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Marty Links was the creator of the comic strip “Emmy Lou” which ran in newspapers all over the world for over 35 years. Marty Links was a pioneer-- a woman cartoonist at a time when the cartoon business was really a boy’s club. For over 40 years, Marty would whisk through the San Francisco Chronicle city room delivering a weekly batch of cartoons with the same gusto as Emmy Lou would.
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simpsonfan2 said, 3 months ago
Leaving is the other half.
skarlett
said, 3 months ago
Rebecca Black, 40 years earlier.
rtoon said, 3 months ago
Reminds me of the old fiat spider. Never was into scarves though!
comicbuff24 said, 3 months ago
I hope Emmy Lou gets roses for Valentines Day..She should go to a ROSE GARDEN!
annieb1012 said, 3 months ago
Just “tooned” in for the first time today, thought the strip looked reminiscent of a past era, and looked up the ‘toonist. Come to find out Emmy Lou debuted in 1951, replacing the earlier Bobby Sox. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Links) There’s a really interesting interview with Marty Links on You Tube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiaXZvFWS5c) Ms. Links says Emmy Lou is meant to be 14 years old. (And she and boyfriend Alvin stayed the same age for a long time.) I didn’t read enough to find out when the strip ended, but it ran all through the years of intense feminism, which was one of the influences in Ms. Links’ life. A great bit of nostalgia from my own teen years in the ’60s, when I was definitely not reading newspapers, even the comics!
annieb1012 said, 3 months ago
I love the car, which has a bench seat in the front. It was so cool to sit right next to one’s boyfriend while driving, and when not driving….well…
annieb1012 said, 3 months ago
The strip ended in 1979, and Ms. Links passed on in 2008 (b. 1917). She had a good long run.
annieb1012 said, 3 months ago
Belatedly, just read the comments from yesterday, including the ones from Ms. Links’ son-in-law. What a treat!
Night-Gaunt49 said, 3 months ago
@annieb1012
So far we have been getting the ones from 1970. I never had that much fun going to school.
annieb1012 said, 3 months ago
@Night-Gaunt Me, neither. At fourteen, I was in high school, but I was definitely not allowed to ride in cars with other kids driving. And nobody I knew drove, anyway.