Tag Archives: Blondie

Real life creeping in.

Posted on March 1, 2008 by Wim Lockefeer

This august, the Lexington, KY Tates Creek High School Class of 1978 will be holding their reunion festivities (it being thirty years ago that they graduated, probably). This would be another fait divers, if one of the alumni weren’t Frank … Continue reading →

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Dagwood celebrates Leap Day

Posted on February 26, 2008 by Wim Lockefeer

Gene Weingarten advocates a no-work day on february 29, at the Washington Post, and regular illustrator Eric Shansby found just the character to illustrate it with. (from Mike Rhode’s ComicsDC)

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Dagwood splits the atom

Posted on May 14, 2007 by Wim Lockefeer

I found this book on usenet the other day. It’s an “educational” treatise on how the new fangled atom sciences were supposed to change life in the late forties. I kinda like the way King Features incorporated their others characters … Continue reading →

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Eurocentric rant (or, let’s bash some American cliches)

Posted on April 25, 2007 by Wim Lockefeer

OK, bear with me. So there’s a chain of sandwich franchises named after the Blondie character Dagwood. And there’s a shoppe” opening up in Washington DC, as ComicsDC reports based on an article in the Washington Business Journal. But look … Continue reading →

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