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One of the strangest things to me when I was a kid, was reading the comics at my aunt's house. They lived in a different town, got a different newspaper, and th
by bluedino 6y ago
One of the strangest things to me when I was a kid, was reading the comics at my aunt's house. They lived in a different town, got a different newspaper, and the comics were different.
The big ones like Beetle Bailey, Garfield, Family Circus, they were all there. But some of the smaller ones were missing. And there were other comics I never heard of.
None of them were the same size or on the same pages. We had Peanuts on the front page. They got a tiny version of Hal and Lois. But the oddest thing is that some of the comics were in a vertical instead of horizontal format. Then my dad explained syndication and editors and all that stuff flew right over my 10 year old head
- anthk 6y agoI like Beetle Bailey, and I am not even an American, I've just liked to roam local cheap stores where I live and they had newspapes strips compiled into a comic book, it was cool. There was one based on a married couple with tons of typical issues, I can't remember it's name.
- phjesusthatguy3 6y agoThe Lockhorns?
- jcstauffer 6y agoOr Blondie?
- phjesusthatguy3 6y agoThat's probably more like it. The Lockhorns seem to dislike eachother most of the time.
- thaumasiotes 6y agoSally Forth? Luann?
- tclancy 6y agoLove Is? Pluggers? Mallard Fillmore?
- egypturnash 6y agoI was always under the impression that the only romantic entanglement in Mallard Fillmore's life was "owning the libs".
- anthk 6y agoYes, Blondie. Thanks.
- jkestner 6y agoAndy Capp? That was the worst, which was probably why my paper put it in the classifieds.
- Covzire 6y agoHagar the Horrible? You want your man to just stay home and solve some bugs in the garbage disposal's code, and he goes pillaging and plundering. Typical.
- Sunspark 6y agoIs it.. is it the Family Circus?
- gxqoz 6y agoI started subscribing to the Seattle Times Sunday paper a few years ago. Comics section is a nice bonus, although I generally don't like their selection. For instance, the top comic is For Better or For Worse. Setting aside the fact that I've never felt any attachment to this comic, I don't understand why a comic that's been in re-runs since 2008 gets top billing.
- gxqoz 6y agoOh and the worst part is they use a logo for the strip Candorville that has a big ugly QR code in the middle of it.