tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post3438059802696701088..comments2024-03-28T18:49:48.571-04:00Comments on Joe Torcivia's The Issue At Hand Blog: On Sale March 28, 2018: SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 36 from DC Comics. Joe Torciviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-76575320366913985022018-04-21T11:53:28.220-04:002018-04-21T11:53:28.220-04:00As a postscript to previous comments, I have read ...As a postscript to previous comments, I have read both the first appearance of ANGEL AND THE APE in SHOWCASE # 77, and the first issue of the 1970 reprint series of THE THREE MOUSEKETEERS, and enjoyed them both thoroughly! <br /><br />ANGEL AND THE APE was what I was expecting. Good humor and comics-genre satire, not unlike INFERIOR FIVE. But, THE THREE MOUSEKETEERS was something else entirely – and, at least based on that first reprint issue (which reprinted EVERY story that appeared in the first issue of the original 1950s series), very <i>UNLIKE</i> TOM AND JERRY, or any of the other DC funny animal series with cats or mice in them like FLIPPITY AND FLOP or TWIDDLE AND TWADDLE! <br /><br />It was a very funny – and META – experience! I will definitely be reading more of both! <br /><br /><b><i>…And, all thanks to the great people who comment here, for recommending them! </i></b> <br /><br />…More posting soon… once I become less (all together now) <i>“horrifically busy”</i>!Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-32903134834147103942018-04-19T11:35:20.694-04:002018-04-19T11:35:20.694-04:00Lupan:
You write: “ …it was the closest I'd...Lupan: <br /><br />You write: <i>“ …it was the closest I'd ever come to buying a non-Disney comic, so I'd still consider it a win on your part.”</i><br /><br />I’ll take that <i>“win”</i> and be happy with it! <br /><br />Besides, I would never argue against purchasing any Gladstone comics! <br /><br />And, one great thing about comics is that, if you don’t buy SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 36 today (…and assuming all copies do not sell out), it’ll still be around next week, the week after, and so on for about a month. Even after that, it will be available as a back-issue, perhaps slightly higher-priced, but with a bag and backing-board. But, it will be there for you, when you decide to try a non-Disney comic. <br /><br />And, of ANY current non-Disney comics that I presently read, I would give SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP my highest recommendation. Every issue is, in one way or another, a gem!Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-30194526427224846232018-04-19T11:33:38.252-04:002018-04-19T11:33:38.252-04:00Achille:
You write: “…I… you're right, box...Achille: <br /><br />You write: <i>“…I… you're right, boxdamnit, they don't dress as musketeers…”</i><br /><br />Whew! That’s a relief!<br /><br />Glad to know I’m not <i>“…seeing things that aren’t there”</i>, or much WORSE <i>“…NOT seeing things that ARE there”</i>! Such things CAN happen when one spends too much time with your head down inside one’s old comic boxes! Or, spends too much time translating and dialoguing new ones! Every now and then, I must come up for air! …And sanity! <br /><br />…Then, I look around at the world at large, listen to a little news, and decide there’s very little sanity out there, and dive right back in to the boxes and translating! Gosh, it’s a wonderful life! …Not to mention a great title for a movie! <br /><br />Regardless of dress, I expect The Three Mouseketeers to be a good “cat and mouse” romp, a la the Tom and Jerry comics. I’ll soon see…Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-88909889995257810882018-04-18T22:13:26.623-04:002018-04-18T22:13:26.623-04:00Normally, I don't read any comics that aren...Normally, I don't read any comics that aren't Disney comics, but your review of this comic made me come <i>very close</i> to purchasing "Too Many Kooks" last time I was at my local comic store. I say "very close" because it turned out the store also had many back issues of Gladstone's <i>Uncle Scrooge Adventures</i> which I didn't own, so I bought those instead, but still, it was the closest I'd ever come to buying a non-Disney comic, so I'd still consider it a win on your part.Lupan Evezannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-13779769303000505652018-04-18T11:40:38.456-04:002018-04-18T11:40:38.456-04:00I… you're right, boxdamnit, they don't dre...I… you're right, boxdamnit, they <i>don't</i> dress as musketeers; but kid-me, unfamiliar with such sailor suits as regular wear, and not making the connection with Donald's — because Donald's suit is black in comic-lore, and his hat is rather different, and smaller — just kind of "saw" the blue suit and big blue hat as a clumsy Musketeer costume. Huh. That's really how I remember it.Achille Talonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636339293230261724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-58205472298567100112018-04-18T03:12:37.534-04:002018-04-18T03:12:37.534-04:00Achille:
If The Three Mouseketeers “dressed up ...Achille: <br /><br />If The Three Mouseketeers <i>“dressed up as musketeers”</i>, there’s nothing to indicate that by viewing <a href="https://www.comics.org/series/1935/covers/" rel="nofollow"><b>the covers of the 1970-1971 reprint series</b></a>, issues of which I’m still waiting to receive, or <a href="https://www.comics.org/series/1197/covers/" rel="nofollow"><b> the covers of the 1956-1960 original series</b></a> which I might later consider, based upon both price and my enjoyment of the reprint series (…once I somehow find the time to read it)! <br /><br />…In fact, the fat one even dresses like Donald Duck! I guess wearing a “sailor suit” was once “a thing” for kids to do in bygone days, just like <a href="http://tiahblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/questions-youve-never-asked-why-white.html" rel="nofollow"><b>those ubiquitous “white gloves”</b></a> worn by so many characters created before the 1960s! <br /><br />Perhaps they “dressed as musketeers”, maybe even regularly, in the interior stories. If so, I will eventually see that, as opposed to <a href="https://www.comics.org/series/1253/covers/" rel="nofollow"><b>this spin-off of Tom and Jerry</b></a> where Jerry and Tuffy (not to mention Tom) ACTUALLY WERE “Musketeers” – and (per the sub-series of animated shorts from which this series was derived, if not explicitly in the comics themselves) in France, yet! <br /><br />And, I guess my presumption of <i>“Three Wild Mice”</i> as a suitable “non-musketeer-ish” alternative to <i>“ The Three Mouseketeers”</i> once the Disney lawyers (again, presumably) came a-knockin’, is just one more reason (…of VERY, VERY many) why I will never find myself “editing comics internationally”, as David Gerstein does so superbly! <br /><br />I absolutely love the notion of <i> Vive le Vent/Long Live the Wind”</i> as an alternative to the festive <i>Jingle Bells”</i>!!! I must hear that, someday! And, of course no words are sung in this example but, when The Three Stooges play in France, you are getting <i>“Three Blind Mice”</i> as their opening theme in many of their shorts – unless the soundtrack is altered. <br /><br />Completely shifting gears, I’m so glad you and so many others have given this comment thread such an “extended life”, as I’ve simply been unable to move ahead with my plans for the next “milestone post”, due to a never-ending series of commitments! <br /><br />Whod’a thunk there would be such great interest in this unfortunately now-obscure collection of DC characters and titles. Speaking of which, I’ve actually found enough time to read “the first six pages” of the first appearance of ANGEL AND THE APE in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/22149/" rel="nofollow"><b>SHOWCASE # 77 (1968)</b></a> and, so far so good! <i>“Golly, there sure are a lot of links in this comment!”</i><br /><br />…And ANGEL AND THE APE (all together now) <i>“would have gotten away from me, if not for those meddling kids”</i> (…of SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP)!Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-16017444863450064672018-04-16T15:34:45.498-04:002018-04-16T15:34:45.498-04:00Well, they do dress up as musketeers and have a so...Well, they do dress up as musketeers and have a sort of musketeer code/comradery, don't they? With how famous <i>The Three Musketeers</i> is in France (in a simplified, kid-friendly version of the story, at least), the impression one gets — of these three (mouse) kids dressing up and playing musketeers — is quite believable, and not too different from what Barks's Junior Woodchucks felt like before they were made into the hypercompetent dogooders we know and love.<br /><br />While <i>Three Wild Mice</i> is a very good pun (could it possibly be otherwise in your hands?), you're wrong in thinking it would translate any better than the "<i>Mouseketeers</i>" pun. Nursery Rhymes, as their name implies, are heavily based on rhyme, rhythm and wordplay; as a result, they are far from international. Frenchmen have never heard, under any version, of Three Blind Mice, any more than I presume you've heard of our <i>Ne pleure pas, Jeanette</i>/<i>Don't Cry, Jeanette</i>. And assuming some such songs made their way across borders, they'd do so with the same tune but completely changed lyrics to match the syllable count. For instance, it is unavoidably true, yet objectively hilarious, that <i>Jingle Bells</i> is quite famous in France… with a completley different set of lyrics that are an ode to the winter winds, known as <i>Vive le Vent</i>/<i>Long Live the Wind</i>.Achille Talonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636339293230261724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-53922267577532849502018-04-15T13:44:28.775-04:002018-04-15T13:44:28.775-04:00Achille:
But, if they were just “three mice and...Achille: <br /><br />But, if they were just <i>“three mice and a cat in a domestic setting”</i>, as is indicated by <a href="https://www.comics.org/series/1935/covers/" rel="nofollow"><b>the series covers</b></a>, and not unlike Tom and Jerry, <a href="http://tiahblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/dvd-review-herman-and-katnip-complete.html" rel="nofollow"><b>Herman and Katnip</b></a>, or Pixie, Dixie, and Mister Jinks, how is the <i>“Musketeer angle”</i> in any way applicable? Their comradery, perhaps? <br /><br />While that title was a very good pun, as long as it didn’t run afoul of Disney lawyers, I still like my suggestion of <i>“Three Wild Mice”</i>, or some other such derivative of <i>“Three Blind Mice”</i> which, due to the nursery rhyme, I’ll assume translates into most languages. <br /><br />I guess I’ll soon see, when I get four copies of the reprint series delivered during the coming week. I got the earliest copies of ANGEL AND THE APE before the weekend too – but, quite characteristically for me of late, have not found any time to look at them yet. <br /><br />Seems I’ll have a lot of fun reading ahead of me.Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-63050903194837645452018-04-15T11:18:37.313-04:002018-04-15T11:18:37.313-04:00Yup, these are those Mouseketeers alright. (Of cou...Yup, these are those Mouseketeers alright. (Of course, in France, they were just called the Three Musketeers — the Mouse/Mus pun just doesn't work.)Achille Talonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636339293230261724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-26713515455358534682018-04-12T16:32:26.690-04:002018-04-12T16:32:26.690-04:00And, thanks to your comment, and my response, this...And, thanks to your comment, and my response, this post currently has <i>two more</i> <a href="http://duckcomicsrevue.blogspot.com/2018/04/astro-pooch.html" rel="nofollow"><b>than his</b></a>! <br /> <br />GeoX is a friend who hosts a great Blog. I’d never think of competing with him for accumulated comments… <br /><br /><i>…Unless there’s some sort of cash prize involved!</i> :-)Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-82856876136410096922018-04-12T16:18:39.033-04:002018-04-12T16:18:39.033-04:00Hey, I just noticed that this comment section now ...Hey, I just noticed that this comment section now has the same amount of comments as the most recent post on Duck Comics Revue: http://duckcomicsrevue.blogspot.com/2018/04/astro-pooch.html<br />(well, I mean, it won't <i>now</i>, but it did before this comment was posted).Lupan Evezannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-5561832719004214532018-04-10T22:19:33.163-04:002018-04-10T22:19:33.163-04:00Scarecrow:
Well, at least we were on the same wav...Scarecrow:<br /><br />Well, at least we were on the same wavelength. <br /><br />Very glad to hear that about <i>THREE MOUSEKETEERS</i> because, literally moments before receiving your comment, I just ordered four issues of the reprint series, which I will be experiencing for the first time! …I’ll let you know what I think, once they arrive.<br /><br />Though, I'd say they have an uphill battle vs. Harvey Eisenberg's TOM AND JERRY - especially of the early/mid 1950s! THAT, I would say is one of the <i>"funniest comics ever!"</i><br /><br />However, given our other "known commonalities" in comics, I have no doubt I'll enjoy it, if you recommend it so highly!Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-70726664286094518522018-04-10T21:52:34.051-04:002018-04-10T21:52:34.051-04:00In the 1990's, Jimmy Olsen had a gig as "...In the 1990's, Jimmy Olsen had a gig as "Turtle Boy" on his own TV show. This played a minor role in the early part of the "Doomsday" storyline. But, yes, it was the "turtle" reference to Jimmy Olsen to which I was referring! So your leap was not at all "unreasonable!" Close, as a matter of fact...only missed it by 3 decades!<br /><br />And Sheldon Mayer's "Three Mousketeers" has got to qualify as one of the funniest comics ever!scarecrow33https://www.blogger.com/profile/10552306802823617940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-56528861858334482642018-04-10T12:28:28.237-04:002018-04-10T12:28:28.237-04:00Elaine:
My guess was that Scarecrow meant “Giant ...Elaine:<br /><br />My guess was that Scarecrow meant <i>“Giant Turtle Boy Jimmy Olsen”</i> all along! So much so that, not only was I quite ashamed for not thinking of it, but I even *saw* his comment as reading <i>“…During the <b>1960s”</b></i> in my mind’s eye. <br /><br />I suppose the only true clarification would have to come from him but, as this was a recurring part of the <i>“wild and wonderful sixties that I love”</i> (…especially for Jimmy Olsen, even more so than most other characters), I think my presumptuous leap was not all that unreasonable. <br /><br />My guess is that, Disney would claim “ownership” of the term <i>“Mouseketeers”</i>, and certainly most ordinary persons would likely see it that way as well. If DC had any interest whatsoever in reviving those characters, they would have to rename the feature, because it simply wouldn’t be worth the expense of defending a series name that few folks even remember. <br /><br />So, <i>“Three Wild Mice”</i>, anyone? Best I could do on such short notice… <br /><br />On that subject there IS the case of the <b>1953</b> Dell MGM Tom and Jerry spinoff title <a href="https://www.comics.org/series/1253/covers/" rel="nofollow"><b>MOUSE MUSKETEERS</b></a>, the first three issues of which were titled <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/173242/cover/4/" rel="nofollow"><b>THE TWO MOUSEKETEERS </b></a>, before rebranding itself as <i>MOUSE MUSKETEERS</i> <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/173379/cover/4/" rel="nofollow"><b>IN LATE 1955!</b></a><br /> <br />Perhaps, not so coincidently, THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB began airing in 1955. You decide… <br /><br />Actually, I do have some vague memories of <i>“The Musketeer”</i> as part of <i>“The Club of Heroes”</i> that is mentioned in <a href="http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Musketeer_(New_Earth)" rel="nofollow"><b>YOUR LINK</b></a>. <br /><br />Yes, when (presumably Michael Maltese, because the animated series has him “written all over it”) did the <i>“unconnected-yet-fully-operating-take-anywhere-personal-phone-bit”</i> in the early sixties, it was actually a good gag. Especially at its most improbable, like when Touché once received a call from a meek Julius Caesar (!) to request help in vanquishing Brutus! <br /><br />And, double-yes, Sholly Fisch could ABSOLUTELY make a contemporary gag work from that! I hope he someday gets the chance!Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-39273249983038985142018-04-10T11:35:19.515-04:002018-04-10T11:35:19.515-04:00TC:
Yes, you must mean THIS later reprint series!...TC:<br /><br />Yes, you must mean <a href="https://www.comics.org/series/1935/covers/" rel="nofollow"><b>THIS</b></a> later reprint series! <br /><br />Funny thing was that I NEVER SAW IT! If I had, I might have given it a try! Coincidently, if the cover dates – and DC’s advance use of them – is any indication, this series appeared at pretty much the same time that Charlton (Shudder!) wrested the classic Hanna-Barbera character license from Gold Key… so perhaps I was <i>“too traumatized”</i> to notice! <br /><br />But, more likely as to WHY I never saw it, this might seem odd to the younger members of our readership, or those who live in countries with different – often better – sensibilities than ours <i>(Wink to our friend Achille Talon!)</i>, but here goes... <br /><br />In my youth, in the near eastern suburbs of New York City, comic books were found only on newsstands, or in what we used to call “candy stores” or “luncheonettes”. Unlike the sparsity of today’s modern comic-book shops, these stores were EVERYWHERE, with many of them in reasonable walking distance of most kids, so comic books were easy for everyone to find. <br /><br />However, no one such outlet ever <i>“got them all”</i>, nor would any shopkeeper of the time expect to devote that much of his or her small store space to such a low-margin, high-return, item. So, once I became more diligent in the pursuit <i>(…You probably all know by now, as a result of <a href="http://tiahblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/comic-book-letter-of-comment-mickey.html" rel="nofollow"><b>THIS</b></a>),</i> I expanded my search well beyond my “corner store” and my immediate environs, walking to the furthest reaches of the four corners of my town, hitting multiple outlets in my (not always successful) quest. <br /><br />My original “Peak” comics-reading years as a young lad were 1964 to about 1971. …Then, girls took over and that was a whole ‘nother story! But, for the last 3-4 years of that period, I was not just covering my town and my county on foot and transit… but regularly taking busses into the NYC Borough of QUEENS, including the still-memorable “Earth Day 1970”, which I just noticed that I never wrote about here <i>(though I did so in the old “paper hard-copy days of TIAH”)</i>, so I can’t link to it now! <br /><br />Still, there were many things that managed to elude me, until the day in 1980 (!) that I discovered that I could recover those “lost treasures” as back issues. I gotta write about THAT too…. I also did so in the <i>“paper hard-copy days of TIAH”</i>! <br /><br />And, despite ALL THAT, which was going on during the 1970-1971 time period of these THREE MOUSEKETEERS reprints, I still don’t recall seeing them! Maybe I’ll at least give the (presumably cheaper) reprint series a try, as I did with ANGEL AND THE APE! …Still waiting on delivery of those, so can’t report on ‘em yet!Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-86490051759694213882018-04-10T10:19:19.165-04:002018-04-10T10:19:19.165-04:00But wait...Scarecrow said "during the 1990...But wait...Scarecrow said "during the 1990's" and the issue you show is from 1961...I'm confused! <br /><br />Since the Three Mouseketeers were DC characters, *they* could actually team up with Touché, in theory. Unless Disney lawyers were to prevent them from using the name. Since they used it in print contemporaneously with The Mickey Mouse Club, though, it's not clear to me how Disney could complain. Unless the comic stopped publishing back in the day because Disney lawyers fired a warning volley at DC....<br /><br />Have you ever run into that obscure DC character known as The Musketeer? http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Musketeer_(New_Earth)<br /><br />It does occur to me that any contemporary comic or cartoon featuring Touché would have to deal with the fact that carrying around a phone concealed on your person which works despite not being connected to any physical network is no longer particularly funny. I suppose Sholly Fisch could come up with appropriate jokes to handle the problem, though. <br /><br />It could be fun to see Dum Dum interact with Bouncing Boy....Elainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-66478817101755451082018-04-09T23:47:30.369-04:002018-04-09T23:47:30.369-04:00DC's also published a Three Mouseketeers comic...DC's also published a Three Mouseketeers comic in 1970; IIRC, it ran for seven issues, and reprinted the Sheldon Mayer stuff from the late 1950s. TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13686814973788356726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-34842982409070464122018-04-09T21:52:01.184-04:002018-04-09T21:52:01.184-04:00Awww, Scarecrow… Why didn’t *I* think of this! …...Awww, Scarecrow… Why didn’t *I* think of this! …Like Sylvester Junior, <i>“I’m SO ashamed!”</i>. Anyone got a bag to cover my head? <br /><br />Clearly, <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/16305/cover/4/" rel="nofollow"><b>THIS</b></a> is what we’re referring to!Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-55899264987113006522018-04-09T21:46:28.962-04:002018-04-09T21:46:28.962-04:00Achille:
I can only guess that it was THIS DC SER...Achille:<br /><br />I can only guess that it was <a href="https://www.comics.org/series/1197/covers/" rel="nofollow"><b>THIS DC SERIES</b></a>! <br /><br />I didn’t read this one either. It ended about the time my grandmother began buying comics for me, and setting me on a life-long trajectory that resulted in whatever it is that I do today! Along with most Dells, and some Harveys, she DID buy me THE FOX AND THE CROW, SUGAR AND SPIKE, and the next to last issue of FLIPPITY AND FLOP! ...Throughout my childhood, I occasionally wondered why I never saw another FLIPPITY AND FLOP – and never would see it again until I discovered back-issue dealers. <br /><br />Interesting that THE THREE MOUSEKETEERS and THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB came into being at just about the same time. Each used the word <i>“Mouseketeers”</i> in its own way… and there were no issues of copyright of which I’m aware. …I don’t think that series would be able to appear under its original name today!Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-65640700541171879722018-04-09T21:26:34.583-04:002018-04-09T21:26:34.583-04:00You know which DC character I would team up with T...You know which DC character I would team up with Touche Turtle?<br /><br />Jimmy Olsen!<br /><br />It's a good match because...well, it has something to do with Jimmy's extra-curricular activities during the 1990's. <br /><br />That's my one hint for now.<br /><br />Bring it on...Jimmy and Touche! All for one and one for...ouch!scarecrow33https://www.blogger.com/profile/10552306802823617940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-75006169906328015542018-04-09T17:10:37.189-04:002018-04-09T17:10:37.189-04:00Any clue about those Mouse Musketeers, though? The...Any clue about those Mouse Musketeers, though? There were three of them, gray, real-mouse-sized…Achille Talonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636339293230261724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-33233567521724619962018-04-09T16:22:14.340-04:002018-04-09T16:22:14.340-04:00Alas, nobody ever reprinted it here either! I jus...Alas, nobody ever reprinted it here either! I just know it from my old back issues!Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-78234367509298324292018-04-09T16:09:27.864-04:002018-04-09T16:09:27.864-04:00Concerning Twiddle and Twaddle: I've never see...Concerning Twiddle and Twaddle: I've never <i>seen</i> them, but they might well have been anyway. I came a bit late to that party, and only know of those old books what I could find in secondhand bookstores and the like — nobody ever reprinted that stuff, see.Achille Talonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636339293230261724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-3773404974170139912018-04-09T15:21:51.088-04:002018-04-09T15:21:51.088-04:00We always enjoy it when you “pop by”, Achille!
...We always enjoy it when you “pop by”, Achille! <br /><br />I’m guessing the <i>“ Li'l Wolf-type feature”</i> you refer to was <i>“Peter Porkchops”</i>. I don’t believe I ever read that one, but I know it from the ads in REAL SCREEN, FOX AND CROW, etc, and from the imaginative use of the characters in the 1980s CAPTAIN CARROT AND HIS AMAZING ZOO CREW. <br /><br />Did you have <i>“Twiddle and Twaddle”</i> under some other name as well? <br /><br />Enjoy your trip!Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-1997037712413080072018-04-09T15:04:50.662-04:002018-04-09T15:04:50.662-04:00Just popping by to add (since you brought them up)...Just popping by to add (since you brought them up) that <i>Flippity and Flop</i> (under the title <i>Flip et Flop</i>) were, along with <i>Hound and Hare</i>, the 'Mouse Musketeers" series I mentioned earlier, and a <i>Li'l Wolf</i>-type feature whose Enlighs name is unknown to me, a regular back feature of the <i>Foxie</i> books.<br /><br />Also, I should probably warn you that I will be in Sicily for all of this week, starting tomorrow, and bereft of a working computer for the duration. So Joe, don't be surprised if I don't comment on any insightful posts you may put up before Sunday.Achille Talonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636339293230261724noreply@blogger.com