Illustrated Chips. London: 25 Bouverie Street [Amalgamated Press]. No. 944 (new series). 3 October 1908.
From homeless tramp to homeless dog. The first Homeless Hector strip, devised and drawn by Bertie Brown, appeared on 3 October 1908. Hector’s career ran for some 45 years, up to the demise of Chips in 1953, drawn for most of this time by Brown.
