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Pandemic Pastimes Kids’ Korner #571: Are the little ones bored and restless? Here’s a fun and diverting activity that will occupy their minds for a little while!
Today in Comics History: Roy Taylor’s “Unlucky Looie” first appeared on October 8, 1911.
Pandemic Pastimes Kids’ Korner #560: Are the little ones bored and restless? Here’s a fun and diverting activity that will occupy their minds for a little while!
Today in Comics History: Alison Bechdel (Dykes to Watch Out For, Fun Home, Are You My Mother?, the originator of the Bechdel test, etc.) was born on September 10, 1960.
Pandemic Pastimes Kids’ Korner #529: Are the little ones bored and restless? Here’s a fun and diverting activity that will occupy their minds for a little while!
Here's a great homage by my pal Henrik Rehr to a classic piece of good-girl art. (Rehr produces new Beetle Bailey work for publication in the Scandinavian market.)
Vintage ad (Dudley Fisher for Hotpoint):
I should note that "Torchy Brown” was not syndicated in the conventional sense that we know it today, but because her paper--the Black-owned Pittsburgh Courier--had numerous national editions, she essentially was syndicated, and her work enjoyed a national readership.
Today in Comics History: Jerry Marcus, creator of the long-running cartoon panel “Trudy,” was born on July 27, 1924. (The “Trudy” shown here is the debut panel, from March 18, 1963.)
Pandemic Pastimes Kids’ Korner #483: Are the little ones bored and restless? Here’s a fun and diverting activity that will occupy their minds for a little while!