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Comment from barbara.wilkey
Thank you for sharing this information with us. I didn't know it. I remember my dad reading the comics in our daily newspaper and the colored comics in the Sunday edition. We've quit taking newspapers because my husband would get angry with all the liberal nonsense. I enjoyed reading this.
reply by the author on 01-Oct-2023
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Thank you for sharing this information with us. I didn't know it. I remember my dad reading the comics in our daily newspaper and the colored comics in the Sunday edition. We've quit taking newspapers because my husband would get angry with all the liberal nonsense. I enjoyed reading this.
Comment Written 27-Sep-2023
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Your insights, comments, and the review appreciated.
Comment from Ric Myworld
It's hard for me to believe that newspapers are falling by the wayside daily. I used to read three or four different papers every day, on a hit and miss basis for sure. But now what used to be full publications, have now become merely a few pages. Thanks for sharing.
reply by the author on 01-Oct-2023
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It's hard for me to believe that newspapers are falling by the wayside daily. I used to read three or four different papers every day, on a hit and miss basis for sure. But now what used to be full publications, have now become merely a few pages. Thanks for sharing.
Comment Written 27-Sep-2023
reply by the author on 01-Oct-2023
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Always look f9rward to your reviews.
Comment from Bill Schott
This article, Sunday Supplement, is interesting and informative. Everything has to start somewhere, I guess, and competition has always been the best incentive to effect change.
reply by the author on 01-Oct-2023
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This article, Sunday Supplement, is interesting and informative. Everything has to start somewhere, I guess, and competition has always been the best incentive to effect change.
Comment Written 27-Sep-2023
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Glad you enjoyed this posting. Appreciate the review.
Comment from lindafisher
Lo well this brought back some amazing memories of being a child. The only thing we ever looked at in dad's newspaper. Andy Capp. The Perishers. I don't subscribe to a newspaper now so don't know if they are still going.
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Lo well this brought back some amazing memories of being a child. The only thing we ever looked at in dad's newspaper. Andy Capp. The Perishers. I don't subscribe to a newspaper now so don't know if they are still going.
Comment Written 27-Sep-2023
reply by the author on 01-Oct-2023
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Comment from BethShelby
The only color I ever saw in a comic strips was in the Sunday paper. The comic strip on Sunday weren't a part of a suppliment. The supliments I'm familiar with came along much later and were various articles of interest and ads and movie star features.
reply by the author on 01-Oct-2023
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The only color I ever saw in a comic strips was in the Sunday paper. The comic strip on Sunday weren't a part of a suppliment. The supliments I'm familiar with came along much later and were various articles of interest and ads and movie star features.
Comment Written 27-Sep-2023
reply by the author on 01-Oct-2023
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Appreciate your insights, comments, and the review.
Comment from Paul Manton
Thanks, Brett. I'm really enjoying this series - but I gave you all the British background last time.
Sunday supplements soon caught on, It seems, with the obvious day of leisure to entertain the kids, who in turn, would push their parents into a rock solid fan base. Very effective marketing.
As you say, before that, limited post-read usage, save for the fish'n'chips - but not forgetting the neatly cut rectangles of newsprint attached to the toilet wall with a hook. Waste not, want not. (Notices which said 'Use Both Sides' were normally discounted.)
Surprising that color was used as long ago as 1894, but not surprising that this saw a huge surge in sales. This, presumably was just before the introduction of the movie film, and I wonder just how much those early comic strips were an influence on what was made for kids to watch.
Fascinating and well written.
Paul
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reply by the author on 01-Oct-2023
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Thanks, Brett. I'm really enjoying this series - but I gave you all the British background last time.
Sunday supplements soon caught on, It seems, with the obvious day of leisure to entertain the kids, who in turn, would push their parents into a rock solid fan base. Very effective marketing.
As you say, before that, limited post-read usage, save for the fish'n'chips - but not forgetting the neatly cut rectangles of newsprint attached to the toilet wall with a hook. Waste not, want not. (Notices which said 'Use Both Sides' were normally discounted.)
Surprising that color was used as long ago as 1894, but not surprising that this saw a huge surge in sales. This, presumably was just before the introduction of the movie film, and I wonder just how much those early comic strips were an influence on what was made for kids to watch.
Fascinating and well written.
Paul
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Comment Written 27-Sep-2023
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Appreciate your insights, comments, and the review.
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You're welcome, Brett.
Comment from Douglas Goff
Color in 1894? I would have thought it much later, certainly after the turn of the century.
Interesting piece of history, my friend. Thank you for sharing these!
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Color in 1894? I would have thought it much later, certainly after the turn of the century.
Interesting piece of history, my friend. Thank you for sharing these!
D
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Comment Written 27-Sep-2023
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Glad you enjoyed this posting. Appreciate your comments and the review.