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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

"Jack and Judy in Bibleland" by Robert Acomb and William Fay, 1947-1950 May 12th, 1948 as seen in the Wichita Beacon

Biblical adventure comic strip "Jack and Judy in Bibleland." Two modern children, who have traveled back in time to witness Bible stories, find themselves being held by the uncle of Joash, the future king of Judah, who is being kept hidden after the royal family had been massacred under the orders of Joash's grandmother, Athaliah. Which is weird, because I'm pretty sure it was Joash's *aunt* who saves him.

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 22h

"Woggles" by Edd Uluschak, 1991-1992 March 9th, 1992 as seen in the Star-Phoenix

Single panel comic strip "Woggles." A rich business man says, "Crime's redundant - There are too many legal ways to be dishonest these days!"

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 23h

"M.L. Dale" by Doyle and Frieding, 1978-1979 October 5th, 1978 as seen in the Daily Illini

Comic strip "M.L. Dale." M.L Dale's girlfriend is breaking up with him. He asks her to pretend to love him, and she replies, "Forget it. This is college, not Mr. Roger's Neighborhood."

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 23h

"Sammy Squirrel" by Chet Taylor, 1963-1963 April 11th, 1963 as seen in the Oklahoma County Herald

Serialized comic strip "Sammy Squirrel." Sammy Squirrel hears a little voice coming from under a mushroom, and finds a little elf man whom we'll later learn is named Mr. Toes.

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 23h

"The Wows" by Al Zere, 1930-1930* June 5th, 1932 as seen in the Passiac Sunday Eagle *reprints until 1933

Serialized comic strip "The Wows." Two comedians, Mort and Eddie, wash dishes to make their way in Johnstown. A final caption reads, "As you sit in your pleasant room surrounded by an atmosphere of comfort, luxury and love do you ever think of the thousands of dishwashers toiling and moiling in restaurants, tea rooms, etc.? Well, who does?"

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"The Love of Lulu and Leander" by F. M. Howarth, 1902-1908 March 25th, 1906 as seen in the Butte Miner

Sunday comic strip "The Love of Lulu and Leander." Men are unloading barrels from a truck, blocking the sidewalk. This angers Leander, who despite his fiancee's Lulu's protests, angrily confronts the men. However, he winds up in the way of one of the barrels, which crashes into him and sends him into one of the men, who beats him up. Now injured, Lulu and Leander are going to have to postpone their wedding

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

"Little Mary Mixup" by Robert Moore Brinkerhoff, 1928-1957 May 6th, 1941 as seen in the Morning News

Comic strip "Little Mary Mixup." A boy practices talking to his boss, represented by a pillow wearing a hat. His mother checks in on him, thinking he heard someone else in the room.

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

"Church Chuckles" by Charles Cartwright, 1959-1992 August 29th, 1991 as seen in the Coast Star

Single panel comic strip "Church Chuckles." As service is getting out, a woman tells the priest, "You've been a wonderful influence on my husband! He still drinks and gambles, but he doesn't enjoy it as much as he used to."

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Wired" by J.D. Crowe, 1989-1989 February 15th, 1989 as seen in The Citizen

Single panel comic strip "Wired." A small man in oversized clothes puts a hand on a toaster, trying to faith heal it. Caption reads, "The Revrunt Phineas Phixit, Small Appliance Healer."

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Gremlin's Valley" by Maywell, 1979-1979 December 19th, 1979 as seen in the Belleville News-Democrat

Comic strip "Gremlin's Valley." One gremlin asks a second how how stay afloat in water. The second gremlin tells him that ducks have oil on their feathers, but the first gremlin's bird friend is an owl. Turns out he can float because he's covered in oil from an oil slick.

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Stees Sees" by John Stees, 1958-1970 September 22nd, 1968 as seen in the New Jersey Herald

Sunday comic strip "Stees Sees." One panel gags with a shared theme, this week's being "Cottage by the Sea." 1. A huge family has already eaten all the food they bought yesterday. 2. A husband doesn't want to get out of bed to walk on the beach and watch the sunrise with his wife. 3. A man's father-in-law caught a large amount of fish and now he's stuck cleaning them. 4. A little girl snitches on her father for watching girls through binoculars. 5. Sunscreen makes a boy slippery. 6. A boy with swim gear doesn't know what to do with himself.

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Mr. Magoo" by Pete Alvarado, 1964-1965 December 19th, 1964 as seen in the San Antonio Light

Comic strip "Mr. Magoo," a tie-in to the Mr. Magoo character created by UPA. The nearsighted Mr. Magoo sits in a theater, booing the show, calling it dull. As he leaves, we see that this wasn't a play, but a police lineup.

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"Lariat Pete" by George Herriman, 1900-1903 October 25th, 1903 as seen in the Atlanta Journal

Sunday comic strip "Lariat Pete." Subtitled "Lariat Pete Draws a Fat Man for his Nephew." Cowboy Lariat Pete shows off to his nephew by making an outline of a person on a wooden fence. A police officer comes to arrest Pete for this destruction of property, but Pete lassos the officer's legs, strings him upside down, and makes an outline of him on the fence as well, much to the nephew's delight. Strip originally created by J. Campbell Cory.

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

"It Just So Happened" by Kern Pederson, 1979-1991 June 12th, 1983 as seen in the Sequoyah County Times

Informational comic strip "It Just So Happened." Three interesting facts. Full text: 1. "Sacagawea. This Shoshone Indian woman successfully guided Lewis and Clark on their Western expedition in 1804! There are most statues erected to her honor than any other woman in American history!" 2. "Your body contains enough potassium to explode a toy cannon!" 3. "Giant pandas spend much of their time eating bamboo shoots! The pandas have a thick-walled esophagus which protects their stomachs from sharp splinters!"

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

"Citizen George" by George Wolfe, 1970-1973 February 8th, 1973 as seen in the Pleasant Hill Times

Single panel comic strip "Citizen George." A family bring their kids over to another house for a play date. As they run about, the homeowner asks, "Would you mind posting a fifty dollar bond?"

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"Thadeus & Weez" by Charles Pugsley Fincher, 1986-2005 March 31st, 1996 as seen in the Houston Chronicle

Comic strip "Thadeus & Weez." Weez, a weasel, asks Thadeus, a guy, what the difference is between a campaign contribution and a bribe. Thadeus replies, "Jail time."

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"Buffalo Chips" by "Mary & Me,"* 1983-1986 December 12th 1983 as seen in The Enterprise *Mary Marie

Comic strip "Buffalo Chips." Mary and Marnie reflect on their childhoods, when they believes stories had happy endings. These days, with the mess of her life, Mary just wants AN ending.

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"Short Cuts to Reading" by Dorothy Taft Watson, Joan Beck and Becky, 1965-1965 September 19th, 1965 as seen in The Register

Educational comic strip "Short Cuts to Reading." Guides for parents in teaching their children to read, intended to be cut out of the newspaper and made into a book. Today's lesson suggests teaching preschool children the sounds of letters before their names, demonstrating with the letter H.

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"Pieces of Eight" by Charles B. Driscoll and Montfort Amory, 1933-1936 June 28th, 1934 as seen in the Atlantic City Press

Serialized pirate comic strip "Pieces of Eight." Full text: "The Queen Anne's Revenge, Blackbeard's pirate ship, had been attracted by smoke on shore. he was sailing without her Captain now, under command of Mate Richards. Her crew had given up the search for the pirate Captain. She had been coasting along slowly, looking for any life ashore that might lead to a clue to the whereabouts of Captain Teach, called Blackbeard, who had been captured by Indians after a fierce battle. The smoke caused rejoicing aboard. 'We'll go in close and have a look,' said Richards. 'It might be the Captain, making a signal, and it might be the red devils who have him in tow." Strangely enough, pirates and Indians though of one another as devils. So, on a certain bright morning, the Queen Anne's Revenge cast anchor, and Richards took a position in the cross-trees, with a spy-glass, to survey the scene on the wide beach. The men waited expectantly."

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"Hugo Hercules" by Wilhelm Heinrich Detlev Körner, 1902-1903 December 28th, 1902 as seen in the Chicago Tribune

Sunday comic strip "Hugo Hercules." Subtitled "Hugo Hercules at New Year's Bowling Contest." Hugo Hercules, a man with superhuman strength, joins a bowling contest, rolling the bowling ball so hard it breaks through the wall and crashes into a trolley. As everyone recollects themselves, Hugo wins the medal.

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

"Grubby" by Warren Sattler, 1964-1997 June 4th, 1964 as seen in the Dearborn County Register

Comic strip "Grubby." A young boy is hanging out with a gruff cowboy named Grubby. As they lay out under the stars, the boy comments on how peaceful the desert is, but Grubby mentions sandstorms, one of which immediately blusters and buries them in sand.

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And that marks our 2000th Forgotten Comic Strip! While I'm still digging around for obscurities, there is of course a finite amount of comic strips ever produced, so you'll probably be seeing more strips from series we've already featured more often. I'll try to keep it weird & interesting for ya'!

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"Howie" by Randy Glasbergen, 1979-1981 November 13th, 1979 as seen in the Des Moines Register

Single panel comic strip "Howie." Toothpaste is coming out of Howie's bathroom sink. He tells his wife, "When the city said they were going to fluoridate the water I thought..."

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"Moon Platoon" by John R. Koch, 1966-1966 March 23rd, 1966 as seen in the Evening Sun

Comic strip "Moon Platoon." Three astronauts on the moon watch as a "flying cub" sails by. "I thought it was 'saucers'," one astronaut says. "That's the '66 model," another replies.

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"White House People" by Colin B. Montis, 1948-1949 November 14th, 1948 as seen in the Worcester Telegram

Single panel historical comic strip "White House People." Profiles on former presidents. Full text: "Thomas Jefferson, it is claimed, wrote more letters with his own hand than any other person who ever lived. More than 25,000 of them are preserved today."

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"Doc Syke" by Ving Fuller, 1944-1960 May 21st, 1946 as seen in the Cincinnati Enquirer

Comic strip "Doc Syke." Doc Syke makes a house call, but Mrs. Flapnoodle is cross, saying he's brought bad language into her home. Doc Syke hasn't used any bad language, of course, but Flapnoodle's husband did when he tries Syke's medicine.

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"The Sunbonnet Babies" by Bertha L. Corbett, 1907-1908 March 15th, 1908 as seen in the Boston Globe

Sunday comic strip "The Sunbonnet Babies." Today's strip subtitled "The Sunbonnet Babies Fly a Kite." The Sunbonnet Babies, two sisters with bonnets that cover their faces, try to fly a giant kite, but it scoops up one of the sisters along with their dog Snap. Eventually, they fall into a tree, unharmed.

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

"Li'l Peanut" by Lou Paige, 1951-1952 December 6th, 1951 as seen in the Tuscola Review

Comic strip "Li'l Peanut." A young boy named Peanut goes to dig up some worms for fishing, but realizes that he's accidentally dug up the garden after overhearing his parents. Looking to save face, he cries out that he's struck oil, his father comes rushing out and starts tearing up the garden himself.

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

"Highlights of History" by James Carroll Mansfield, 1926-1939 November 29th, 1932 as seen in the Mount Vernon Argus

Non-fiction comic strip "Highlights of History," with the subtitle "Alexander Hamilton - No. 32 The End of the Whiskey Rebellion." A dry retelling of Hamilton and General Henry Lee's march towards Pittsburgh, the submission of those protesting the whiskey tax, and their eventual pardon.

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"The Meaning of Lila" by John Forgetta and "L.A. Rose,"* 2004-2012 August 14th, 2006 as seen in the Staten Island Advance *Kathy Dow, Justin Raines, Jackie Gentile, and Tony Calabro

Comic strip "The Meaning of Lila." Lila is brought in for her six month review at her job. To prepare, she puts on a suit of armor for "verbal protection." This comic strip took five people to make apparently.

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Trees" by Daerick Gross Jr., 1981-1982 February 4th, 1981 as seen in The Enterprise

Comic strip "Trees." One tree shows another tree a poster of their favorite cover girl, "Cheryl Twigs," a play of model Cheryl Tiegs.

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Feathers" by Alfred Borelli and Manuel Almada, 1967-1969 October 22nd, 1967 as seen in the Standard Times

Comic strip "Feathers." Thundercloud, a young Native American boy, asks where everybody is going. She tells him they've gone off the hunt to get skins for clothes. Thundercloud hates that they have to kill the animal for the skin. "I don't see why we can't wear em live!"

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Back Home Again" by Ed Dodd*, 1933-1946** December 29th, 1934 as seen in the Dowagiac Daily News *incorrectly credited here as Ed Doad **reprints until 1952

Single panel comic strip "Back Home Again." Older sister Elsie chases her younger brother Willie ("little brainless idiot!") around the room for using her bath salts to wash the dog. Willie tells his sister ("dumbbell") that she's always complaining when he washes the dog with tar soap and doesn't know why she's angry now that the dog smells nice. Father watches from the door, and the dog walks about proud and clean. Caption reads, "Flirtin' With Trouble."

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Cory's Kids" by J. Campbell Cory, 1915-1916 May 2nd, 1915 as seen in the Omaha World-Herald

Sunday comic strip "Cory's Kids." A golfer asks an overweight child to help be his caddie. The boy tries his best, but gets exhausted easily, and then gets beamed in the head by a golf ball. The boy quits, and the golfer gives him fifty cents for his trouble. The boy wants to go buy ice cream, but realizes there's a hole in his pocket and he's lost the money. A final caption reads, ""Why pretend we want to live when we dont? We fall for ritches to bank-rupsy - From lucksury to squoller, no matter how we toil and strive - why strugel on agensy the downwerd currant of life's streem? Doggone it!" Kids, could you lighten up a little?

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

"Abie the Agent" by Harry Hershfield, 1914-1940 October 14th, 1925 as seen in the Miami Tribune

Comic strip "Abie the Agent." A man invites his friend out for a drive. The friend asks if they have enough fuel, and the man says that he put a gallon in the tank, and will put another gallon in on the road. When the friend asks why he only puts in a gallon at a time, the man says "at this time of year, the price is liable to go down at any minute." This is believed to be the first comic strip with a Jewish lead character.

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

"Men & Women" by Mel Calman, 1976-1982 May 10th, 1976 as seen in the Evansville Press

Single panel comic strip "Men & Women." A vague drawing of a person says, "If you tidy up - how will I know where I've mislaid everything?" Okay, there's minimalism, and then there's just lazy.

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"The Pink Planet" by Nathan Huston, 1979-1979 December 19th, 1979 as seen in the Belleville News-Democrat

Comic strip "The Pink Planet." Two aliens are flying through space. One complains that the ship is old and junky and should be replaced with a newer model, but the second alien has too many memories with it to give it up. The first alien can't stand how cramped it is, and kicks his legs through the back wall.

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"The 'In' Kids" by Pat Boyer, 1967-1968 February 11th, 1968 as seen in the Des Moines Register

Sunday edition of comic strip "The 'In' Kids." A teen girl has a phone conversation, but all she says are images of hearts. When her mother asks what she's saying, her little sister cries, "That's the language of love!"

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"Thirty Paige" by Don McCabe and Vic Take, 1946-1948 September 9th, 1947 as seen in the Corning Daily Observer

Serialized comic strip "Thirty Paige." Thirty Paige, investigator for the district attorney, interrogates Hunter, a criminal who had his appearance changed by the mad scientist Dr. Morg. Unfortunately, Mord's procedure didn't change Hunter's fingerprints, allowing the police to track him down.

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"Want Ads" by E.C. Dunkel, 1925-1925 June 10th, 1925 as seen in the Springfield Daily News

Single panel comic strip "Want Ads." A scene of a waiter delivering food to two anthropomorphic newspapers. The want ad reads, "Wanted: - young man to serve the morning papers, address box 6224." Promotional material for the newspaper classifieds section.

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"The Englishman in Canada" by Arthur Racey, 1901-1901 November 21st, 1901 as seen in the Montreal Star

Serialized single panel comic strip "The Englishman in Canada." The Englishman has arrived in Canada, assuming it all snow and rough country, so he makes a show of himself walking around Montreal, asking directions for the "ice pawlace." Caption reads: "He Is Very Much Surprised to Find Houses in Montreal and Starts Out to Look for the Twenty-Foot Icicles, Snow-Drifts, Etc., Etc., Etc. He Has Heard so Much About, and Is Asked by Many if He Takes the Country for a Blooming Refrigerator."

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

"Railroad Red" by Beaumont Fairbank and David Marshall, 1941-1941 September 2nd, 1941 as seen in the Bay City Times

Serialized comic strip "Railroad Red." Red, a railroad detective, and his companion Miss Woods are upset that they've been shut out on a case to catch foreign agents, but then an intelligence officer arrives and starts making plans with them.

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

"Hoosegow Herman" by Wally Wallgren, 1938-1940 February 12th, 1939 as seen in the San Francisco Chronicle

Sunday edition of comic strip "Hoosegow Herman." The Army base is getting ready to celebrate President Lincoln's birthday. Private Herman and the Corporal get twisted into wordplay about it while Herman is chopping wood ("He freed the slaves!" "Not all of them.") Herman accidentally hits the Corporal with a piece of wood, and as with most of his strips, winds up in the base's prison cell, aka the hoosegow.

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"Katz" by Phil Mendez, 1980-1983 December 8th, 1980 as seen in The Enterprise

Comic strip "Katz." Yang Lee, the editor of the Daily Slump, thinks his comic strip artist Katz is the worst, but Katz keeps sending him gifts like an "I Love My Boss!" sign, so Yang Lee can't bring himself to fire him. Katz looks at the reader and says, "If you're gonna brown nose, go all the way!"

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"Tell It Like It Is" by Ralph Dunagin, 1969-1974 October 31st, 1969 as seen in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Single panel comic strip "Tell It Like It Is." A motorcycle cop pulls over a witch riding a broom and writes her a ticket for speeding.

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"Huckleberry Hollow" by Walt Scott, 1952-1970 November 26th, 1961 as seen in the Fresno Bee

Sunday comic strip "Huckleberry Hollow," a topper strip for Walt Scott's "The Little People." The rich and rude Ogleway Brothers look to buy property in Huckleberry Hollow for Joe Ackeridge, but speak rudely of everything. When asked what sort of people live here, Joe replies, "Well, now that you're not going to settle here -- I'd say they were real lucky people!"

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"Upsy and Daisy" by L.J. Dombek, 1938-1938 September 3rd, 1938 as seen in the Gloucester County Times

Serialized comic strip "Upsy and Daisy." Upsy, a pint-sized cowboy, and Daisy, a gentle giant, find themselves deep in cave with the pretty Kitten, looking for signs of her missing father. They find his spurs, but before they can move on, someone from the dark shoots and destroys their rope ladder!

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"Willie Westinghouse Edison Smith" by Frank Crane, 1900-1914 May 3rd, 1903 as seen in the Boston Post

Sunday comic strip "Willie Westinghouse Edison Smith." Willie is visiting his Cousin Tom out in the country. Tom points out some marks and calls them bear tracks. Being something of a boy inventor, Willie goes about making a bear trap to keep the chicken coop safe, but Tom ends up snared in it instead. Tom's father says, "Serves you right for telling Willie fibs!"

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

"The Adventures of Peter Pen" by Nick Nichols, 1927-1938 September 25th, 1932 as seen in the Springfield Daily Republican

Serialized comic strip "The Adventures of Peter Pen." A group of characters are searching for a mysterious treasure in an old castle. A man, Dale, follows the instructions, counting out paces along the floor, but doesn't find anything. Children who send in a self-addressed stamp envelope to the newspaper will get a map that goes along with this adventure.

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