Taking a long weekend of comics from last Saturday to today.
Saturday had more than a few comics that stood out for me, which is surprising since that is the day cartoonists usually place their weakest, in their opinion, gags.
In Candorville Lemont laments the state of newspapers’ respect for comics which turns out to be self-pity.
Back in the day, and it wasn’t too many decades ago, comics were paramount to a papers circulation.
I wonder if Blondie would approve of Cookie’s social life being like hers at that age?
Curtis has me thinking Ray Billingsley hasn’t checked his savings account lately. 0.01% ain’t no “sizable return.”
While Saturday’s Loose Parts had people focused on broccoli vs. mushroom it was the “back to the drawing board” phrase, that originated in a cartoon, that got my attention.
The Sunday Funnies only got a couple of notes from me. The previously mentioned Rosebuds and the Mutts 30th anniversary strip that was originally created for the comic strip’s Tenth Anniversary (September 5, 2004).
Was happy to see David Reddick showcase new-to-the-KFS-stable Brann Bjornson in Monday’s Legend of Bill, but disappointed Reddick didn’t draw Prince Valiant in homage to the character’s creator as he did the others.
The things Americans move to the top of their list of complaints never ceases to amaze. Pearls Before Swine could have ran with a number of paltry grievances and an equal number of more important issues.
featured image from the January 1, 1934 Thimble Theatre by E. C. Segar
Should be worth mentioning that nearly all the Mutts strips that got reprinted this year (so far) originally debuted in 2004 (why Patrick only chose 2004, and a few 2003 and 2005 strips for good measure, strips to reprint this year, I’ll never know)
Maybe Curtis’s dad put his money in Capital One, which is paying 4.25%. At the end of 10 years, that $5,000 would be $7,581.07, assuming Curtis never added to it.