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.
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