Comic: causing laughter and amusement (Webster).
Seventy nine (79) years ago the comic strip BLONDIE (Dagwood) originated and is still being read. Is that a record or what?
Reading the daily comics was a favorite pastime of mine. Some of my favorites (most of them out of print) were HAIRBREATH HARRY (see him rescue the fair Belinda from the clutches of that villain Rudolph), POPEYE (who "fights to the finish 'cause I eats my spinach"), his sidekick J. Wellington Wimpy, who was always hungry ("come up to my house for a duck dinner -- you bring the duck"), BRINGING UP FATHER (Maggie & Jiggs, the Irish bricklayer, who won the Irish Sweepstakes) and Blondie (Dagwood).
I decided to survey residents of my retirement village about their interest in today's comics and found the following statistics:
Reading today's comics - 23
Not reading today's comics - 27*
Favorites: HAGAR THE HORRIBLE, REX MORGAN, M.D., GARFIELD, REAL LIFE
ADVENTURES and BLONDIE (Dagwood).
*I was surprised at this figure -- where do they get their laughs?
So, dear reader, turn to the comic pages and enjoy, although I can't guarantee that they will make you laugh.
More, later.
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