VassalloĬogan Station, Pa.: Puffin Publishing and The Roald Dahl Story Company have come under great criticism for changes made to a number of Dahl’s classic children’s books. ![]() The 1990s to present saw the shrinking and institutionalized neglect of the Sunday comics, to the detriment of readers who grew up with “the funnies.” It’s a century legacy to be celebrated. ![]() The 1970s brought “Broom-Hilda,” “Hägar the Horrible,” “The Family Circus,” “Dunagin’s People,” “Doonesbury,” “Motley’s Crew,” “Cathy,” “Peanuts,” “Marmaduke” and “Shoe.” The 1980s gave us “Herman,” “Heathcliff,” “For Better or for Worse,” “The Born Loser,” “Mother Goose and Grimm,” “The Far Side” and the greatest of all, “Calvin and Hobbes.” ![]() A short list of top strips that ran include, in the 1930s, ‘40s and ‘50s, “Terry and the Pirates,” “Moon Mullins,” “Little Orphan Annie,” “Dick Tracy,” “Smilin’ Jack,” “Tiny Tim,” “Brenda Starr, Reporter,” “Hopalong Cassidy,” “Beyond Mars,” “Davy Crockett,” “On Stage,” “Closer Than We Think” and “Coloring College.” When the New York Daily Mirror shut down in 1963, The News picked up “Li’l Abner,” “Kerry Drake,” “Rex Morgan, M.D.” and “Louie.” The 1960s gave us “Flubs & Fluffs,” “Hapless Harry” and “Tales of the Green Beret,” with “Beetle Bailey” and “Blondie” coming over from the Journal-American.
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