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Slice-of-Life Sunday:

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Cartoonist Ken Muse (not to be confused with MGM animator Kenneth Muse) was born 100 years ago, on April 28, 1925. Muse was the creator of the syndicated “Way Out” strip.

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Vintage ad (Saul Steinberg for Emerson):

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It’s not an intown festival until the Box Heroes show up in the parade.

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Happy Independent Bookstore Day! I’m independent, and you can buy a hardcover, signed copy of my book “The Complete Betty Brown” (with an exclusive 8x10 print) here: www.hoganmag.com/stores/the-c...

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Sluggo Saturday (“Nancy” strips from April 10-15, 1944):

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New in the Hogan's Alley online shop (20% off today): www.zazzle.com/happy_sez_ea...

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Charles Schulz wrote a letter to schoolteacher Harriet Glickman on April 26, 1968, addressing the challenge of adding a Black character to the cast of "Peanuts." Although Franklin made his debut in the strip that July, Schulz's letter then sounded anything but optimistic.

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Riverdale Week in Review (“Archie” strips from April 26-May 1, 1948):

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The Friday Flop:

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In “Peanuts,” Lucy uttered the famous phrase “Happiness is a warm puppy” on April 25, 1960. Demonstrating the complexity of his characters, Schulz had the famously crabby Lucy express the sentiment.

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Garfield always had multicultural appeal, and the merchandising reflects that.

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"Betty Brown, Ph.G." by Zack Mosley, originally published on May 24, 1937, and titled "The Discovery." (Incidentally, this is the only strip where Betty mentions Drug Topics, the pharmacy trade journal that was the only place the strip appeared.) To be continued next week…

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George Clark’s long-running cartoon panel “The Neighbors” first appeared on April 24, 1939. (Clark had produced “Side Glances” for a decade but opted to create his new panel when a competing syndicate made a better offer.) Here are the first four panels:

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Vintage ad (Ervine Metzl for Kleinert’s):

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Wordless Wednesday:

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Timely Publications (the forerunner of today's Marvel Comics, before it became a wholly owned subsidiary of Sheinhart Wigs) applied for trademarks on the Human Torch (created by Carl Burgos) and the Submariner (created by Bill Everett) on April 23, 1940.

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Topper Tuesday (“Lena Pry,” topper to “Jane Arden”):

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Bettie Page, the iconic 1950s pinup queen who exerted lasting influence on fashion and style in popular culture (including comics, naturally), was born on April 22, 1923.

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The More You Know Monday (“This Curious World” by William Ferguson):

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On April 21, 1954, the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency began hearings on comic books’ effects on youths. Led by Sen. Estes Kefauver, the hearings helped bring about the Comics Code. (The notorious cover of EC’s Crime SuspenStories #22 was a prominent piece of evidence.)

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Slice-of-Life Sunday:

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Farley, the Pattersons' beloved family dog, died in Lynn Johnston's "For Better or for Worse" on April 20, 1995. (That was 30 years ago, but I know many of us remember that strip like it ran yesterday.) Here is that strip and the ensuing sequence:

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Happy 420 to those who observe!

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Who’s up for a little midcentury COMEDY GOLD?

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Sluggo Saturday (“Nancy” strips from April 3-8, 1944):

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“The Timid Soul” by H.T. Webster first appeared on April 19, 1931. The Sunday-only strip was spun off from Webster’s daily panel, which ran under a rotating set of titles (Life’s Darkest Moment, The Unseen Audience, etc.). Here are the first four Sundays:

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Vintage ad (Helen Hokinson for Jell-O):

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Riverdale Week in Review (“Archie” strips from April 19-24, 1948):

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The Friday Flop:

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"Sam and Silo," by Jerry Dumas and Mort Walker, first appeared on April 18, 1977. The strip is a reworked revival of "Sam's Strip," minus the comics in-jokes and cameos by other comics characters that made it a cult favorite. Here's the first week of dailies:

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"Betty Brown, Ph.G." by Zack Mosley, originally published on May 17, 1937, and titled "The Matinee Idol." To be continued next week...

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In "Peanuts," characters first mused at the stone wall (the future site of countless deep philosophical discussions) on April 17, 1967. (Boy, is THIS strip truer than ever.)

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Wordless Wednesday:

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Thomas Nast first used Shakespeare’s Hamlet to skewer the corrupt New York senator William Tweed (better known as Boss Tweed) in the April 16, 1870, issue of Harper's Weekly. (Nast would go on to use Hamlet to lampoon Tweed 14 times.)

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Topper Tuesday (“Sideshow,” topper to “The Family Circus”):

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You’ll recall we recently noted the birth of Cookie in “Blondie” in 1941. But a few years before that in the strip, Alexander was born on April 15, 1934. (Apologies for the racial caricature in the 2nd panel…sadly, that sort of thing is impossible to avoid when dealing with material from that era.)

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The More You Know Monday (“This Curious World” by William Ferguson). The editor in me can’t help but note that Dalmatian is misspelled…

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In "Peanuts," Snoopy first appeared as the Easter Beagle on April 14, 1968. However, he wasn't called the "Easter Beagle" until Easter 1971 (where Snoopy kisses Lucy). Here, Charles Schulz’s first four Easter Beagle strips:

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Slice-of-Life Sunday:

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