The serious business behind amusing names.
Author Archives: Bruce Canwell
Two words: Baseball’s Back!
"Cap" Stubbs & Tippie, Archie, Barney Google, Baron Bean, Batman, Beyond Mars, Blondie, Bloom County, Bringing Up Father, Bungle Family, Charlie Chan, Chuck Jones, Dick Tracy, Donald Duck, Family Circus, Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim, For Better or For Worse, Gasoline Alley, General News, George Herriman, King Aroo, Li'l Abner, Little Orphan Annie, LOAC Essentials, Miss Fury, Polly and Her Pals, Popeye, Red Barry, Rip Kirby, Scorchy Smith, Silly Symphonies, Skippy, Spider-Man, Star Hawks, Star Trek, Star Wars, Steve Canyon, Superman, Tarzan, Terry and the Pirates, The Gumps, The Little King, Wonder Woman, X-9: Secret Agent Corrigan
… This is Now
Eight years later, the picture looks like —
Archie, Baron Bean, Blondie, Bloom County, Bringing Up Father, Dick Tracy, Family Circus, Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim, Gasoline Alley, General News, King Aroo, Li'l Abner, Little Orphan Annie, Miss Fury, Polly and Her Pals, Rip Kirby, Scorchy Smith, Star Trek, Steve Canyon, Superman, Terry and the Pirates, The Little King, X-9: Secret Agent Corrigan
That was Then …
Take me back — take me way, way back —
A Couple Blasts from the Past
More Valentine’s Day sentiments from 1956.
A Comic-Strip-Style Valentine’s Day Preview
The Greatest Generation reminds us …
That Thrilling Day of Yesteryear: 1954!
Ho-Ho-Ho from Us to You!