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Archive for July, 2017

Saturday Comic

Six Chix is a comic strip written by six different women. This one was done by Martha Gradisher and appeared on April 18, 2017.

Six Chix, April 18, 2017

Six Chix, April 18, 2017

(I edited it slightly.)

 

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Saturday Comic

Today we’re going with a comic from Sam and Silo, from the June 29th of 2016. The character is “Funny Floyd”, who is described as “a naturalist, a poet, highly educated—and nuts.”

Sam and Silo, June 29, 2016

Sam and Silo, June 29, 2016

Well, being retired (or something like it) does help in going barefooted.

 

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This comic is from Berry’s World, written by Jim Berry. It appeared on June 11 in 1970.

Berry's World, June 11, 1970

Berry’s World, June 11, 1970

While the joke does not revolve around bare feet, we can see that bare feet were the style of the day (and that “style” helped contribute to NSNSNS signs).

 

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Our cartoon for this weekend is from Off the Record, which was drawn by Carl Kuhn from 1935-1940, and by Ed Reed from 1946-1984. This one is from August 20, 1954 (back when what you see would have been considered a scandalous bathing suit).

Off the Record, August 20, 1954

Off the Record, August 20, 1954

 

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Last week’s comic had Wallace the Brave (by Will Henry) tossing his shoes into the bay at the start of summer (because he never wears shoes during the summer, and because “tradition!“).

This is the follow-up to that one, dated June 21, 2017.

Wallace the Brave, June 21, 2017

Wallace the Brave, June 21, 2017

As others have pointed out, in real life he would probably have outgrown them by the end of summer anyways. (Of course, as a cartoon boy, he never grows up at all and gets to do it every year.)

 

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