The Berrys, by Walt Ditzen: April 7, 1944. While filling in for Carl Grubert during World War Two, Walt Ditzen grew increasingly tired of drawing the elaborate lamp in the Berry bedroom. This strip was his solution. (Source: Mort Walker’s Backstage at the Strips: 1975).
One of my favorite Cul de Sac comics:
Not really an LOL, but was this a real thing?
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Yeah, screen magnifiers were and are a real thing and the old ones looked like that, with the front curved. In the ’80s there was a resurgence of them for PC monitors, but cheap overseas manufacturing flooded the market with bad, flimsy ones.
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What’s with the “achoo” panel? Is there a joke?
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@Powers Just what it would be like to stand on Monet’s Bridge over a Pond of Waterlilies if you suffer from hay fever.
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I saw exactly one television magnifier in real life in the early 80s at a school friend’s house. Yeah, the picture was bigger, but it was also distorted. That would have been more annoying than the smaller picture, and it wouldn’t have lasted a day for me!
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As for the “Achoo!” comic, anyone who suffers from seasonal allergies will get this one immediately.
The suddenly explosion of springtime life and color is beautifully breathtaking, but you can only enjoying between sneezes.
Neti pot, Flonase, Zyrtec. Lather, rinse, repeat.
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