Blogcritics Comments on Happy Anniversary, Dagwood and Blondie - Or: The More Comics Strips Change....

Comment by JR on Happy Anniversary, Dagwood and Blondie - Or: The More Comics Strips Change....

Wed, 31 Aug 2005 19:04:57 EDT

If you want to read a couple of interesting new strips, go to comics.com and click on 9 Chickwood Lane and on Pibgorn, both by Brooke McEldowney.

Comment by DrPat on Happy Anniversary, Dagwood and Blondie - Or: The More Comics Strips Change....

Tue, 23 Aug 2005 11:16:12 EDT

Then there's Prince Valiant, the 1950's metrosexual, who's been around since Hearst was a major political force in America. For some inane reason, this comic is still in my local paper, but a great strip like Rose is Rose is gone. Go figure. Sure, RiR had its twee moments, but I was in love with the Biker Rose who could transition from her alternate housewife ego at the drop of a hat. (See, honey, I LOVE strong women! Especially ones with legs like Biker Rose's...)

Comment by Mark S. on Happy Anniversary, Dagwood and Blondie - Or: The More Comics Strips Change....

Tue, 23 Aug 2005 10:46:22 EDT

Good article, Michelle. I will say, however, that the problem with comic sections these days are strips like Blondie. The original artists died long ago, and their work has been picked up by non-related others for the sake of revenue and recognizability. New strips often cannot get into papers because the recycled dinosaurs are clogging the entryway. Give these two a look for something fresh if you haven't already: Brevity and Pearls Before Swine.

Comment by Nancy on Happy Anniversary, Dagwood and Blondie - Or: The More Comics Strips Change....

Tue, 23 Aug 2005 08:50:16 EDT

Good lord, I think I remember Dondi: an Italian little orphan annie, I think, who had his origins in post WWII comics. I miss Pogo most of all, and after that Lil Abner. Gary Larsen, Calvin & Hobbes, For Better Or Worse I enjoy also. Family Circus, Cathy, Garfield & the like I don't waste my time on; they're strictly one-joke lames, IMO. A lot of the best old cartoons like Blondie had their origins so long ago, I wonder if it would be an interesting proposition for the papers to do 're-runs', altho maybe that's too specialized, w/costs being the way they are. Brenda Starr...lordy, she's old enough to be a grandmother and then some now, & they've still got her running around as a babe. Well, hey, Lena Horne is still a beautiful woman in her 70s or so, too, so maybe...but what always got me about Brenda Starr was that she has all these 'twinkies' all over her. Puh-leese. I guess that was meant to indicate glamor or something.