Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Advice d'Amour MARY WORTH featuring TOM KANE

Comics' Best-Known Little Old Lady/Busybody Returns...

...with a never-reprinted compilation from her still-ongoing newspaper comic strip!







Appearing in the Standard Comics one-shot Major Hoople Comics (1943), this 1942 tale by "Dale Allen" (Co-creators writer Allen Saunders and artist Dale Connor) introduced Connie Barclay, who ends up marrying ongoing character Tom Kane, and the two then fade from the series.
Ironically, Dale Connor left the strip shortly after this.
Ken Ernst, the longest-running illustrator on the strip began his run, which would continue until he passed away in 1985.
As we mentioned, the series continues to this day, one of the few to survive from the 1930s to the present without a break!
Check out the current Mary Worth strip HERE! and a cool article about the series (with timeline) HERE!

Next Week:
Another Annoying Busybody Offers Love Advice!
And We Can Say...
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out If You Miss It!
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Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Advice d'Amour MR ANTHONY'S LOVE CLINIC "I Thought You Were Single"

We've Met This Real-Life Romance Know-It-All Before...

...as seen HERE, but you won't see him this time until near the end of this sorrowful tale, when he'll dispense his "Advice d'Amour"!









This never-reprinted tale from Hillman's Mr Anthony's Love Clinic #3 (1950) showed the title's namesake knew his stuff...at least when it came to matters of the heart!

Next Week...
Another Busybody Who Believes He/She Knows What's Best for Our Love Lives!
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out If You Miss It!
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Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Advice d'Amour DR ANTHONY KING: HOLLYWOOD LOVE DOCTOR "Dr. Anthony King, Hollywood Psychiatrist"

This Month, We Return to a Previous Topic...

...busybodies who, solicited (as in this case) or unsolicited, will offer their advice to set your off-the-rails love life back on-course!
(Is it just me or is that grin in the splash panel somewhat...disturbing?)





This premiere tale from the good doctor's first issue of Toby's Dr Anthony King: Hollywood Love Doctor (1951) can't make up it's mind if it's a detective tale or a romance story.
And while the first issue emphasized an entertainment industry connection, the second issue dropped "Hollywood" from the title and he started treating the miserable love lives of everyday people!
The artist is Myron Fass.
But, sadly, the writer is unknown.

Next Week:
Another Story Hosted by Someone Who Believes He/She is Qualified to Solve Other People's Problems!
You'll Cry Your Eyes Out if You Miss It!
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