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Vintage ad (Little Lulu for Kleenex, in observation of the 90th anniversary of her debut):

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Slice-of-Life Sunday:

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Marge Buell’s “Little Lulu” first appeared 90 years ago, on February 23, 1935, in the Saturday Evening Post. Here's that debut:

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Vintage ad (Richard Decker for Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corp.):

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Sluggo Saturday (“Nancy” strips from February 7-12, 1944):

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Archie had the right idea.

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Robert Ripley's "Believe It Or Not" included Charles Schulz's first published drawing on February 22, 1937 (the hunting dog, credited to Schulz using his nickname Sparky). Schulz, then 14, would go on to a cartooning career of some renown.

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Riverdale Week in Review (“Archie” strips from February 23-28, 1948):

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The Friday Flop:

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The Phantom first appeared in "The Phantom" on February 21, 1936. (The strip made its debut on February 17, but the titular hero took a few days to appear.) It was a great first appearance--understated yet suspenseful!

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Betty has finally entered the storyline! "Betty Brown, Ph.G." by Zack Mosley, originally published on March 22, 1937, and titled "Betty to the Rescue!" To be continued next week...

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"Big Ben Bolt" by John Cullen Murphy (art) and Elliot Caplin (script) first appeared on February 20, 1950. Here’s the first week of dailies:

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Vintage ad (Jay Irving for Kessler’s blended whiskey):

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Wordless Wednesday:

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“Cleaning House,” the first installment in MGM’s animated adaptation of “The Captain and the Kids,” premiered on February 19, 1938. (The theatrical series adapted Rudolph Dirks’ post-Katzenjammer Kids strip.)

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Topper Tuesday (“Spooky,” topper to “Smokey Stover”):

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Winsor McCay’s “Gertie the Dinosaur”—arguably the Big Bang for animation as a cultural phenomenon—premiered on February 18, 1914.

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

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“Beyond Mars,” by Jack Williamson (script) and Lee Elias (art), first appeared on February 17, 1952. (It ran only in the New York Sunday News, which was hoping to use exclusive comics to win back readers who had been lost to TV.) Here are the first four weeks:

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Slice-of-Life Sunday:

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“Half Hitch” (credited to Hank Ketcham but drawn by Dick Hodgins) first appeared on February 16, 1970. (Ketcham drew Half Hitch for magazines in the 1940s and revived it as a daily strip, hoping to capitalize on Beetle Bailey’s popularity.) Here are the first four strips:

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Who’s up for a little midcentury COMEDY GOLD?

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Sluggo Saturday (“Nancy” strips from January 31-February 5, 1944):

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Decades before DEI was part of the vernacular, Morrie Turner’s “Wee Pals”—the first syndicated strip with a racially diverse cast—first appeared 60 years ago, on February 15, 1965. Here's the debut, with a punchline that is, sadly, still relevant.

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We’ve come so far as a society—we now have GoFundMe! Even in 1931, US healthcare was creating economic opportunities. (She was seeking just shy of $42K in inflation-adjusted dollars.)

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Riverdale Week in Review (“Archie” strips from February 16-21, 1948):

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The Friday Flop:

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“He’s Your Dog, Charlie Brown”--the fifth prime-time animated Peanuts TV special--premiered on February 14, 1968. It was the first Peanuts special to credit Bill Melendez as Snoopy’s voice and the last to feature the majority of the voice cast from "A Charlie Brown Christmas."

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Happy Valentine’s Day from Hogan’s Alley!

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"Betty Brown, Ph.G." by Zack Mosley, originally published on March 15, 1937, and titled "Double Crossing a Double Crosser." (Go to bettybrownbook.com and enter the code VALENTINE15 at checkout to get 15% off your copy of The Complete Betty Brown in paperback or hardcover.) To be continued next week…

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The final "Peanuts" strip ran 25 years ago, on February 13, 2000. It was truly the end of an era--the conclusion of arguably the greatest comic strip of all time.

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Wordless Wednesday:

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Sidney Smith’s “The Gumps” first appeared on February 12, 1917. The strip was one of the first continuity strips and helped launch the genre. A multimedia phenomenon--it was adapted to radio and theatrical comedies--The Gumps was also heavily merchandised. Here's the first strip:

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Vintage ad (Noel Sickles for Ten High):

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