French-language version of 'Somebody's Stenog' ('Loulou'), from Quebec newspaper La Presse, 21 September 1929.
Alfred Earl Hayward is best known for 'Somebody's Stenog', a working girl strip about Cam O'Flage, a stenographer. Hayward began his career in the early 20th century and his early comics include the fantasy strip 'Pinheads' and the daily 'Padded Cell' panel. 'Somebody's Stenographer', later retitled to 'Somebody's Stenog', first appeared on 16 December 1918 and ran until 10 May 1941. He published in The New York World, owned by Joseph Pulitzer.
'Somebody's Stenog'.
In its final years, the strip was drawn by Ray Thompson and Sam Nichols, who succeeded Hayward after his retirement in 1933. 'Somebody's Stenog' was groundbreaking as one of the first comics to depict an independent woman.
'Somebody's Stenog'.