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Los Angeles comics and the economy
Have Dennis the Menace's parents gone bankrupt?
Dennis the Menace
January 24, 2012
And here we thought the recession was easing. Turns out the Mitchells, those put-upon parents of funnies-page Tasmanian Devil Dennis the Menace,...
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'Recession beard' vanishes in 'Hi and Lois', so economy must be getting better
Hi and Lois
January 9, 2012
Hi Flagston's finances may not yet have returned to normal, but at least his razors have.Unemployment is down, the stock market is up, and we...
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Has new prosperity come to Andy Capp?
Andy Capp
September 26, 2011
We don't think of the abused wives and barflies of "Andy Capp" having much truck with technology. The most sophisticated device these...
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Hootin' Holler residents turn to child smuggling as recession takes its toll
Snuffy Smith
August 18, 2011
Even without the stock market bucking and dipping like the town drunk, the residents of Snuffy Smith's Hootin' Holler were never well-to-do...
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Is The Phantom pondering retirement?
The Phantom
August 15, 2011
The Ghost Who Walks is inching towards another line of work.Look, it's not easy being the purple-costumed super hero called The Phantom. Jungle...
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To spice up dormant love life, Hi and Lois act out 'The Pina Colada Song'
Hi and Lois
August 5, 2011
The words are warm, familiar. They spark thoughts of abeach rendezvous, illicit passion and alcohol-soaked sexual encounters. Listen now, as they...
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Ladies, do you suffer from 'Snuffy Smith Disease'?
Snuffy Smith
July 29, 2011
It's every young girl's worst nightmare: There you are, dressed in your finest frock, a lace doily tucked 'round your neck and a...
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Does Dagwood Bumstead have a cocaine problem?
Dagwood Bumstead
July 8, 2011
This probably shouldn't come as a surprise given his past demonstrations of mental and emotional instability, but Dagwood Bumstead is acting...
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At JC Dithers & Co., torturing employees trumps turning a profit
Blondie
June 21, 2011
No wonder this nation is still in the midst of the New Depression.You'd think small entrepreneurial outfits like J.C. Dithers & Co. would...
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Who needs an edjumucashun? Not the characters in 'Snuffy Smith'
Snuffy Smith
May 22, 2011
The nation is awash in new electronic gadgets that change our very way of life with each new second they're on the market, but do the residents...
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