Comments on: Ask The Archivist: The Burning Questions

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:55:45 +0000

Archivist: How often would you say something actually has to be censored in the funny pages? Are there any examples that really stick out of things that were changed for silly reasons, or of things that somehow slipped through?

Thanks!

By: Bhob

Bhob — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:22:47 +0000

Stormy, you’ll be elated to know that an apostrophe was added to the title when Dell Comics published “Jacky’s Diary” (April-June 1960).
http://www.comics.org/issue/201756/

By: Stormy

Stormy — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 04:58:33 +0000

Bhob – I say this as an English teacher, so please don’t dismiss me as some defensive ignoramus with no grasp of grammar, but…your posts are annoying, and nobody gives a ** about hearing some self-important ** interrupt a valid discussion to passive-aggressively preach about proper apostrophe placement in an obscure proper noun. Please go away. Thank you.

By: Bhob

Bhob — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 12:35:34 +0000

I wonder if Mendelsohn ever got tired of telling people that there is no apostrophe in “Jackys Diary”?

By: Mark Kausler

Mark Kausler — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:55:11 +0000

Speaking of “Ask the Archivist”, what happened to the “Jacky’s Diary” Sunday pages? Did Daily Ink have a dispute with Jack Mendelsohn? I really liked that strip!

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 03:27:01 +0000

Lud Hughes: Thanks!

By: Lud Hughes

Lud Hughes — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:42:02 +0000

Tim, I don’t know if the UK Dennis is still running in newspapers, but I do know there is a recent cartoon series based on him and his buddies called Dennis & Gnasher (Gnasher is Dennis’ dog who excels in biting people, hence his name). Much like the American version, Dennis wrecks havoc in his home town, but a lot more violently.

The cartoon was broadcast in the States just last year on The Hub cable channel. I don’t think it’s still running…

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:57:23 +0000

Is the British Dennis the Menace still running, and did they ever reference each other or do any crossovers? I’ve heard they’re different characters, but have never seen any of theirs.

Thanks!

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:47:40 +0000

To Bhob & anyone else who was looking for that movie, I didn’t find it, but I did find Private Snuffy Smith and its sequel Hillbilly Blitzkreig on Archive.org. It’s a treasure trove of ancient, free Public Domain stuff.

(On the off chance it’s not PD, they’ll gladly remove it. I’d be happy to shell out some bucks for a digitally remastered version.)

By: Bhob

Bhob — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:09:48 +0000

Fotos at last! Thanks. Jo Ann Marlowe, who portrayed Little Iodine, was in another comic strip movie that same year, JOE PALOOKA, CHAMP.