tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post6761108296837273649..comments2024-03-22T19:13:05.266-04:00Comments on The Dusty Bookcase: An Intrepid Reporter's Mysterious DisappearanceBrian Busbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-4752117975048705392011-08-14T17:05:57.355-04:002011-08-14T17:05:57.355-04:00Ah, a Canadian answer to Brenda Starr... perhaps w...Ah, a Canadian answer to Brenda Starr... perhaps with Rachel McAdams in the film adaptation. Apart from <i>Jim Buchanon</i>, I'm not sure we had any other English reality strips. (I'm betting there were a couple in the French papers.)<br /><br /><i>Mary Worth</i> was carried by <i>The Gazette</i>. In fact, she was often sandwiched between <i>Jim Buchanon</i> and <i>Mark Trail</i>. (Sorry, couldn't resist.)<br /><br />I remember reading <i>Mark Trail</i> as a child, but <i>Mary Worth</i> held no interest. It was like <i>The Edge of Night</i> in print, but with much slower story lines.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-81372171466860072972011-08-14T11:28:41.474-04:002011-08-14T11:28:41.474-04:00I wonder if Canada also had its own version of Bre...I wonder if Canada also had its own version of Brenda Starr, adventurous girl reporter? It was turned into a bad movie with Brooke Shields. I liked all these "reality" comics. I remember Gil Thorpe (a high school athlete), Steve Canyon (US Air Force vet turned adventurer), and the strange often incomprehensible Mary Worth, a busybody who supposedly helped people. Someone was always drinking too much in that strip. In the 70s it was as bleak and dour as a Ibsen play.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-81860838111335924662011-08-13T16:15:37.111-04:002011-08-13T16:15:37.111-04:00My thanks for pointing out the embarrassment of ri...My thanks for pointing out the embarrassment of riches at <a href="http://punchincanada.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"><i>Punch in Canada</i></a>. It would seem that Buchanon's sudden disappearance from the pages of the <i>Gazette</i> was not at all unusual.<br /><br />Interesting to see that the U of Western Ontario bio describes <i>Jeff Buchanon</i> as "an adventure strip about a Canadian spy". It's pretty clear in everything else I've read that the character is a reporter. That said, what reporter worthy of the title doesn't encounter a spy from time to time.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-62799698137385647272011-08-13T15:50:28.832-04:002011-08-13T15:50:28.832-04:00Very interesting - had never heard of the Canadian...Very interesting - had never heard of the Canadian strip. I see from the "Punch in Canada" blog that the strip started on May 19, 1960 and also ran in the Toronto Telegram and the Winnipeg Free Press. There is a bio of the artist here:<br /><br />http://communications.uwo.ca/com/alumni_gazette/alumni_stories/it_happened_at_western_20090629444535/bowdlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09504137974544195250noreply@blogger.com