Oaky Doaks
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| Oaky Doaks | |
|---|---|
 Eastern Color published an Oaky Doaks comic book in July, 1942. | |
| Author(s) | William McCleery |
| Illustrator(s) | Ralph Fuller |
| Current status/schedule | Concluded daily & Sunday strip |
| Launch date | June 17, 1935 |
| End date | December 30, 1961 |
| Syndicate(s) | AP Newsfeatures |
| Publisher(s) | Eastern Color Printing |
| Genre(s) | Humor |
Oaky Doaks was an American newspaper comic strip, which ran between June 17, 1935, and December 30, 1961.[1] It was distributed by AP Newsfeatures for more than 25 years, illustrated by veteran magazine cartoonist Ralph Fuller and scripted by AP Newsfeatures comics editor William McCleery.
Launched two years before Prince Valiant, the strip was set in medieval times.[2] Neither a prince nor a knight, Oaky Doaks was merely a muscle-headed farm boy who constructed his suit of armor from the tin roof of a shed. Setting out on his father's plow horse, Nellie, Oaky Doaks rode into a series of misadventures. Scoop described the strip's hero:
The titular star of the strip wasn't tall, dark and handsome, but he was courageous–as courageous as a former farm hand with a plow horse named Nellie and an underwhelming appearance and slightly bumbling, shy personality can be. He was never formally knighted by the king whose domain he helped guard and keep. King Cedric, his leader, was pretty nerdy and underwhelming himself and before long, it became clear that Oaky would have to assume the role of "brains behind the operation."[3]
By the 1950s, the principal characters were Oaky Doaks, King Corny, and Princess Pomona. One got the impression that there was a hopeless romantic relationship between Oaky and Pomona, though it was not certain who was in love with whom.
