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Is Blondie trying to feed Dagwood to death?
Blondie
May 24, 2012
Blondie Bumstead is trying to lull her hapless husband to a slow death by stuffing him full of bread and cheese.Longtime readers of "Blondie...
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Hi and Lois threaten to have salacious kitchen sex in front of their kids
Hi and Lois
January 24, 2012
In a move not likely seen elsewhere on the comics page, stodgy old Hi and Lois Flagston are giving serious consideration to having sex in front of...
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Dagwood Bumstead's desperate ploy to lay claim to food-based perfume
Blondie
August 2, 2011
With his all-American life and Everyman mentality, Dagwood Bumstead has always, at least to us, represented all that's good and true about,...
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What's in a name? At 'Crock," maybe someone else's
Crock
April 29, 2011
We've accused the creators behind "Crock" of phoning it in at least one time, mabye two, but we think we've got hard cold...
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What if comic-strip characters didn't talk, but had their words read by others?
Apartment 3G
March 11, 2011
We've long assumed that when we read "word balloons" in comics, it was simply art signifying actual speech. In other words, we...
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Blondie makes an awful discovery: Her husband can't hold a job
Arts & Entertainment
September 3, 2010
Marriages fail for all kinds of reasons, but we're stunned at this new chink in the long-lasting relationship between Dagwood Bumstead and his...
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Gluttony in four colors: Why so many comics characters eat themselves into isolation
Arts & Entertainment
August 16, 2010
Being in the comics isn't all fun and games. If you read the strips day in and day out, you come to recognize several characters who never feel as...
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Dagwood's terrible secret revealed: He's mentally ill
Arts & Entertainment
July 11, 2010
We've long suspected the life of Dagwood Bumstead wasn't for the sane and normal. After all, who could endure years of ridicule from one's boss,...
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We've always suspected: Blondie's having an affair
Arts & Entertainment
June 7, 2010
Blondie's one of the prettiest gals on the funnies page, and we've long wondered why she hasn't captured the attention of any number of would-be...
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In landmark 'Family Circus,' Jeffy loses his job!
Arts & Entertainment
May 31, 2010
In case you hadn't heard, the economy isn't really improving all that much. In what might be viewed as a case of extreme cost-cutting, the famous...
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