Another Sadie Hawkins Day

One of those aspects of my youth which has gone away is the Sunday comics in the newspaper. Sure, they exist as a single page of limp offerings lacking a single shred of sophisticated humor ... but back in my childhood the comics section of the newspaper was a multipaged extravaganza of various cartoon depictions and situational humor we simply haven't seen since the start of the decline of the newspaper industry back in the 1980s.

Nowadays, the pitiful offerings make me think why even bother.

Among those comics I followed regularly was Li'l Abner by Al Capp about the hillbillies and their adventures and exploits.

Sadie Hawkins Day is an American folk event inspired by Mr Capp's comic strip. This began real-world Sadie Hawkins events as a result of the fun and frolic represented by it all and it's premise of women pursuing men for dates and dancing.

I must admit for a child the risque appearance of the attire of the ladies was a big plus for me in all my naieve interpretations of interpersonal relations and the entire thought of some female pursuing me instead of me pursuing them was likewise unprecedented in my thought processes up to that point.

I watched the movies, read the strips, and thoroughly enjoyed the Yokums, Scraggs, Hunks, and various pets throughout the years I read it each weekend. It's a shame that the newspaper industry has been so shoddy that they will likely go away in favor of the new electronic media presently displacing them like the hull of the titanic before striking the icebergs.