Blast from the past. Barndale

old2soon · Tue 10, Nov 2015, 09:25:21

When you were running this strip were you nationally syndicated? To me anyway it has a vague familiar ring. In the time frame you mentioned it running I was still driving over the road 18 wheeler and made a point of getting a newspaper every day no matter where in the U S of A I was at the time. And the strip do crack me up!

RIDE SAFE.

bigguy · Tue 10, Nov 2015, 10:01:51

Quote from: old2soon on Tue 10, Nov 2015, 09:25:21
When you were running this strip were you nationally syndicated? To me anyway it has a vague familiar ring. In the time frame you mentioned it running I was still driving over the road 18 wheeler and made a point of getting a newspaper every day no matter where in the U S of A I was at the time. And the strip do crack me up! RIDE SAFE.

Sadly no. It only ran in the Texarkana Gazette. I was trying to get syndicated, but never made it. I ran it for two and a half years as a daily to demonstrate to the syndicates that I could produce, day in and day out.

bigguy · Wed 11, Nov 2015, 06:28:58

bigguy · Thu 12, Nov 2015, 06:41:37

I should have run this a couple of weeks ago.

bigguy · Fri 13, Nov 2015, 06:36:46

Doc and Edward quickly had each other's backs when it came to dealing with Miss Chickadee.

bigguy · Sat 14, Nov 2015, 08:39:14

bigguy · Sun 15, Nov 2015, 08:17:16

Ahhh yes. The holidays. Got to get ready.

bigguy · Mon 16, Nov 2015, 06:30:24

bigguy · Tue 17, Nov 2015, 07:07:54

Desperate measures.

bigguy · Wed 18, Nov 2015, 06:38:11

bigguy · Thu 19, Nov 2015, 06:28:18

This obviously ran close to Valentine's Day. Doc is the typical male, waiting until the last minute, or beyond.

bigguy · Fri 20, Nov 2015, 06:01:37

Some variation of this ran on every Valentine's Day.

bigguy · Sat 21, Nov 2015, 08:40:55

Mr. Troff was often "ethically challenged."

bigguy · Sun 22, Nov 2015, 09:07:43

Do you want to talk to the man in charge, or the woman who knows what's going on?

bigguy · Mon 23, Nov 2015, 06:21:00

This was why Edward stayed with Doc for a while. It's when Doc got hooked on video games.

bigguy · Tue 24, Nov 2015, 06:09:57

You never know what you had until it's gone.

bigguy · Wed 25, Nov 2015, 06:00:16

Note that she's not using a cell phone. It wasn't that long ago that we lived with out them.

bigguy · Thu 26, Nov 2015, 07:48:18

Edward was discovering the differences between a hen house and a bachelor pad.

bigguy · Fri 27, Nov 2015, 06:07:55

bigguy · Sat 28, Nov 2015, 08:40:00

All good things come to and end. So it was with Miss Chickadee's vacation.

bigguy · Sun 29, Nov 2015, 08:24:18

Back to the Valentine's Day theme.

bigguy · Mon 30, Nov 2015, 06:04:23

bigguy · Tue 01, Dec 2015, 06:02:00

bigguy · Wed 02, Dec 2015, 06:31:34

In previous strips, Miss Chickadee had a garage sale and forced Edward to sell some of his copious toys. He and Harold Troff hatched a plan for Harold to buy all of it, then sell it back to Edward for the same price. Harold's father showed his son the error of his ways.

bigguy · Thu 03, Dec 2015, 06:17:37

bigguy · Fri 04, Dec 2015, 07:33:32

bigguy · Sat 05, Dec 2015, 07:56:57

old2soon · Sat 05, Dec 2015, 11:30:20

Just so YOU Know I'm still getting a good chuckle here everyday!

At Least fer this old fart the cartoons have NOT gone unnoticed!

RIDE SAFE.

hubcapsc · Sat 05, Dec 2015, 15:04:07

Quote from: old2soon on Sat 05, Dec 2015, 11:30:20
Just so YOU Know I'm still getting a good chuckle here everyday! At Least fer this old fart the cartoons have NOT gone unnoticed! RIDE SAFE.

I read 'em everyday

... I drew one last week:

-Mike

bigguy · Sun 06, Dec 2015, 10:53:46

Hubcap, old2soon, thanks. glad somebody is enjoying them.

I don't remember for sure, but this may have proceeded Miss Chickadee's vacation. She and Doc were talking about Edward staying with Doc while she was gone.

bigguy · Tue 08, Dec 2015, 05:50:39

This originally ran back in the days when desktop computers were first making their way into small offices.

bigguy · Wed 09, Dec 2015, 06:33:52

bigguy · Thu 10, Dec 2015, 08:37:50

bigguy · Fri 11, Dec 2015, 06:23:37

It may have been too subtle, but in the last panel, the computer is unplugged.

Anybody recognize the Trash-80?

bigguy · Sat 12, Dec 2015, 06:05:27

Bull wanted to go fishing, not catching.

bigguy · Sun 13, Dec 2015, 10:47:49

Doc and Bull, go camping.

old2soon · Sun 13, Dec 2015, 11:00:10

Quote from: bigguy on Sat 12, Dec 2015, 06:05:27
Bull wanted to go fishing, not catching.

When I'm up a my brothers place we try to git a little fishing in and he has informed me more than ONCE that it IS called fishing and not catching.

Course if you WANT fish the ultimate goal of 'fishing" IS "caching"!

RIDE SAFE.

bigguy · Mon 14, Dec 2015, 16:28:22

A man is not responsible for his dreams. But he may still get in trouble for them.

bigguy · Tue 15, Dec 2015, 09:22:22

Here's an earlier one. You can tell the style and lettering is a big more crude.

bigguy · Wed 16, Dec 2015, 06:11:02

Another early one.

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Blast from the past. Barndale