Blasphemous / Dagwood
Bands Blasphemous Dagwood Venue - Venue name: The Ice Pick - Address: 1351 S. Division, Grand Rapids, MI - Date: Friday, August 2, 1991 - Time: 8:00 - Admission price: $5.00 - Additional details: Tickets available at Music Merchant - K.V.C. Hall's - Irate Audio - Grand Rapids Boogie Records - Kalamazoo
Attention newspaper comic strip aficionados: Today's 'Blondie' shows Daisy (the dog) lying on top of Dagwood's legs while he is lying on the sofa (final panel).
I do not recall ever seeing Daisy on the sofa with Dagwood, let alone on top of Dagwood on the sofa.
'Blondie' has been around for 95 years, and while the visual style hearkens back to comic strips of the 1930s and 40s, the strip is famous for gradual transitions that keep up with the times.
I suspect this is one of those transitions. Even 25 years ago, many folks I knew would have been shocked to see a dog on furniture. Few folks today (at least, few folks who either have dogs or have friends with dogs) are bothered.
I may be wrong about this being the first appearance of Daisy on the sofa with Dagwood, but along with Dagwood's carpool and Blondie's catering business, it is a sign of the comic strip keeping itself current.
Blasphemous / Dagwood
Bands Blasphemous Dagwood Venue - Venue name: The Ice Pick - Address: 1350 Scribner NW - Date: Friday, August 2, 1991 - Time: 8:00 - Admission price: $5.00 - Additional Details: Tickets available at Vinyl Solution, Believe in Music, Boogie Records - Kalamazoo, Flat, Black and Circular - East Lansing, Wherehouse Records, and Anywhere else I want them...
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A 2-fer of vintage #cartoons I found in a file folder (spring/summer cleaning again)...
Two icons of the era (80s-90s)
#1991 here. #Blondie & #Dagwood (with sandwich!) and the avant-garde #FarSide
Well, it is what it is [ #IIWII ] - or was... Different times to be sure. Hope it still elicits a smile, here & now.
Basic humanity (plus cats)
See link below (comment) for a musical accompaniment to wallowing/reveling in #nostalgia
@Phangurl Did you know Kuyler the killer mime immortal from S1 of the #Highlander series directed #SlidingDoors + Johnny English style movies?
Tho seems I'd missed his being in #DefyingGravity, too.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0398185
/Drive-by #Dagwood post appreciation.
Just getting to Tuesday's newspaper (It's been that sort of week), and the sentiment in 'Blondie' is one with which I am often in agreement.
¡PAM!
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#Blondie #BlondieBumstead #BlondieandDagwood #DagwoodandBlondie #Dagwood #DagwoodBumstead #Novaro #comics #internationalcomics #mexicancomics #blondiecomics #editorialnovaro #daisy #lorenzoypepita
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