Bud Fischer authorized Al Smith to draw the comic in 1932. When Fischer died in 1954, Smith began signing his own name to the strip. Let’s say this strip is from 1950. The national minimum wage was $0.75 an hour, and the working day was eight hours, making a total daily wage of $6.00 and a weekly wage of $30. Whether Jeff was asking for an increase in weekly or daily wages, either way it was a lot of money.
So, he hired a bunch of perverts? I remember when police arrested men in raincoats who flashed women. I guess it’s just something to laugh about these days.
Disgusting. What in the WORLD does that have to do with Easter and the resurrection of Christ? The Mastroiannis certainly aren’t Johnny Hart, who was a devout man.
Dogs should be so discriminating. They also lick their butts and eat really questionable debris from the yard. I don’t think they’re going to wonder if canned food has some “beef by-products”.
“I WILL BREAK A WINDOW AND GO LIVE OUTSIDE AGAIN, I SWEAR —”Well, do it, you ungrateful beast. If you don’t like what’s given to you in the warm and soft house, fend for yourself in the snow. If you don’t like that alternative, eat the food and give thanks to the people who love you.
Good lord people … cats are NOT in charge! Get the spray bottle and tell them that it’s not their tree. Shoo them off. Get them away. Use mild aversion tactics. They’ll learn. They don’t own the tree. YOU do.
Bud Fischer authorized Al Smith to draw the comic in 1932. When Fischer died in 1954, Smith began signing his own name to the strip. Let’s say this strip is from 1950. The national minimum wage was $0.75 an hour, and the working day was eight hours, making a total daily wage of $6.00 and a weekly wage of $30. Whether Jeff was asking for an increase in weekly or daily wages, either way it was a lot of money.