C. M. Payne
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Charles M. Payne was an American cartoonist best known for his popular long-run comic strip S'Matter, Pop? He signed his work C. M. Payne and also adopted the nickname Popsy.
In 1896, Payne was employed at the Pittsburgh Post
. Coon Hollow Folks, his first comic strip, was followed by Bear Creek Folks, Scary William and Yennie Yonson. He created Honeybunch's Hubby, for the New York World
, and in 1911, he drew Peter Pumpkin for The Philadelphia Inquirer
. His 1910 strip, Nippy's Pop, was later retitled S'Matter, Pop? Initially carried by the Bell Syndicate
, it ran from 1911 to 1940. During the 1920s, S'Matter, Pop? was a Sunday strip
in the New York World, followed by decades as a daily strip
in the The Sun.
Traveling with his wife and two daughters, Payne spent the summer of 1915 in Los Angeles and southern California, where he planned an automobile trip to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Diego.
He was a member of the Southern California Camera Club, and in 1920, he exhibited photographs he had taken at remote locations in the Arizona desert.
In 1964, Payne died in poverty.
In 1896, Payne was employed at the Pittsburgh Post
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, also known simply as the "PG," is the largest daily newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.-Early history:...
. Coon Hollow Folks, his first comic strip, was followed by Bear Creek Folks, Scary William and Yennie Yonson. He created Honeybunch's Hubby, for the New York World
New York World
The New York World was a newspaper published in New York City from 1860 until 1931. The paper played a major role in the history of American newspapers...
, and in 1911, he drew Peter Pumpkin for The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer is a morning daily newspaper that serves the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, metropolitan area of the United States. The newspaper was founded by John R. Walker and John Norvell in June 1829 as The Pennsylvania Inquirer and is the third-oldest surviving daily newspaper in the...
. His 1910 strip, Nippy's Pop, was later retitled S'Matter, Pop? Initially carried by the Bell Syndicate
Bell Syndicate
The Bell Syndicate, launched in 1916 by editor-publisher John Neville Wheeler, was an American syndicate which distributed columns, fiction, feature articles and comic strips to newspapers for decades...
, it ran from 1911 to 1940. During the 1920s, S'Matter, Pop? was a Sunday strip
Sunday strip
A Sunday strip is a newspaper comic strip format, where comic strips are printed in the Sunday newspaper, usually in a special section called the Sunday comics, and virtually always in color. Some readers called these sections the Sunday funnies...
in the New York World, followed by decades as a daily strip
Daily strip
A daily strip is a newspaper comic strip format, appearing on weekdays, Monday through Saturday, as contrasted with a Sunday strip, which typically only appears on Sundays....
in the The Sun.
Traveling with his wife and two daughters, Payne spent the summer of 1915 in Los Angeles and southern California, where he planned an automobile trip to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Diego.
He was a member of the Southern California Camera Club, and in 1920, he exhibited photographs he had taken at remote locations in the Arizona desert.
In 1964, Payne died in poverty.