It was the 107th anniversary of this comic strip so it was showcased on Google's home page in a fantastic, multilayered animation.
I was enthralled so I looked into it. This is literally from 1905.
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I have often thought, when thinking of the first two decades of the 20th century, that we went backwards from the depression onward. Our cultural conservatism served us well during WWII, when it was good vs. evil. Light vs. dark. These same values demanded revision under the complexity of Vietnam and the global era. It was this