Wednesday, June 5, 2024

NOTES - JUNE 2024

Memes of Yore - Sheep vs Cows

It's not at all surprising that there was conflict between sheep and cattle farmers in the Old West - human tribalism alone might have accounted for that without the sometimes conflicting needs of the two industries coming into play - but the insistence of early Western media that the cattlemen were RIGHT, DAMMIT and those dirty sheep farmers were nothing but a bunch of crooks suitable only for roles as sneaking villains is a bit baffling. (Wonder Comics 001, 1939)

Honours:

Newsreel camerawoman Patty O'Day breaks up a spy ring and gets a personal letter of thanks from FDR! (Wonderworld Comics 005, 1939)

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