Do You Like to Read The Comic Strips?
By Alice Henry
@IreneVincent (15960)
United States
February 23, 2017 1:52pm CST
Do you enjoy reading the comic strips that come in the Sunday paper? I used to look at a few of them, but I don’t even GET the Sunday paper anymore.
One of the longest running comic strips of all time was the “Katzenjammer Kids,” which was created by Rudolph Dirks in 1897. As far as I know, this comic strip is still running in some newspapers.
Here’s another interesting tidbit of information: Did you know that Walt Disney, Ernest Hemingway, W. Somerset Maugham and Dashiell Hammett were all ambulance drivers in World War I?
And it was Dr. Seuss (Ted Geisel) who created the first color animated commercial for Ford in 1949. Who knew?
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@jhechorain (1198)
• Susanville, California
23 Feb 17
Oh yes I used to enjoy them. I would like to read some online sometimes but I forget.
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@jhechorain (1198)
• Susanville, California
24 Feb 17
Oh yes there are some specifically just online too.
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
24 Feb 17
I didn't know you could see them online, but I guess almost everything is available online. 
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
24 Feb 17
I always liked The Family Circus in the paper. I don't take the paper anymore either.
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
24 Feb 17
Yes, The Family Circus was a good one. I remember it well.
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@Jeanniemaries (8237)
• United States
24 Feb 17
@IreneVincent I used to look forward to the special color Sunday comics, but read them every day.
@averygirl72 (38849)
• Philippines
24 Feb 17
I love reading comic strips in newspapers. Interesting information
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
24 Feb 17
Comic strips were always worth looking at, as I remember. Sometimes they really had something profound to say.
@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
24 Feb 17
Dr. Seuss books were a favorite for my grandkids too.
@RasmaSandra (97994)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23 Feb 17
I loved looking at the comics when I was little. There was Dagwood, Baby Huey and others. One thing I really enjoyed doing was pressing my Silly Putty on the comics. Remember that?
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
24 Feb 17
Silly Putty would pick up the ink, right? I DO remember that.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
23 Feb 17
I used to really like the strip "Bringing Up Father", which had to do with working class Irish immigrants in the United States who suddenly become wealthy. I know it was around in the early 1900s, because I used to look up the microfilms of the local newspaper to read the comic. I'm not sure when it stopped running, I know if was still around in the 1980s.
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@IreneVincent (15960)
• United States
24 Feb 17
Not sure I remember "Bringing Up Father" but it sounds like it would have been an interesting strip. Some comic strips had very profound things to say. I do remember that.
