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Hejji
Hejji was a short-lived 1935 comic strip, an early work and the only comic strip by prominent children's author Dr. Seuss (pseudonym of Theodor Geisel). Hejji was produced by Geisel during the Great Depression, two years before the publication of his first book. Distributed by William Randolph Hearst's King Features Syndicate, Hejji began publication on April 7, 1935, as a Sunday strip. A comic strip with an unusually brief publication period, it was cancelled before the year's end.[http://www.toonopedia.com/hejji.htm Don Markstein's Toonopedia][http://cartoons.osu.edu/finding_aids/sfaca/html/901-1000/0921.html San Francisco Academy of Comic Art Collection: Hejji (April 28, 1935)]
Characters and story
The title character was a traveler who, in the first strip, entered the strange land of Baako, which had whales swimming in water-filled volcano craters, a flower broadcasting music and twin goats sharing a single beard. Hejji inadvertently plucks the sacred Trumpet Flower and is promptly arrested. He is taken to the palace of the MIghty One, who has Hejji thrown to the Seven Deadly Wombats. After Hejji escapes, the Mighty One apologizes and gives him a guided tour of Baako. They encounter various creatures and eventually arrive at the mysterious castle of the Evil One.Recycling characters
Instances and characters from Hejji, such as the goats with connected beards, reappeared in later Dr. Seuss work.This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Hejji". The list of authors you can find on this page.