Gotta say that I really do dig the dickens outta these old comic books that Bill Shute spirited my way, this ish of BLONDIE being no exception.
Sure the stories are the typical rehash of sagas that have been rehashed for years (boss stays out late and wife is on the warpath, Dagwood fixes the Woodley's 1940's styled washing machine and ruins the thing, you get da drift) plus the puppies who have been absent from the comic strip since the fifties at least are all over the place here. But dang if these stories (aptly drawn by noted Young associate Paul Fung Jr. who does a great job even if he did slim Cora Dithers down considerably) just don't hit at the heart of my everlastin' teenbo existence like nothin' since NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC pearl diver issues. True the natural rhythm and downright snarl of the seventies-vintage strip seems absent but for a comic you probably coulda picked up second/third hand at any decent flea market at the time this sure does wonders making you forget just how much of a useless wretch everybody out there in real-life land tries to make you out to be!
And naturally for a Charlton title that wasn't exactly aimed at those intellectual comic book types still all aglow over GREEN LANTERN/GREEN ARROW this comes complete with alla those great ads featuring items you wanted to waste your money on as a kid only either you were livin' on depression-era wages or the folks wouldn't let ya. Only real beef is...howcum no "When Mama Was a Girl" comic to pad this 'un out??? I really love the way Fung draws those young female types who really brought out the ol' hidden libido in many a repressed pen pocket protector and pimplefarm teenbo too shy to even peek at a statue of Venus!
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