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Joe. Interests are sci-fi, sketch, soaps, old movies, comics, and VCR repair. I'm of the mid-to-late-stage Facts of Life generation. I have a blog I don't update often enough. http://soapssnlscifi.wordpress.com

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · Feb 26

"Star Trek" by various, 1979-1983
February 23rd, 1980 as seen in the Macon Telegraph

Serialized science fiction comic strip "Star Trek," based on the television show of the same name. Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock as on a river boat with a bearded man and an alien, speeding down an alien river. Kirk wants the boat to go faster, but Spock says it's as fast as it can go, and the Captain should just enjoy the scenery. Kirk says Spock is "as emotionless as Jovian Frost-Moss," which Spock takes as a compliment.

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 11h

"The Little Possum Gang" by Jack L. Gallagher, 1910-1918
September 13th, 1914 as seen in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat

Sunday comic strip "The Little Possum Gang." Subtitled "Like Cats They Always Come Back." Mistah Dawg, fed up with the possums that hang around his house, sets off a bomb under the platform they're standing on. He thinks he'll finally have some peace and quiet, but the possums end up crashing through his roof.

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 10h

"The Romance of America" by Larry Redner, 1926-1928
May 12th, 1927 as seen in the Great Falls Leader

Non-fiction comic strip "The Romance of America." A serialized telling of the life of showman P.T. Barnum. Full text: "When Barnum was 12 years old he had acquired in his own right a sheep, a calf and a small sum of money. At about this age he made his first trip to New York, helping a neighbor to take a drove of cattle to market. The trip by stage then took four days, by boat from eight hours to several days, depending on the wind. Barnum's grandfather, Phineas Taylor, was noted as a practical joker. One of his jokes was at the young man's expense. The grandfather had deeded to young P.T. a tract known as 'Ivy Island,' and boast that the boy was the 'richest in town.' Young Barnum's chagrin was heartfelt when at 12 years old he had his first look at 'Ivy Island.' It proved to be merely a bog, full of snakes and hornets. The boy's impression of the ways of the world here probably received a severe jolt. The young man proved a sharp bargainer when clerking in his father's store. (To Be Continued)"

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 10h

"Captain Yank" by Frank Tinsley, 1940-1945
January 18th, 1943 as seen in the Daily Times

Serialized adventure comic strip "Captain Yank." American pilot Captain Yank learns of surprise Japanese movement in Siberia. A Russian officer insists that they fly to Chita to speak with intelligence officers, but Captain Yank won't do anything with word from his superiors. Captain Yank, the Sit Around and Wait for Orders hero of World War II!

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 10h

"Cokey" by Duane Bryers, 1945-1950
May 11th, 1945 as seen in the Austin American

Comic strip "Cokey." Pvt. Cokey stands while talking to someone on the telephone. When a woman offers him a seat, he says he can't, he's "talking to an officer!!"

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 10h

"Mighty Funny's Mini Jokes" by Betty Debnam, 1978-1982
December 16th, 1980 as seen in the Daily American

Children's activity comic strip "Mighty Funny's Mini Jokes." Kids are tasked with matching jokes with their punchlines. Joke #1: "Why is this clock so slow?" Punchline #1: "You would be too if you ran 24 hours a day!" Joke #2: "Hey, this match that you gave me doesn't work." Punchline #2: "That's funny, it worked for me." As a column, "Mighty Funny's Mini Jokes" ran as part of Betty Debnam's Mini Page newspaper feature from 1967 to 2015, but the comic strip "Match These Punch Lines" format ran from 1978 to 1982.

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · Jan 1

"Tarzan of the Apes" by Edgar Rice Burroughs and Hal Foster, 1929-2002
January 14th, 1929 as seen in the Atlanta Constitution

Comic strip adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Tarzan of the Apes." Tarzan's parents, stranded in the wilderness, build themselves a house to protect from the dangers outside.

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Soaps&SciFi @soapsscifi.bsky.social · 4h

Mimi Kennedy never seemed to have much luck with her shows.

Soaps&SciFi @soapsscifi.bsky.social · 4h

Rare to see such high grades from you for a two episode show. I should check this out sometime.

Soaps&SciFi @soapsscifi.bsky.social · 4h

They seem to target your Corrie posts. I think Crossroads could have a nudist colony and get through.

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Christopher Anstey @chrisanstey74.bsky.social · 1d

Bluesky whenever you post a screen cap.

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Soaps&SciFi @soapsscifi.bsky.social · 4h

It's such a heartbreaking story through the first half of the '70s. Very glad we weren't in a soap world where her son would turn out to be a serial killer.

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Christopher Anstey @chrisanstey74.bsky.social · 1d

Highlights from tonight’s #Corrie.

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Soaps&SciFi @soapsscifi.bsky.social · 4h

That early flat of Bet's has such character. Can't remember how long she stays in it.

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Christopher Anstey @chrisanstey74.bsky.social · 7h

Highlights from tonight’s #Corrie.

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Soaps&SciFi @soapsscifi.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe a little but the trends were already there, with the way he was going on about self-deportation.

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Matt Hawkins (fort90) @fort90.bsky.social · 1d

The FORT90 BROADCAST SYSTEM, brought to you by @wonderville.nyc, is ON THE AIR…

twitch.tv/wondervillenyc

Once again, am running behind, so still working on the run of show, so just head on over to the first (& hopefully only) alt channel of the evening…

www.twitch.tv/fortninetyte...

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Matt Hawkins (fort90) @fort90.bsky.social · 1d

TONIGHT! "Broadcasting" from @wonderville.nyc it's FORT90 TV!

And no, it has nothing to do with Halloween, I just feel like showing a Smash Mouth music video with "realistic" audio; stream starts at 8:00PM EST…

www.wonderville.nyc/events/fort9...

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Soaps&SciFi @soapsscifi.bsky.social · 1d

I'm someone who mostly enjoyed Hanks as a comic, but I never really cared for that writer.

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Attract Mode @attractmode.bsky.social · 1d

Regular viewers of FORT90 TV are very familiar with individual below, whereas most everyone else I would assume might have more than a few questions; tune in tonight (see www.wonderville.nyc/events/fort9...) to have them answered… maybe (and yes, some game-adjacent content is also in store)

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Matt Hawkins (fort90) @fort90.bsky.social · 1d

TONIGHT! "Broadcasting" from @wonderville.nyc it's FORT90 TV!

And while not everyone across the world does Halloween, there are nonetheless numerous traditions when it comes to paying tribute to beings that are not of this world; stream starts at 8:00PM EST…

www.wonderville.nyc/events/fort9...

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Soaps&SciFi @soapsscifi.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks. Appreciate seeing this.

Soaps&SciFi @soapsscifi.bsky.social · 1d

So are they saying marrying off-panel Martha gave him a fatal disease?

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · Feb 26

"The Story of Martha Wayne" by Wilson Scruggs, 1953-1962
February 19th, 1956 as seen in the Sedalia Democrat

Serialized comic strip "The Story of Martha Wayne." A man sees a doctor and is told he has an incurable disabling disease. Not trusting the doctor, the man asks what his diagnoses would be "if you hadn't just found out I'm marrying Martha Wayne?"

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Forgotten Comic Strips @forgottencomics.bsky.social · 1d

"In Our Office" by Wood Cowan, 1919-1921
October 3rd, 1931* as seen in the Cameron News-Observer

*reprint

Comic strip "In Our Office." Two boys argue over who was the first man, Adam from the Bible or President George Washington. They go to the office secretary and ask her, and she tells them that the first man was found in India. "Well who found him?" one of the boys asks.

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