Does Zippy the Pinhead suffer from an extreme case of persistent cognitive dissonance, or is it more dissociative identity disorder? Whatever the diagnosis, Zippy utters every racing and intrusive thought that comes to his mind, such as it is. Where the comic strip becomes more accessible is when Bill Griffith, aka “Griffy,” is directly autobiographical, as is the case in today’s installment.
Zippy says, “I see everything in color, even black & white TV!”
Charles M. Schulz, back in the day when the opening of a new Macy’s was an event.
When caught in an unexpected social situation without a mask, you should improvise.
One of my favorite comic books as a kid was Dennis the Menace. I had a favorite Dennis artist, but I didn’t know his name was Al Wiseman until I was an adult. With the exception of a couple knobs for dials, this is an accurate drawing by Wiseman of a 1924 RCA Radiola AR-812.
The AR-812 is significant, because it was the first set available commercially to include the invention that made radio broadcasting a practical medium — Edwin Armstrong’s Superheterodyne circuit.
