Cartoons of My Youth

I was more of a Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon kinda guy. I always eagerly awaited Dad’s return from the newspaper store on Sunday, so I could latch onto the comics section. Just sorry that the future so depicted never arrived in my lifetime...743B7C40-A886-41C7-89D5-1905C3D3DA6C.jpeg
 

old serials were shown along with cartoon

Ming the Merciless was one of my fave villains (from Flash Gordon):



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Li’l Abner by Al Capp was a comic strip that ran for 43 years from the 1930’s until the later 1970’s. It dealt with fictitious hillbillies living in the imaginary impoverished town of Dogpatch, and offered satirical commentary on society, politics, history, and human nature...

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One of the best days of my childhood was when my dad got transferred to the US (he was USAF). The man whose place he was taking had a son who had the world's largest comic book collection (to me, age 9). He gave it to me! That was back in the day when the one things AF brats could count on was that some of their favorite stuff would be left behind.
 
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