All posts tagged "comics"
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5.6KBusiness and LaborThe Fuller Brush Man Gets His Foot in the Door
The Fuller Brush Man for decades roved American cities and towns with a smile, a sample case and a good pair of...
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6.0K3Arts and LeisureScollay Square and Tales From The Crawford House
More than fifty years after their demise, Scollay Square and the Crawford House have taken on a mystique all their own. As...
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8.7K2Arts and LeisureAl Capp Invents Sadie Hawkins Day — Sort Of
Centuries before Al Capp started the Sadie Hawkins Day fad in his Li’l Abner comic strip, women in Scotland and Ireland asked...
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17.0K6Arts and LeisureAl Capp Meets John and Yoko (And It Doesn’t Go Well)
Al Capp earned legions of fans for his bitingly satirical cartoon strip Li’l Abner. President Richard Nixon and Queen Elizabeth admired his...
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16.7K4Arts and LeisureThe Liberated Wife Who Really Was Wonder Woman
Elizabeth Holloway Marston was one-half of the inspiration for Wonder Woman, the superheroine who first appeared in comic books the month Pearl...
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7.5K3Arts and LeisureBob Montana Brings Archie Comics to New Hampshire’s Lakes Region
Bob Montana drew his first Archie comic book in 1942 in a rented cottage on Lake Waukewan in Meredith, N.H. The character would...
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