Dads in the Comic Strips: In Celebration of Father’s Day
For several generations, our cultural beliefs and family life have been reflected in newspaper comic strips. Even today the comics are so much a part of the daily routine of readers young and old that most people have a very personal tradition of the order in which they read them… they may turn to the comics first or save them for a final treat after reading the rest of the paper. Most people even have an order as to which strip they read first…often saving their favorite for last.
Since the 1890s, comic panels and strips have provided a laugh, kept readers involved in an ongoing saga or provided social commentary—and some strips do all three over the course of what is usually a very long run… successful comic strips are often carried on by other cartoonists even after their creator is gone.
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