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1. 12 days ago on Origins of the Sunday Comics

   The house resembles a certain former president.

2. 13 days ago on Origins of the Sunday Comics

   Ink bleed and ink spill all in one!

3. 14 days ago on Origins of the Sunday Comics

   This puts the lie to the internet “fact” that has circulated over the years that Coca-Cola’s advertisements were the origin of the modern-day conception of Santa Claus. Here, about 25 years before the Coke ads appeared with Santa, he is depicted in the pretty much the same manner as today.

4. 3 months ago on Origins of the Sunday Comics

   Darn right they will. After committing a near-genocide against their people the least decent people can do is not disrespect them with demeaning language.

5. 4 months ago on Origins of the Sunday Comics

   The two characters on the left in the first panel remind me of Mutt and Jeff.

6. 5 months ago on Origins of the Sunday Comics

   Interesting that he uses the word “billionaire,” long before one actually existed.

7. 6 months ago on Origins of the Sunday Comics

   Donovan used it in his song “Atlantis” in the spoken-word intro. :-)

8. 7 months ago on Origins of the Sunday Comics

   There weren’t too many automobiles around in those days, and the ones that were didn’t go very fast.

9. 8 months ago on Origins of the Sunday Comics

   Oh the humanity!

10. 8 months ago on Origins of the Sunday Comics

    My late wife, who grew up in India, also referred to Native Americans as “Red Indians.”