All-purpose newspaper strips discussion

[Emerkeith Davyjack]

I didn't entirely get the intended construction of the jokes in the Sunday Bizzaro (Sp??) strip yesterday .   ( The strip appars to be not online , as it is a King Features Syndicate strip , who - Gasp !!! - appear to think they're in the comics business to make money , and keep their strips behind a wall . )

  The joke was " variations on ' I Love New York ' "...but was the panhandler's shirt supposed to be saying " I Owe New York " ?"  I Have Zero , New York " ?

  The yokel , in Middle Ages garb...Was his shirt suppost'a mean " I Love York " , as in the English county that New York was indeed named after ??? ( And Prince Charles is now considered the Duke of , if I recall correctly . )

[The Baron]

You'd think that having been Tracy's partner since 1948, Sam would know when Tracy's birthday was.

Richard Willis said:

Eight days late, here is the October 4 Dick Tracy. 

90th Anniversary!

Can you imagine Chester Gould's humor strips?

[Jeff of Earth-J]

The Dallas Morning News dropped Mallard Fillmore last week due to reader requests.

This week, they devoted the themed letters to those who protested the decision.

Frankly, if I thought a letter would have helped get that stinker removed, I would have written years ago. 

[ClarkKent_DC]

From time to time, any given newspaper is in the position of wanting/needing to drop a strip, which they tend to put off as long as possible because it will be in for a lot of bellyaching from that strip's readers.

In a previous conversation here about that phenomenon, somebody mentioned how his local newspaper handled it, which I thought was eminently sensible: Don't drop the strip that draws the most complaints; drop the one that has the fewest defenders.

That said, if I thought a letter would help get Mallard Fillmore out of one of my local newspapers, I'd write one every day. (But that particular paper is so terrible I never read it anyway.)

[ClarkKent_DC]

Sally Forth has spent the past two weeks marking its 40th anniversary in a creative way: By having the characters break the fourth wall and meet with the introductory versions of themselves. 

From Tuesday, Jan. 4:

Wednesday, Jan. 5:

Thursday, Jan. 6:

Friday, Jan. 7:

Saturday, Jan. 8:

[The Baron]

"Sid" looks a lot like one of the Thom(p)son Twins from the Tintin books.

[ClarkKent_DC]

The Sally Forth retrospective continues:

Sunday, Jan. 9, a special Sunday strip through the decades (with various panels modeled on Blondie, Brenda Starr, Dennis the Menace, and The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers):

Monday, Jan. 10:

Tuesday, Jan. 11:

Wednesday, Jan. 12:

Thursday, Jan. 13:

Friday, Jan. 14:

Saturday, Jan. 15:

[ClarkKent_DC]

The series continues into this week, but I just found a blog post that includes the first published Sally Forth strip:

"Happy 40th Anniversary, Sally Forth!"

[Jeff of Earth-J]

Thanks for posting these, Kelvin. We take only the Sunday paper (Dallas Morning News). I would not have seen them otherwise. 

[Richard Willis]

Some clever stuff. I'm going to add it to my Comics Kingdom (aka King Features) weekly reading. I'm going to start back when Mom leaves her house (11-8-21).

[ClarkKent_DC]

Continuing with the Sally Forth 40th anniversary:

Sunday, Jan. 16: 

Monday, Jan. 17:

Tuesday, Jan. 18:

Wednesday, Jan. 19:

Thursday, Jan. 20:

Friday, Jan. 21:

Saturday, Jan. 22:

[ClarkKent_DC]

The Sally Forth 40th anniversary series concludes this week.

Sunday, Jan. 23:

Monday, Jan. 24:

Tuesday, Jan, 25:

Wednesday, Jan. 26:

Thursday, Jan. 27:

Friday, Jan. 28:

Saturday, Jan. 29:

Sunday, Jan. 30

[The Baron]

Poor Hilary.