To enjoy yesterday’s Henry, we must remove from our cultural archives all traces of The Boys from Brazil, The Shining, and Village of the Damned. We must place ourselves in a world in which jobs are advertised on pieces of paper taped to store windows. Also, a world without an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Also, without photocopiers. In the Henry world, copies are made with an A. B. Dick Mimeograph or some second-rate duplicating machine. Perhaps a Dubble?
Here is a wonderful advertisement for A. B. Dick. I like its clarity and conviction:
[Life, November 11, 1940. Click for a larger view and greater conviction.]
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All OCA Henry posts (Pinboard)
Mimeograph duplicator (another Life ad)
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Did Henry have a cat? I seem to remember one that followed him. Perhaps a different comic strip.
I don’t think so. There’s Henry’s mother, his “girl” Henrietta, and a bully. His household seems to have any number of relatives floating in and out. Makes me think of Depression life.
i liked the Wikipedia article on Henry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_(comics)
(I too thought I'd seen a cat with Henry, but perhaps it was a street stray.)
Interesting article. The linked piece about African-American characters in the strip is especially interesting.
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