# Looking for a particular comic strip archive

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-particular-comic-strip-archive/937976>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** comic-strips\
**Created:** [March 16, 2021, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-particular-comic-strip-archive/937976 "2021-03-16T01:20:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-particular-comic-strip-archive/937976/1 "2021-03-16T01:20:44Z")

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I am looking for the last two years (1977-79) of “The Jackson Twins” comic strip. My local paper, _The Seattle Times_ carried it when I entered the U.S.A.F., and the strip stopped running on March 25th, 1979, a year before I left the service. I tried the _The Seattle Times_ online archive, but it only goes back to 1990.

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**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2021, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-particular-comic-strip-archive/937976/2 "2021-03-16T21:00:42Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> The Jackson Twins

Can’t help ya but in case [anyone is interested…](http://www.toonopedia.com/jacksont.htm)

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**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-particular-comic-strip-archive/937976/3 "2021-03-17T15:36:51Z")

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A [link](https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/brooks_dick.htm) to another website with info about the cartoonist and The Jackson Twins (and McNaught Syndicate who distributed the strip).

As far as being able to find reprints or the such: another dead end, I’m afraid.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-particular-comic-strip-archive/937976/4 "2021-03-17T19:42:07Z")

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Someone on The Comic Strip Appreciation Group Facebook page was able to find the last week of strips for The Jackson Twins…which only fueled my need to see what happened in the years I missed it.

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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-particular-comic-strip-archive/937976/5 "2021-03-17T19:42:43Z")

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Hey, I remember that strip! The only sequence I can recall is when they were selling encyclopedias, and accidentally ended up with a garage full of book boxes.