Seen but not bought: a Yankee Doodles lunchbox from the 1970s. What is Yankee Doodles?! I just found out it was a bicentennial themed syndicated comic strip that ran for a couple of years. It poked fun at the founding fathers. As Allan Holtz writes: “Given that Americans aren't all that keen on ridiculing the founding fathers, the gags could often veer from tepid to mildly offensive. It was a tight-rope walk that I certainly wouldn't wish on a cartoonist.”
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Ger Apeldoorn has more strips here.
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That's in rough shape, but it's a cool find! If I ever get back to my Bicentennial Comics blog, I'll do an entry on Yankee Doodles. I've found a lot of examples of the feature.
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