Rose decided to do some samples of his inking, and chose to draw characters from the Snuffy Smith strip. He sent the drawings, along with some of his own art, to the strip's author, Fred Lasswell. "I ...

Spark Plug was based off a famous cartoon called “Barney Google and Snuffy Smith.” LeClaire turned this character into a costume, which he would wear while he pranced around like a horse.