Nancy Classics by Ernie Bushmiller for July 02, 2024

I need to get some freezer pops.

Cool!!

This was in the 1950s when Cold War was a very topical expression. It was popularized by Winston Churchill and George Orwell shortly after World War II.

Back in those days, comic strips weren’t afraid to comment on political issues – and no one started a movement to have the strips censored. Both Nancy and Mutt and Jeff also made comments from time to time about Communism. Some those political observations also made their way in to the cartoons shown in the theaters. It was also Churchill who coined the phrase “Iron Curtain.” Of course, that was before many people had TV – We had our favorite radio shows. Bob Hope and Fibber McGee and Molly frequently had political jokes. But I don’t remember anyone getting into any fist fights because of a political joke on the radio or in a comic strip.

There is still some comic strips that do political issues like Mallard Fillmore and Dusenbury.

Nothing better on a hot summer day :-)

My kind of Cold War!

Commies vs U. S. Clever. But who is who?

Good way to stay cool.Happy childhood memories