Word: comic
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...American funny paper has never been truly appreciated by the critics, in spite of its tremendous popularity with the public. But at last it has received its due attention. Mr. Ernest Brennecke, in the March issue of the Century Magazine not only traces the development of the comic sheet--beginning arbitrarily, as he says, with the medieval "Dance of Death" pictures but he carefuly analyzes the modern "funnies" with respect to their philosophy, intent, method and so on, in a most illuminating discussion...
...business man of whom he speaks, who keeps his children lined up patiently waiting for the comic section while he reads it himself is a very common type; and the anecdote about the congressman who bowed to his colleague with an "After you, my dear Alphonse,"--just one week after the first appearance of the "Alphonse-and-Gaston" strip illustrates admirably its far-reaching effects. Who is there, indeed, who is not--from time to time if not regularly--exposed to a funny paper? The circulation and wide popularity of the comic supplements have made them powerful factors in American...
...Yankee Consul. The screen version of Raymond Hitchcock's musical comedy coyly shies away from a plot most of the time. This permits the insertion of many comic scenes of the Mack Sennett breed. But in the end you can watch the young American (Douglas MacLean), posing as the consul to Rio de Janeira, rescue the necessary senorita (Patsy Ruth Miller...
...fatality which gave a comic mask to a tragedian...
...Girl. It turned out to be a feminine edition of Merton and guaranteed harmless. The scandal-starved hundreds can gaze, gape and grin at Miss Normand to their hearts' content and bring their children. For those who align themselves with this department in Considering screen Mabel an exceptionally comic personality, the picture will appeal...