By 1903 the Weatherbird was becoming very popular as the Post-Dispatch mascot. While taking over the daily Weatherbird early that year, Oscar Chopin also began to create true comic strips of the bird. The strips were independent of the front page weather column, and run as a sort of filler, especially in Sunday papers.
This list is comprehensive, though it is possible there are some I have not found.
Sunday, Jan 18, 1903
Page 29
The first of the 'true' comics
Sunday, Jan 25, 1903
Page 21
Friday, Jan 30, 1903
Page 3
Sunday, Feb 1, 1903
Page 17
Sunday, Feb 8, 1903
Page 27
Page 4
Page 37
Page 2
No comic on the 8th?
Page 1
The weather column and its bird were bumped to page 13, in Part 2 of the paper, which was common in Sunday editions at this time.
Page 8
Sunday, March 29, 1903
Page 36
Sunday, Apr 5, 1903
Page 15
Page 29
Page 61
I don't see a signature but I think this is Chopin's
Page 61
Page 61
Page 57
Page 56
Page 21
Page 53
Page 49
Page 47
Page 45
The last of the regular Sundays
Page 4
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