Judge Rummy

One of the strips of the character (1920)

Judge Rummy (also known as Silk Hat Harry's Divorce Suit, Old Judge Rumhauser, and Judge Rummy's Court)[1] was an American comic strip by Tad Dorgan published from 1910 until 1922.[2] It featured an anthropomorphic dog. Between 1918 and 1922 the character was also the subject of a series of short animated cartoons.

S. J. Perelman stated in 1978 that Dorgan's inspiration for the strip had been the murder trial of Harry K. Thaw, and that the strip led Dorgan to be threatened with libel lawsuits more than once.[3]

  1. ^ Judge Rummy, Silk Hat Harry, etc. at Don Markstein's Toonopedia; by Don Markstein; published 2007; retrieved January 24, 2019
  2. ^ "Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Judge Rummy, Silk Hat Harry etc".
  3. ^ HOW I LEARNED TO WINK AND LEER: Perelman takes an affectionate look back at the satirical cartoonist Tad, who a half-century ago enriched our language and launched our author on his comedic way., in The New York Times; published April 23, 1978