Nancy Classics by Ernie Bushmiller for July 02, 2024

Back in those days, comic strips weren’t afraid to comment on political issues – and no one started a movement to have the strips censored. Both Nancy and Mutt and Jeff also made comments from time to time about Communism. Some those political observations also made their way in to the cartoons shown in the theaters. It was also Churchill who coined the phrase “Iron Curtain.” Of course, that was before many people had TV – We had our favorite radio shows. Bob Hope and Fibber McGee and Molly frequently had political jokes. But I don’t remember anyone getting into any fist fights because of a political joke on the radio or in a comic strip.