That could work for them, or it could give Warbucks an even chance of picking one off for the shoes, weapons, and keys to a vehicle. I haven’t read this strip again ’til recently, since it was dropped by the local paper decades ago. I look forward to each strip every day now.
“… The New York Daily News debuted the comic strip “Little Orphan Annie” on this day in 1924. It was canceled in 2010 after a run of nearly 86 years. The street-smart redhead inspired a radio show, a Broadway musical, three film adaptations, mass-marketed books, and merchandise that included everything from lunchboxes to curly wigs. Although only a fraction of this happened before the strip’s creator, Harold Gray, died in 1968, it was enough to make him a millionaire.
“Gray’s wealth drew criticism during the Great Depression, when he used the strip to voice his populist political beliefs: namely, that the poor ought to pull themselves up by the bootstraps without government intervention or assistance. This is how his character Daddy Warbucks, the tuxedoed war profiteer, had succeeded, transforming his modest machine shop into a World War I munitions factory. Gray expressed his distaste for FDR and his New Deal in the strip’s storylines, prompting one left-leaning writer to label it “Hooverism in the funnies.” The public didn’t seem to care — in 1937, “Little Orphan Annie” was the most popular comic in the country.”
davidf42 about 1 month ago
Morning, Anniephans!
Why can’t they split up, go downstream and upstream?
Old Tarf Premium Member about 1 month ago
That could work for them, or it could give Warbucks an even chance of picking one off for the shoes, weapons, and keys to a vehicle. I haven’t read this strip again ’til recently, since it was dropped by the local paper decades ago. I look forward to each strip every day now.
notmoving Premium Member about 1 month ago
Uh-huh. His feet would be bleeding and he can’t hold in his excrement for two days and nights. I think his body odor would be off the charts.
JPuzzleWhiz about 1 month ago
Happy 100th Anniversary, Annie! You first graced the comics sections of newspapers exactly 100 years ago on this date!
JPuzzleWhiz about 1 month ago
Plane going down — in a hurry!
“Crash and Burn,” 7-27-2004:
Https://www.gocomics.Com/annie/2004/07/27?ct=v&cti=1028975
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] about 1 month ago
And Tarzan and Jane offer him shelter
Comics-Reader Premium Member about 1 month ago
From the Writers Almanac:
“… The New York Daily News debuted the comic strip “Little Orphan Annie” on this day in 1924. It was canceled in 2010 after a run of nearly 86 years. The street-smart redhead inspired a radio show, a Broadway musical, three film adaptations, mass-marketed books, and merchandise that included everything from lunchboxes to curly wigs. Although only a fraction of this happened before the strip’s creator, Harold Gray, died in 1968, it was enough to make him a millionaire.
“Gray’s wealth drew criticism during the Great Depression, when he used the strip to voice his populist political beliefs: namely, that the poor ought to pull themselves up by the bootstraps without government intervention or assistance. This is how his character Daddy Warbucks, the tuxedoed war profiteer, had succeeded, transforming his modest machine shop into a World War I munitions factory. Gray expressed his distaste for FDR and his New Deal in the strip’s storylines, prompting one left-leaning writer to label it “Hooverism in the funnies.” The public didn’t seem to care — in 1937, “Little Orphan Annie” was the most popular comic in the country.”
davidf42 about 1 month ago
Gosh I didn’t even realize that I forgot Annie’s birthday!