He covered such taboo topics as nudity, death, bodily functions, snakes, words and insanity. But he engaged in his own self-censorship as no editors or syndicates are named and very few magazines.

What made me think of the subject & ask The Archivist about it last time was a strip in an ancient Dennis the Menace paperback I have where Dennis shows Joey a girlie calendar in his dad’s garage. He says something along the lines of “Daddy says this is a friend of the family who lost all her clothes in a fire.” I thought it was funny, but was very surprised the picture made it into the funnies, especially back then.

What is his exact date of birth? (Not available at the usual sources.)