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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsDoes anyone else remember Dondi? The comic strip
I read it when I was a kid. I think it raised my awareness, even if I don't remember a lot about it.
He was a Korean War orphan if I remember correctly.
Marthe48
(16,975 posts)but the writers harked back to WWII orphans.
With his name and appearance, I always thought he was italian.
Fla Dem
(23,691 posts)Dondi is a daily comic strip about a large-eyed war orphan of the same name. Created by Gus Edson and Irwin Hasen, it ran in more than 100 newspapers for ...
End date: June 8, 1986
Illustrator(s): Irwin Hasen
Launch date: September 25, 1955
Author(s): Gus Edson (19551967); Bob Oks
Paper Roses
(7,473 posts)It was during or just after the Korean war.
Mister Ed
(5,940 posts)That's the memory that stands out for me. I was very young - kindergarten age - when I read the strip.
Walleye
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(28,264 posts)Fair warning: it made the "Fifty Worst Films Of All Time" book.
pressbox69
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(115,735 posts)but the other characters didn't. Also it wasn't funny; I liked the funny cartoons, which is why I also thought Mark Trail sucked. It still does, more than ever.
Maybe his eyes represented wide-eyed wonder. Dondi wasn't my favorite. I just liked devouring the funnies and as I got older, other parts of the paper.
I did like Mark Trail. I've always like learning wood lore.