One by one, each of the other panels were dropped. In July 1916, Blosser started another strip, "Miniature Movies", which evolved into "Chestnut Charlie", continuing until early in 1918 when Blosser concentrated exclusively on "Freckles and His Friends". Cartoonist Edgar Martin joined the NEA in 1921 as a cartoonist. While working in NEA's art department, Martin experimented with several strips: "Efficiency Ed", "Fables of 1921", "Taken from Life", and "Girls". In 1924, NEA was looking for a "girl strip," and several artists who had previously submitted strips were asked to resubmit them. Martin's sample was unsigned. When an editor examined Martin's strip and asked, "How soon can we get this artist?", the art director responded, "In one minute. He works here." Thus, "Girls" became "Boots and Her Buddies" on February 18, 1924, although some newspapers continued to use the first title. NEA became a successful distributor of newspaper comics in the 1920s and 1930s. In 1921 Gene Ahern introduced the Nut Brothers, Ches and Wal, in the new strip "Crazy Quilt". That same year, NEA General Manager Frank Rostock suggested to Ahern that he use a boarding house for a setting. "Our Boarding House" began September 16, 1921, scoring a huge success with readers after the January 1922 arrival of the fustian Major Hoople. "The Nut Bros: Ches and Wal" ran as a topper strip above "Our Boarding House". Other long-running NEA strips that launched during the 1920s included Martin's "Boots and Her Buddies", Roy Crane's "Wash Tubbs", Ethel Hays' "Flapper Fanny Says", and J. R. Williams' "Out Our Way". Popular NEA strips that originated in the 1930s include V. T. Hamlin's "Alley Oop", Crane's "Captain Easy" , and Stephen Slesinger & Fred Harman's "Red Ryder". Bela Zaboly started at NEA as an office boy and eventually was a staff cartoonist. During the early 1930s he created the Sunday strip "Otto Honk" about moon-faced, dim-bulb Otto, who was variously employed as a private eye, movie stunt man and football player. "Otto Honk" lasted until 1936. Zaboly was an assistant to Roy Crane on "Wash Tubbs".