Alley Oop is a syndicated comic strip created December 5, 1932, by American cartoonist V. T. Hamlin, who wrote and drew the strip through four decades for Newspaper Enterprise Association. Hamlin introduced a cast of colorful characters and his storylines entertained with a combination of adventure, fantasy, and humor. Alley Oop, the strip's title character, is a sturdy citizen in the prehistoric kingdom of Moo. He rides his pet dinosaur Dinny, carries a stone axe, and wears only a fur loincloth.
On April 9, 1939, Alley Oop was transported from the Bone Age into the 20th century.
Dave Graue, Hamlin's successor
Vincent Trout Hamlin, who preferred the name V. T. Hamlin, was an American comic strip cartoonist. He created the popular, long-run comic strip Alley Oop, syndicated by the Newspaper Enterprise Association.
Dorothy and V. T. Hamlin picnicking on a Texas beach in 1928. Note resemblance of Dorothy to Alley Oop's Ooola.
V. T. Hamlin's Alley Oop (March 19, 1946). Oop and Ooola time travel to a post-World War II party.