[78-L] Average age

[David Lennick]

Where's LONG SAM? Okay, so I'm the only one in the world who remembers that 
one. Man was it sexy. And funny. (Not off topic..Long Sam had a hit record in 
one sequence, "Dirty Socks", which some nefarious skonk recorded on the sly.)

dl

On 11/15/2010 1:30 PM, Don Cox wrote:
> Hello David
>
> On 13/11/2010, David Lennick wrote:
>> I wish I had that stuff..most of it was very funny and well written
>> and for better or worse, shaped my sense of humor and outlook on the
>> world. In the case of parodies, they made me want to seek out the
>> originals. Adventure and super hero comics get reprinted and
>> anthologized, but the real "comic" stuff (except for MAD) never seems
>> to turn up. Aside from huge expensive bound reprints of newspaper
>> strips like Popeye and Peanuts. I want to read Donald Duck's
>> conversion to "Flipism" again, gang..it's only been 58 years..
>>
> I can't help on Donald Duck, but I see that Fantagraphics are planning
> to reprint the entire run of Floyd Gottfriedson's Mickey Mouse strips.
>
> (This is the publisher that is doing the complete Peanuts.)
>
> Reprint series are under way of Blondie, L'il Abner, Popeye, Moomin,
> Orphan Annie, Gasoline Alley ("Walt and Skeezix"), Krazy Kat, Polly and
> Her Pals. Pogo is coming some time next year.
>
> Among the adventures and soaps being reprinted are Rip Kirby, Mary
> Perkins on Stage, Juliet Jones, Dick Tracy, and Prince Valiant. Terry and
> the Pirates are completely reprinted up to when Milton Caniff left the
> strip.
>
> This is a Golden Age for comics reprints.
>
> Expensive, though.
>
> Regards