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Mommy's Had Her Day, It's Daddy's Turn
After the month of May devoting a singular day to Mothers everywhere (which had the opposite intended effect from her creator, resulting from an unprecedented boost for Hallmark cards tapping a corner...
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Two Weeks My Nose, and Told Me I Was Bad
I've been spending an indordinate amount of time going through newspaper archives, both physical and online, looking up early and missing comics from my childhood that were never collected. Â Out of...
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Skyler Graduates!
Skyler, the perpetual put-down Sparrow child of Shoe has been a Grade School student for so long that it's hardly even worth making a running gag out of it. Â But there was a brief period in 1990 when...
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Pale Originals
Adam West of Batman fame just recently died, and I instantly thought of my first exposure to the man. Â Since I never saw any of the original episodes and they weren't captioned, I felt no attraction to...
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Sally Forth's Cat
There are characters who start off as playing minor roles who later turn out to be Breakout Characters, Ensemble Dark Horses, Ascended Extra, and any number of Fan Favorites.And then there are...
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The Cosby Effect
Recently, beloved former sitcom character, Bill Huxtable... I mean, Bill Cosby was in a trial for sexual assault, drugging and raping women. Â This wasn't his first foray, having been accused of this...
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Little Boy Shoe, Come Blow Your Horn
I've written about Skyler's experiences at Summer Camp, which always turn out to be little more than Army Camps. Â Though the collection of Camp episodes only went up to 1987, Skyler's unintended...
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Patriot Day. Yay.
To get a general idea of the difference between Americans and Canadians, just look at their reaction to this year's Canada Day. Â It's the 150th Year of Canada, and the general reception around the...
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Six Months of Trump, and Feeling Sick Already
Remember the good old days when we looked back and laughed at the GOP's insistent commitment to connecting Hillary to anything relating to the emails, despite the constant lack of evidence, convinced...
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The Benefits of Stereotypes
There was a recent article that spouted on the unfortunate implications of Asian Stereotypes as portrayed in the most cringeworthy parts of American Born Chinese.  For those not in the know, it’s...
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Adam, Avid Bungee-Jumper
In one of my previous posts, I mentioned that Adam had some weird stories, such as working for a Burger Mafia, one of which where the stay-at-home Dad was an avid Daredevil. Â You might've thought I was...
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Ted Forth, Daredevil
Turns out that Adam's not the only Father figure who wanted to do some risky behavior in order to assert his manliness. Â The Dad on Sally Forth entertained this concept for a week too.Fun fact - this...
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Comic Mini-Arcs
The early 1990s were a watershed moment for Newspaper comics. Â Bloom County had just retired, and was replaced with the lower-quality Outland. Â The Far Side was still chugging along, and Herman had...
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Blondie's Catering Origins
As I mentioned in my previous post, there was a number of daily strips that strived to contribute a little more than the typical joke-a-day format, and make themselves more relevant to an increasingly...
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A Whole Lot of Nothing
Back when I started this, there was a poem that pointed out that August was noticeable for having no Holidays in a year full of Holidays. Â Even Batman's Long Halloween had to make up an artificial...
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Marvin Talks!
In recent comics, there have been instances where Marvin has been shown talking to babies, and even the FamilyDog, but rarely to his parents, with rare exceptions.When Marvin DID speak, it was usually...
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A Confederate of Dunces
In the latest transparent attempt to deflect attention away from his numerous political blunders and his ties to Russia and Tax Returns, Trump decided to up the amp by trash-talking North Korea into...
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Pet Peeves - Newspaper Mistakes
One of the things that bugged me when reading daily comics was the rare occasions where a printing mistake would happen. Â This wasn't the garden type variety where a caption would be switched with...
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Sally Forth's Sudden Art Shift
Sally Forth's art tends to be rather static, with the characters reusing their poses with side-eye looks and smug smirks. Â So, on November 12, 1991 when it suddenly changed into a more dynamic art...
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