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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller. March 10,1952

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

This is the first time I've realised these comics are actually from the 50s and not just modern ones stylised to look like it

[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 weeks ago

They feel kinda timeless, don't they?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 weeks ago

And 1930s and 1940s. :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Pretty sure there are some modern ones floating around after someone else took up the strip, but yes, many of them are from way back.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 weeks ago

What a strategist

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Back when theater admission was the price of a single coin...

But don't let that distort things, because money was a lot more valuable back then.

According to this https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1935?amount=1

A USD$1 in 1935 was worth about $23.15 in purchasing power today.

This site says that a quarter, $0.25, was the price of a movie ticket in 1935 https://www.davemanuel.com/whatitcost.php

Let's say Sluggo is paying a quarter/$0.25 for admission in 1935, that would be around $5.79 today, or $4.36 depending on what metric you believe.

Let's say Sluggo is a child, and paying child admission to a matinee. That's currently $13.78 on AMC's website today.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago

So tickets are STILL at least twice as expensive post-Reagan regardless of what metric you use? Quelle surprise..