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Soup

10-12-2000, 08:40 AM

What's the origin of the expression "See you in the funny papers"?

Fear Itself

10-12-2000, 10:22 AM

According to this site (http://www.stmaryswelcome.com/welcome.html), this saying was originated in 1935 by cartoonist Roy Crane in his comic strip "Wash Tubbs & Easy", which later morphed into "Captain Easy".