Posted in Barefoot, Comics on 11:27 am, March 25, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Just like last week, today I have a comic from “All in a Lifetime” by Beck. This one is dated April 7, 1947. It does illustrate how ubiquitous it was for kids to go barefoot all summer long.
All in a Lifetime, April 7, 1947
That kind of quilt-washing has also died out. But, unlike barefooting, at least there’s a good excuse for that.
Posted in Barefoot, Comics on 9:05 am, March 18, 2017| 1 Comment »
Here’s a comic from April 23, 1948. It comes from “All in a Lifetime” by Beck. This strip, looking at “olden” times, has done quite a few barefoot comics. This is the sixth one of them I’ve shown.
All In A Lifetime, April 23, 1948
Pretty obviously, dirty feet have been an issue with mothers for a long time.
Posted in Barefoot, Comics on 9:35 am, March 11, 2017| 4 Comments »
Today I present a twofer. Both come from the strip Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, which I featured a few times last month. These are newer strips (they’re in color!), though, with the first one from August 27, 2007 and the second from March 29, 2014.
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, August 27, 2007
In this first strip it’s not clear whether he was going barefoot
surreptitiously and had put his shoes back on right before getting
back to the house, or if his shoes are so holey that he might as well
have been barefoot.
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, March 29, 2014
In this second strip, things are much clearer (and also muddier!).
[Hint: Keeping a tub of water on the front steps solves both problems.]
Posted in Barefoot, Comics on 11:34 am, March 4, 2017| 4 Comments »
Today’s comic is from Wide Open, written/illustrated by Rich Powell. It appeared on August 21, 2014.
Wide Open, August 21, 2014
Uncomplicated. Uncomplicated by shoes.
That was just fairly normal back then.
Ahcuah 