Nobody would be willing to accuse Li'l Abner of being a Communist because he thought by killing the Shmoo people could go back to working hard, paying taxes, and being terrified of war; nor would they fault
Dagwood Bumstead for hating his boss.
Amoozin' but confoozin': comic strips as a voice of dissent in the 1950s
As a kid, I would sprawl over the Sunday comic strips on the living-room rug, day-dreaming with
Dagwood and Blondie, Jiggs and Maggie, Moon Mullins, The Katzenjammer Kids, and Smoky Stover.
Workroom
All that's left is to determine the theme of your sandwich and if it will be piled high like a
Dagwood or made thin as paper like an Italian panini.
Charcutcrie corner
Blondie and
Dagwood, celebrating their 75th anniversary in the comics, make room for a score of houseguests from comicdom.
Comics redux
Three of the fleet bear the names of local 'heroes' - comics Larry Grayson and
Dagwood Hadley, and famous novelist George Eliot.
Five hurt in crash outside school; ACCIDENT: Woman trapped in wreckage after car and bus in horror collision
Nothing says party like a 6-foot
Dagwood. Throw in a veggie and fruit tray and you are set.
Election party
"The postfeminist Papa Bear [Start Berenstain of the Berenstain Bears] is the Alan Alda of Grizzlies, a wimp so passive and fumbling he makes
Dagwood Bumstead look like Batman." (15)
The hyperbolic contrast
This trend isn't limited to famous Shakespearean couples but can also be found with other famous pairs, such as those in the cartoons (Mickey and Minnie), comics (
Dagwood and Blondie), movies (Rhett and Searlett), television shows (Ozzie and Harriett), and even those across history (Adam and Eve).
Ladies first? Phonology, frequency, and the naming conspiracy *
It's hard to argue that Huey really belongs next to Beetle Bailey and
Dagwood. But it also limits the strip's potential readership to the people who bother to look at the op-ed page.
Down with The Boondocks: Aaron McGruder rages against the machine
To each his own, I guess."
Dagwood: "Baseball, my son, is the cornerstone of civilization." (62)
Quoting baseball: the intellectual take on our national pastime
The movie wasn't quite as bad as Blondie for Victory, which ridiculed women war workers and made it clear that no woman was as competent and hardworking as a man (
Dagwood, presumably).
Bootlickers & bureaucrats: Hollywood's wartime censors: during the war years, Hollywood did more than just make movies. They also bowed to political pressure to produce jingoistic films
For the
Dagwood Slider: Season patties with salt and pepper to taste.
Bay Area
Technological man is either a specialist-savant like Sherlock Holmes or an emasculated drone like
Dagwood Bumstead, according to McLuhan.
2. McLuhan
the antigay marriage backlash is "such a huge, obvious issue for satire."
Dagwood Bumstead, the Wizard of Id, and Ziggy refused to comment.
What's funny about gay marriage?