'Little Orphan Annie' comic canceled by Tribune Media Services

NY Daily News ^ | 5/13/10 | Larry McShane

[ScottinVA]

Another classic gone, my favorite cartoons were little Abner, Dick Tracy and Terry and the Pirates. I guess they’re all gone by now

For those who care, Gasoline Alley is still rolling along. Of course old Uncle Walt is about 115 by now, but hey...

[raccoonradio]

Daddy Warbucks—believed in hard work, tough but fair, paid workers well. from wikipedia

—It was also about this time (late 20s) that Gray, whose politics seem to have been either conservative or libertarian with a decided populist streak, introduced some of his more controversial storylines. He would look into the darker aspects of human nature, such as greed and treachery. The gap between rich and poor was an important theme. The strip (and Gray, in interviews) glorified the American business ethic of an honest day’s work for an honest day’s pay. His hatred of labor unions was dramatized in the 1935 story “Eonite”. Other targets were the New Deal and communism. Despite the strip’s pro-capitalist slant, corrupt businessmen often appeared as villains.

[SoothingDave]

Casted?

[Kartographer]

oops!

[Charles Martel]

Ovaltine = Capt. Midnight! for those of us who remember wood and tube radios made in the USA.

Yeah, those were the days...

[Jonah Hex]

I miss Fearless Fosdick, the ideel of ev'ry 100% red-blooded American boy.

[Retired Greyhound]

TV ruined America (not that I don’t like TV).

[stylecouncilor]

ping

[ArrogantBustard]

My brother and I used to listen to Fidel rant-n-rave (en Espanol) on short-wave, when we were kids. I didn't understand the words, but I did understand the tone of voice ... stark raving mad totalitarian monster.

[a fool in paradise]

Creator Harold Gray was critical of the New Deal and union laborism.