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Cleveland Little Orphan Annie
After 'Annie,' 'Cathy,' 'Brenda Starr,' 'Sylvia' will exit the comics page
sylvia
March 28, 2012
Talk about a boys' club. Yet another longstandingand popular female comics characteris about to saunter off the funnies page, leaving the place...
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Has Little Orphan Annie been reincarnated as a dog in 'Mark Trail'?
Mark Trail
January 13, 2012
The eyes, they say, are the windows to the soul. Well, we think theunstaringsockets belonging to a sickly mutt making the rounds in "Mark...
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Brenda Starr lives (thanks to Dick Tracy)!
Brenda Starr
November 10, 2011
Hard-nosed cops don't normally like the company of intrepid reporters, which is why we're surprised to see a major supporting character...
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Who's That Little Chatterbox? Old-Time Radio Appreciation, 6 April
Little Orphan Annie
April 6, 2011
Already a local hit on Chicago's WGN, cartoonist Harold Gray's spunky ten-year-old, carrot-topped orphan, taken in with her dog by a rich...
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Brenda Starr's final deadline is here
Brenda Starr
December 9, 2010
And so another old-fashioned comic strip bites the dust: Just months after Tribune Media Services opted to kill off "Annie," the...
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AAACCKKK! 'Cathy' to end after 34 years and the same 8 storylines
Arts & Entertainment
August 11, 2010
Longtime readers will know we haven't been the biggest booster of "Cathy" over the years. Could it be the fact that after 34 years she...
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Good riddance, Little Orphan Annie
Arts & Entertainment
June 14, 2010
"The "Little Orphan Annie" comic strip has ended in much the same way the most recent cycle began - wtih a storyline and characters...
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Why America no longer needs 'Little Orphan Annie'
Arts & Entertainment
May 13, 2010
We've never really liked the modern incarnation of the "LittleOrphan Annie" comic, but news today that the comic is being cancelledis...
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