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Jerry J. Fosdick - Fosdick's evil twin con-man brother; after he finds out about Prudence Pimpleton's 17-year engagement (+ steak dinners) to Fosdick, Jerry J. Fosdick switches clothing with Fosdick and takes his place so he can "marry" (i.e. steal her money) Prudence Pimpleton; Fosdick "stops" the "wedding" at the last minute! (August 24, 1975)
Fearless Fosdick was a comic strip-within-the-strip parody of Chester Gould's plainclothes detective, Dick Tracy. It first appeared in 1942 and ran intermittently in Li'l Abner over the next 35 years. Gould was also personally parodied in the series as cartoonist Lester Gooch — the small and occasionally deranged creator of Fearless Fosdick.
Joe Btfsplk, the world's worst jinx, in this excerpt from the March 20, 1947 strip. Joe Btfsplk is a character in the satirical comic strip Li'l Abner by cartoonist Al Capp.The hapless Btfsplk means well, but he is "the world's worst jinx" [citation needed] and brings disastrous misfortune to everyone around him.
Gould was parodied personally in the series as cartoonist "Lester Gooch"—the diminutive, much-harassed and occasionally deranged "creator" of Fosdick. The style of the Fosdick sequences closely mimicks Tracy, including the urban setting, the outrageous villains, the galloping mortality rate, the crosshatched shadows, and even the lettering style.
Werner G. Goering was born on 1 January 1924, [1] the son of Karl Goering, a gardener employed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and his wife Adele.He had an older brother, Karl Jr. [2] The family spoke German at home. [3]
The lawsuit alleges that Fearless Fund’s grant program, which awards Black women small business owners $20,000 four times a year in partnership with Mastercard, is discriminatory against ...
The founder of a Florida-based neo-Nazi group was convicted Monday of conspiring with his former girlfriend to plan an attack on Maryland’s power grid in furtherance of their shared racist beliefs.
On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Frida relaunch in the U.S., CEO Chelsea Hirschhorn looks back at the "blind naivete" that let her believe the snotsucker could go mainstream.