Word: comical
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Newark (N.J.) News (circ. 257,000) one day last week, Editor Lloyd M. Felmly studied some advance proofs of the comic strip, Rex Morgan, M.D., and came to a sharp decision. He killed the strip, in its place ran an explanation: future sequences "dealt with an attempted mercy killing and had no place on this comic page...
When the Washington Star juggled its comic strips recently to make room for a new one, the editors worried not a bit about dropping an odd little strip from the top of the page. Its name: Pogo. But the reaction was sharp & swift. In came a letter signed by 18 members of the "Pogo Protective League" demanding that the strip "be returned to its rightfully superior position" lest "indignant readers everywhere rise up in armed might to crush this infamy." Gravely the Star's editors bowed to the will of the readers, restored Pogo...
...paper to find that Pogo's pals are as loyal and vociferous as L'il Abner's. After only 14 months of syndication, Pogo is appearing in 126 U.S. newspapers. A current poll by the Saturday Review of Literature shows Pogo is in seventh place among comic strips, ahead of Terry & the Pirates, just behind Steve Canyon...
Eight new Chevrolets made their showroom debut last Saturday before a large holiday crowd at Porter Square. For the occasion, the management had on hand a collection of bubble gum, balloons, and General Motors comic books which it passed out to the children, and a case of perfume for the ladies. The men got no gifts, but they did get a chance to thump the sides and probe the entrails of the new Chevrolet...
...police because he knows of the death of General Niva, the dictator, is capably played by Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Fairbanks portrays the doctor's fear and confusion through facial expressions rather that distraught mouthings common to such roles. Marlowe's trouble with the Vosnian language, which could have been comic if mishandled, is effectively exploited by Fairbanks to increase the suspense. Glynis Johns plays a dancer who tries to help Marlowe, and in doing so becomes one of the principals in a manhunt. She does a convincing job as someone who can never quite decide whether to take a risk...