Thanks for posting the old 'funnies' (I was never comfortable calling them that). I didn't know Al Jaffee had a Sunday strip...cool!
-DJ Sloofus of the World Famous Comic Book Haters
May 20, 2006 4:25 AM
Doug said...
That's one great thing about finding old Sunday sections...you find strips by guys like Jaffe and Arnold Roth you never knew existed! I used to have a couple of sheets with a really awful strip Chuck Jones did in the 70s...he had finally gone full circle and was back to drawing cute puppies again.
May 21, 2006 6:16 PM
Ger Apeldoorn said...
I just found your blog and will link to it on mine (allthingsger.blogspot.com).
Al Jaffee told me that Tall Tales is going to be reprinted soon!
Bob Bolling
Walt Kelly
Carl Barks
John Stanley
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