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Comment from lyenochka
Thank you for doing this. I miss the old Sunday comics and I don't go to the right websites to read them and gone is the printed paper so it's nice to reminisce with you. I appreciate the background information.
reply by the author on 19-Oct-2023
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Thank you for doing this. I miss the old Sunday comics and I don't go to the right websites to read them and gone is the printed paper so it's nice to reminisce with you. I appreciate the background information.
Comment Written 02-Oct-2023
reply by the author on 19-Oct-2023
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Comment from Wayne Fowler
Very well done. And informative, too.
I remember Paul Harvey well. His news stories and back stories were well researched and done, but I sure didn't like his politics.
Best wishes.
reply by the author on 01-Oct-2023
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Very well done. And informative, too.
I remember Paul Harvey well. His news stories and back stories were well researched and done, but I sure didn't like his politics.
Best wishes.
Comment Written 30-Sep-2023
reply by the author on 01-Oct-2023
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Appreciate your comments and the review.
Comment from Pam Lonsdale
I was flabbergasted that you referenced Paul Harvey, for I figured you to be a younger man and unaware of of Harvey. This is how old I am - I used to listen to his show on the radio when I was a teenager.
I never read Mutt and Jeff, although I've certainly heard of the strip. This is an interesting story of how comics came to be.
And now I know the rest of the story:-)
xo
Pam
reply by the author on 30-Sep-2023
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I was flabbergasted that you referenced Paul Harvey, for I figured you to be a younger man and unaware of of Harvey. This is how old I am - I used to listen to his show on the radio when I was a teenager.
I never read Mutt and Jeff, although I've certainly heard of the strip. This is an interesting story of how comics came to be.
And now I know the rest of the story:-)
xo
Pam
Comment Written 30-Sep-2023
reply by the author on 30-Sep-2023
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Appreciate your comments and the review. Agewise, I consider myself an old foogie, because I am.
Comment from Debbie D'Arcy
I'm ashamed to say that I have never seen this comic strip but am very familiar with the names which have a specific meaning in the UK. Comics are great fun and you really hit the spot in this post when you refer to that special relationship you develop with characters brought to the reader on a daily basis. Thanks for sharing your interesting story, Brett. Debbie
reply by the author on 30-Sep-2023
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I'm ashamed to say that I have never seen this comic strip but am very familiar with the names which have a specific meaning in the UK. Comics are great fun and you really hit the spot in this post when you refer to that special relationship you develop with characters brought to the reader on a daily basis. Thanks for sharing your interesting story, Brett. Debbie
Comment Written 30-Sep-2023
reply by the author on 30-Sep-2023
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Comment from Terry Broxson
Brett, this is good stuff. I will have to go back and pick up the ones I missed. I have read Mutt and Jeff, but it makes me think I must have read some reprints, or maybe someone else carried on the strip. I'm old, but not that old. Excellent idea you have brought to life. Terry.
reply by the author on 30-Sep-2023
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Brett, this is good stuff. I will have to go back and pick up the ones I missed. I have read Mutt and Jeff, but it makes me think I must have read some reprints, or maybe someone else carried on the strip. I'm old, but not that old. Excellent idea you have brought to life. Terry.
Comment Written 30-Sep-2023
reply by the author on 30-Sep-2023
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Appreciate your comments and the review.
Comment from Alexandra Trovato
This is an excellent and very interesting ! Comics were a big part of my life, growing up. I was always an artist, too, so they motivated me. I enjoyed reading it. Your presentation is very good, too. You also use descriptive words and colorful imagery that draw in a reader.
Best wishes!
Alexandra
reply by the author on 30-Sep-2023
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This is an excellent and very interesting ! Comics were a big part of my life, growing up. I was always an artist, too, so they motivated me. I enjoyed reading it. Your presentation is very good, too. You also use descriptive words and colorful imagery that draw in a reader.
Best wishes!
Alexandra
Comment Written 30-Sep-2023
reply by the author on 30-Sep-2023
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Appreciate your comments and the review.
Comment from Spitfire
Clever idea to invent a character that allowed readers to live with him every day. I used to read Mutt and Jeff but never knew his tall sidekick was insane. And this became a brilliant success! Wish you could include a sample of each strip you write about.
reply by the author on 30-Sep-2023
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Clever idea to invent a character that allowed readers to live with him every day. I used to read Mutt and Jeff but never knew his tall sidekick was insane. And this became a brilliant success! Wish you could include a sample of each strip you write about.
Comment Written 29-Sep-2023
reply by the author on 30-Sep-2023
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Glad you enjoyed this posting. Appreciate the review.
Comment from Ulla
Hmm, even more interesting, so after creating a syndicate the cartoons could be seen every day all over the country and as early as 1907. That's amazing. Ulla:)))
reply by the author on 30-Sep-2023
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Hmm, even more interesting, so after creating a syndicate the cartoons could be seen every day all over the country and as early as 1907. That's amazing. Ulla:)))
Comment Written 29-Sep-2023
reply by the author on 30-Sep-2023
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Thanks for the review. Glad you enjoyed this posting.
Comment from Paul Manton
Hello again Brett - this one slipped through the net, so I'm reviewing it in the wrong order.
The phrase 'Mutt and Jeff' became almost as famous in the UK as in America - so much so that it was adopted into cockney rhyming slang, where it meant 'deaf'. So if I didn't hear what my East End friend was saying, he might reply, 'Bit mutt'n'jeff today aincha?' There are hundreds of famous (and often hilarious) phrases and plenty of books published on the subject. My favorite? [and you will never work it out] 'b'rassic!' = borassic lint = skint = broke! 'Goin' dahn the flicks t'nite, Charlie?' 'Nah, mate - bit b'rassic!'
Good luck with that!
Paul
reply by the author on 30-Sep-2023
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Hello again Brett - this one slipped through the net, so I'm reviewing it in the wrong order.
The phrase 'Mutt and Jeff' became almost as famous in the UK as in America - so much so that it was adopted into cockney rhyming slang, where it meant 'deaf'. So if I didn't hear what my East End friend was saying, he might reply, 'Bit mutt'n'jeff today aincha?' There are hundreds of famous (and often hilarious) phrases and plenty of books published on the subject. My favorite? [and you will never work it out] 'b'rassic!' = borassic lint = skint = broke! 'Goin' dahn the flicks t'nite, Charlie?' 'Nah, mate - bit b'rassic!'
Good luck with that!
Paul
Comment Written 29-Sep-2023
reply by the author on 30-Sep-2023
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Appreciate your insights, comments, and the review.
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Welcome.
Comment from Wendy G
I can't remember these. It could be my memory, or that I am Australian. It is nevertheless an interesting and different write, and I like learning about how things started out. Well done.
Wendy
reply by the author on 30-Sep-2023
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I can't remember these. It could be my memory, or that I am Australian. It is nevertheless an interesting and different write, and I like learning about how things started out. Well done.
Wendy
Comment Written 29-Sep-2023
reply by the author on 30-Sep-2023
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Appreciate the review. Glad you enjoyed this posting.