Set of The World Book Encyclopedia as well as a 15 Volume Set of Childcraft. <br /><br />My adult son recently asked if he could have the two sets for the library in their new home. He also wants to frame the newspaper clipping (now extremely yellowed of course) and plans to frame it on the wall above the shelf where the books will be displayed. I was so blessed that he asked for them and that he appreciated the honor I felt at such a young age when I finally had won the "big" prize. It finally paid to be patience! Patience paid off.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738186191340947496.post-32434204525008918412021-02-12T21:07:02.919-05:002021-02-12T21:07:02.919-05:00I'm a Cappy Dick winner from 1975. Lot of fun ...I'm a Cappy Dick winner from 1975. Lot of fun and pride for a 9 year old to see his name in the paper from "The Big City Paper, Minneapolis Star-Tribune ".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15652941633469513444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738186191340947496.post-12055789288558094092018-06-06T16:26:11.625-04:002018-06-06T16:26:11.625-04:00Hi! I too was a Cappy Dick fan, winning quite a fe...Hi! I too was a Cappy Dick fan, winning quite a few of the small prizes. My sister was a World Book winner. I'm trying to remember the name of a small prize I won. I was a set of small, about 2 inches, colored dog toys that "walked" via gravity. They had a thread and a small weight ball attached to them. You would drape the thread/ball over the edge of a table and gravity would pull the toy forward, making it's little legs "walk" to the edge of the table. Does anyone know this toy? Thanks in advance! Susan S.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738186191340947496.post-79385694099391740102018-04-27T23:27:41.991-04:002018-04-27T23:27:41.991-04:00Still, that's quite a resume you got there, Ro...Still, that's quite a resume you got there, Ron! I'm sure the life of a graphic artist for an ad agency was pretty interesting work int hose pre-digital days. I never thought to get into it at all myself, my high school offered a "Commercial Arts" class I could've taken for two years but just simply didn't see a need to get into that field, my brother did, but he didn't seem to get much of of it, still working as a stock boy for a furniture/electronics store in the area.Chris Sobieniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838106041175506925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738186191340947496.post-56861919268237568942018-04-27T14:42:40.787-04:002018-04-27T14:42:40.787-04:00Hi. I'm Ronald H. Beights (Ron), the "Ano...Hi. I'm Ronald H. Beights (Ron), the "Anonymous" former artist of Cappy Dick who wrote you a few days ago. Thanks for your interest.<br /> After leaving Cappy Dick and Chicago in 1959 and serving two years in the army as an illustrator, I took a job as art director for an advertising agency in St. Louis. Worked there for 16 years and during that time made numerous attempts at syndication. Although I never quite made it with my own comic strip, I did have a few syndicates interested, including King Features and Field Enterprises. At one point I signed a contract with Washington Star Syndicate, but the strip idea fizzled because it had certain similarities to The Wizard of Id." <br /> I finally left the ad agency and went out on my own as a freelance artist. Worked out of a studio in downtown St. Louis and had such clients as Peabody Coal Company, Rexall, Southwestern Bell Telephone, and others.<br /> In 2002, Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, Louisiana, published a book I wrote called "Jesse James and the First Missouri Train Robbery." It's now in its third printing. I illustrated the cover and did most of the drawings inside the book, as well.<br /> So--in a nutshell---that is my post-Cappy Dick art career.<br /> Thanks, again. RonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738186191340947496.post-52732599425996977182018-04-25T15:58:01.195-04:002018-04-25T15:58:01.195-04:00It's nice to get people popping out of the woo...It's nice to get people popping out of the woods to give us little anecdotes like this!Chris Sobieniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838106041175506925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738186191340947496.post-55112337743078596112018-04-22T16:06:54.869-04:002018-04-22T16:06:54.869-04:00It is great to hear from you, mystery artist! Wou...It is great to hear from you, mystery artist! Would you mind telling us who you are and any other strip/cartooning work of yours we might know? Thanks!Matt Tauberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00336379337777188738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738186191340947496.post-48492668170819591092018-04-22T09:40:09.910-04:002018-04-22T09:40:09.910-04:00From May to November 1959, right out of art school...From May to November 1959, right out of art school, I drew the Cappy Dick Sunday page. The comics were drawn 8 weeks in advance of publication. In all, I did 26 Sunday pages, and once when the artist who drew the daily strip was ill, Bob Cleveland had me do one of those, as well. When I quit in November to go to the army, Rick Yager, long-time artist of Buck Rogers, took my place. I was then only 21 years old. I am now 79. Great days in Chicago!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738186191340947496.post-17227579710063664332017-02-04T11:05:06.263-05:002017-02-04T11:05:06.263-05:00I remember this strip from the mid seventies when ...I remember this strip from the mid seventies when you would send in an entry to a small puzzle to win prizes. My brothers and I tried for weeks and finally won, The prize was a set of pencil erasers, I think in the shape of fish. Very cool!LPGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05819659792904643745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738186191340947496.post-81510722002666828982017-02-04T11:04:19.446-05:002017-02-04T11:04:19.446-05:00I remember this strip from the mid seventies when ...I remember this strip from the mid seventies when you would send in an entry to a small puzzle to win prizes. My brothers and I tried for weeks and finally won, The prize was a set of pencil erasers, I think in the shape of fish. Very cool!LPGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05819659792904643745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738186191340947496.post-14412451777045046732014-01-23T19:52:11.029-05:002014-01-23T19:52:11.029-05:00Glad to know this page makes a difference (whoever...Glad to know this page makes a difference (whoever you are).Chris Sobieniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838106041175506925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738186191340947496.post-51072929734788057722014-01-23T19:25:00.045-05:002014-01-23T19:25:00.045-05:00Found your page today. I won the World Book Natio...Found your page today. I won the World Book National Prize in 1967. Pretty sure I have the correct date because the books had special white covers to commemorate the 50th anniversary of World Book Encyclopedia. <br />Thanks for the memory!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738186191340947496.post-45354766220712719452014-01-10T22:11:37.860-05:002014-01-10T22:11:37.860-05:00No qualms from me, I like what I saw of Slylock Fo...No qualms from me, I like what I saw of Slylock Fox though it was never picked up in my paper.Chris Sobieniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838106041175506925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738186191340947496.post-8417596836384297662013-06-26T21:00:24.725-04:002013-06-26T21:00:24.725-04:00I remember on a certain day of the week, Tuesday, ...I remember on a certain day of the week, Tuesday, I think, there would be a puzzle and you would complete it and mail it to Cappy Dick and could win a prize. I won several prizes. Basically they were tokens but it was so magical to mail in your entry and win. He would post the names and ages of the winners in his column. Once you got into mailing them in it seemed the same names would win often. After a while the winners would lose interest and another batch of kids could win. Great times and yes pre internet. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738186191340947496.post-67140853965507725602012-06-02T16:10:48.421-04:002012-06-02T16:10:48.421-04:00Thanks for the memories. For some reason this comi...Thanks for the memories. For some reason this comic popped into my head today. Gosh, how I didn't even know how much I missed it. It was awesome to see what new fun you could have every week outside.....with your friends! Too bad kids nowadays haven't a clue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738186191340947496.post-2499056307280521932012-02-29T01:00:05.689-05:002012-02-29T01:00:05.689-05:00Hey i remember the Cappy Dick comic strips!. I rec...Hey i remember the Cappy Dick comic strips!. I recall back in the mid 80's winning a C.H.I.P.S Highway patrol slot car racing set for drawing a pic of my grans garden,lol.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2738186191340947496.post-56301516929639327542011-06-19T19:02:09.691-04:002011-06-19T19:02:09.691-04:00I feel your pain.
I remember Cappy Dick being in ...I feel your pain.<br /><br />I remember Cappy Dick being in my paper too up to the very end, though my paper didn't replace him with Slylock Fox, instead opting for Professor Doodles.<br /><br />It's sad thinking how things use to be back then. Kids certainly aren't having it any better today.Chris Sobieniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838106041175506925noreply@blogger.com