Note 29: It was the German-born cartoonist Rudolph Dirks who emigrated with his family to America in 1884 and settled in Chicago. Here he delivered only 17-year-old jokes to major magazines such as "Judge" and "Life". In 1896, he was hired as a cartoonist for the Hearst newspaper New York Journal. It was here that Dirks began to draw the cartoon that is probably the world's best and most famous, namely The Katzenjammer Kids. The series was inspired by the German picture book series Max und Moritz (18 ??), drawn by Wilhelm Busch (1832-1908).

The series was quiet for a few years, but was resumed in 1912. However, at one point controversy arose between the "Journal" management and Dirks, which led Dirks to offer the series to the Pulitzer newspaper "New York World". This led to a copyright lawsuit. The verdict was that the Hearst newspaper could continue the series under the original title, but for good reasons with a new cartoonist, namely Harold H. Knerr (1883-1949) It is this series which is known in Denmark under the title Knold og Tot . In return, Dirks was given the right to continue his comics, but under a new name, and he chose the title Hans und Fritz, presumably with Busch's "Max und Moritz" in mind. Due to the war of 1914-18, however, a strong antipathy arose towards everything that was German, and therefore the series changed its name to The Captain and the Kids. In Danish it was given the title Ole og Peter. (Sources: Maurice Horn, cited works, p. 330. - Anders Hjorth Jørgensen, cited works, pp. 14-16, 15. - Anders Hjorth Jørgensen et al., Cited works, pp. 14, 14, 16, 17 , 100, 101, 101, 134, 177, 215.