Buster Brown 1902

Buster Brown is a comic strip character created in 1902 by Richard Outcault.  Buster Brown was also used as an advertising icon for the Brown Shoe Company.  It is believed that the actor Buster Keaton inspired the Character's name while he was a child acting with Vaudeville.

The character's appearance was based on Granville Hamilton Fisher, a son of Charles and Anna Fisher.  Fisher's physical appearance, and pageboy hairstyle, was copied by Outcault and used for Buster Brown.  Tiffany Liu's drawing of Buster and his pitbull, Tige, captures the essence of the characters and their endearing friendship.