# big sister (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover big sister. Page: Feed: --- ## [Comic Strip History - Jiggs Dinner](https://blog.arkholt.com/jiggs-dinner) _2026-08-01 · Ben Carlsen · Blog.Arkholt_ This is a short follow-up to my previous post. Last month, while researching Dinty Moore specifically and Bringing Up Father generally, I came across… ## [Comic Strip History - Dinty Moore](https://blog.arkholt.com/dinty-moore) _2026-06-27 · Ben Carlsen · Blog.Arkholt_ Once again, coming to you from the "I had no idea how complicated this would be when I started" department, we have Dinty Moore, the well known brand… ## [Comic Strip History - The Grawlix](https://blog.arkholt.com/grawlix) _2026-04-25 · Ben Carlsen · Blog.Arkholt_ In times past, when I've covered words or phrases that originated in a comic strip, generally they had a major effect only on the English language,… ## [Unexpected Comic Strip Creators - Charles Addams](https://blog.arkholt.com/charles-addams) _2026-02-20 · Ben Carlsen · Blog.Arkholt_ Charles Addams is best known as the creator of The Addams Family, a group of strange, monster movie adjacent characters who first appeared as… ## [Unexpected Comic Strip Creators - Stan and Jan Berenstain](https://blog.arkholt.com/berenstains) _2026-01-30 · Ben Carlsen · Blog.Arkholt_ Stan and Jan Berenstain (not Berenstein, and no we will not be discussing the Mandela Effect today) are of course best known for creating the series… ## [The Dropouts, December 31, 1971](https://blog.arkholt.com/the-dropouts-1) _2025-12-31 · Ben Carlsen · Blog.Arkholt_ Click the image to see a larger version. Howard Post is best known for his work on various Harvey Comics publications, most notably Casper the… ## [Penny, December 28, 1961](https://blog.arkholt.com/penny-2) _2025-12-30 · Ben Carlsen · Blog.Arkholt_ Click the image to see a larger version. It's about time to wind down the Christmas season, and wind down the year, but of course people like to… ## [The Flibbertys, December 25, 1954](https://blog.arkholt.com/the-flibbertys-2) _2025-12-28 · Ben Carlsen · Blog.Arkholt_ Click the image to see a larger version. Unlike the last Flibbertys comic I posted, this time it's spelled correctly on the page. Similar to that… ## [Big Sister, December 28, 1954](https://blog.arkholt.com/big-sister-2) _2025-12-27 · Ben Carlsen · Blog.Arkholt_ Click the image to see a larger version. As you can probably gather from the dialogue in this strip, Big Sister and the boys found a lost puppy at… ## [Off The Record, December 25, 1954](https://blog.arkholt.com/off-the-record-3) _2025-12-26 · Ben Carlsen · Blog.Arkholt_ Click the image to see a larger version. Earlier this month I posted an Off The Record Sunday, noting that it was still a mystery to me why the Lambi… ## [Daily plans, scheduled by AI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/mhDY2MU14pYn) _2025-12-25 · **Sponsored**_ AI-made daily plans that schedule tasks and protect focus time. ## [There Ougtha Be A Law, December 25, 1971](https://blog.arkholt.com/there-oughta-be-a-law-2) _2025-12-25 · Ben Carlsen · Blog.Arkholt_ Click the image to see a larger version. A reminder to always write your gags and draw your comics far ahead of deadline so you don't end up working… ## [Channel Chuckles, December 24, 1954](https://blog.arkholt.com/channel-chuckles-2) _2025-12-24 · Ben Carlsen · Blog.Arkholt_ Click the image to see a larger version. Here's another pre-Family Circus era Billy on Bil Keane's first syndicated comic strip, Channel Chuckles. I… ## [The Flibbertys, December 23, 1954](https://blog.arkholt.com/the-flibbertys-1) _2025-12-23 · Ben Carlsen · Blog.Arkholt_ Click the image to see a larger version. The Flibbertys (misspelled here as "The Fibbertys") was a comic strip created by Ray Helle in September… ## [This Funny World, December 8, 1967](https://blog.arkholt.com/this-funny-world-1) _2025-12-22 · Ben Carlsen · Blog.Arkholt_ Click the image to see a larger version. This Funny World was an interesting strip. There was no consistent cartoonist, because it essentially… ## [Gasoline Alley, December 20, 1954](https://blog.arkholt.com/gasoline-alley-9) _2025-12-21 · Ben Carlsen · Blog.Arkholt_ Click the image to see a larger version. Gasoline Alley has been featured several times on this blog before, but it just continues to be a wonderful… ## [Big Sister, December 21,1954](https://blog.arkholt.com/big-sister-1) _2025-12-20 · Ben Carlsen · Blog.Arkholt_ Click the image to see a larger version. Big Sister was created by Les Forgrave in 1928. Forgrave wrote and drew it until his death in 1953. It was… ## [The Toodles, December 20, 1953](https://blog.arkholt.com/toodles-1) _2025-12-19 · Ben Carlsen · Blog.Arkholt_ Click the image to see a larger version. The Toodles was a domestic, family comic strip written by husband and wife team Stanley and Betsy Baer, and… ## [Moon Mullins, December 20, 1941](https://blog.arkholt.com/moon-mullins-4) _2025-12-18 · Ben Carlsen · Blog.Arkholt_ Click the image to see a larger version. Kayo once again needs to borrow money in order to buy a Christmas present, and Mamie is kind enough to be… ## [Side Glances, December 3, 1953](https://blog.arkholt.com/side-glances-1) _2025-12-17 · Ben Carlsen · Blog.Arkholt_ Click the image to see a larger version. Side Glances was a comic panel created by George Clark in 1928, which ran all the way up to 1985. Clark… ## [Smidgens, December 05, 1967](https://blog.arkholt.com/smidgens-1) _2025-12-16 · Ben Carlsen · Blog.Arkholt_ Click the image to see a larger version. Another Christmas obscurity, Smidgens was created by Bob Cordray in 1961 and ran until 1974. According to Al… ## [Collect Open Source Legends (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/qdVNUAgINHZz) _2025-12-15 · **Sponsored**_ Open-licensed art, limited foil trading packs, and optional on-chain mints. ## [Off the Record, December 18, 1938](https://blog.arkholt.com/off-the-record-2) _2025-12-15 · Ben Carlsen · Blog.Arkholt_ Click the image to see a larger version. A few years ago, I posted an Off the Record comic during December, which caused confusion when I looked up… ## [Lolly, December 5, 1965](https://blog.arkholt.com/lolly-1) _2025-12-14 · Ben Carlsen · Blog.Arkholt_ Click the image to see a larger version. Lolly, by Pete Hansen, was a comic strip about a young woman named Lolly who lived with her grandmother and… ## [Smitty, December 20, 1953](https://blog.arkholt.com/smitty-5) _2025-12-13 · Ben Carlsen · Blog.Arkholt_ Click the image to see a larger version. Smitty started life in 1922 as a 13-year-old office boy (you may have seen him on this blog before). Here we… ## [Bessie, December 22, 1947](https://blog.arkholt.com/bessie-1) _2025-12-12 · Ben Carlsen · Blog.Arkholt_ Click the image to see a larger version. Bessie by Nick Penn is another comic strip obscurity that I couldn't find much information on. It was… ## [The Timid Soul, December 21, 1947](https://blog.arkholt.com/the-timid-soul-2) _2025-12-11 · Ben Carlsen · Blog.Arkholt_ Click the image to see a larger version. I always love returning to Caspar Milquetoast, because I feel a certain kinship with him. While I make gifts… ## [Mr. and Mrs., December 21, 1947](https://blog.arkholt.com/mr-and-mrs-5) _2025-12-10 · Ben Carlsen · Blog.Arkholt_ Click the image to see a larger version. It looks like Mr. has taken Thornsby's advice from yesterday and read A Christmas Carol, which has… ## [Thornsby, December 5, 1974](https://blog.arkholt.com/thornsby-1) _2025-12-09 · Ben Carlsen · Blog.Arkholt_ Click the image to see a larger version. Thornsby was a single panel comic that ran from 1973 to 1975. It seems to be a bit of an obscurity, as I… ## [Our Boarding House, December 1, 1957](https://blog.arkholt.com/our-boarding-house-3) _2025-12-08 · Ben Carlsen · Blog.Arkholt_ Click the image to see a larger version. Last time I posted Our Boarding House for Christmas was way back in 2016, so it's high time for another one.… ## [Tell It Like It Is, December 2, 1974](https://blog.arkholt.com/tell-it-like-it-is-1) _2025-12-07 · Ben Carlsen · Blog.Arkholt_ Click the image to see a larger version. Ralph Dunagin was an editorial cartoonist for the Orlando Sentinel who also worked on a few syndicated comic… ## [AI publishing with human taste (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/IVOC0VkV1SHr) _2025-12-06 · **Sponsored**_ Convert AI research into blogs, podcasts, and newsletters with optional human review. ## [Henry, December 1, 1957](https://blog.arkholt.com/henry-1) _2025-12-06 · Ben Carlsen · Blog.Arkholt_ Click the image to see a larger version. Henry is so ubiquitous when I'm searching through old newspapers for winter and Christmas themed comic…