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   Biology Scholar said, 12 months ago

   I knew I read this somewhere.

   It didn’t take long to find it again. This is the strip from 6/7/1983. But it’s in color now :)
   (I’m not remembering this from 20 years ago or anything lol. A few months back I was introducing myself to the original strips of FBFW and that included this one. That’s why I recognized it today.)
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   gmartin997 said, 12 months ago

   Yes, Virginia, there was a time when children were actually given “report cards”.
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   gmartin997 said, 12 months ago

   @

   @Biology Scholar
   Who cares, the both of you? These strips are 29 years old, and many of us, who don’t live in Canada, are seeing them for the first time
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   Davepostmp said, 12 months ago

   @gmartin997

   It wasn’t like they were only issued in Canada back then, and have only recently come to light in the US. Our paper carried the originals, pretty much from day one.
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   trekman58 said, 12 months ago

   So, is this Deanna Michael is talking to?
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   Bob said, 12 months ago

   @trekman58 Yes it is.
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   puddleglum1066 said, 12 months ago

   “You show me yours and I’ll show you mine” takes on a whole new meaning… especially when he doesn’t think “his” is quite up to snuff…
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   psychlady said, 12 months ago

   Already he’s learned – don’t let a woman appear smarter!
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   rowena28 said, 12 months ago

   @puddleglum1066

   Exactly what I was thinking, lol!
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    ossiningaling said, 12 months ago

    I can’t think that Johnston doesn’t have a say as to whether her re-printed strips can be colorized or not.
    But if the technology were available and it was cost-effective back in 1983, the strips might have been in color anyway.
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    pshapley said, 12 months ago

    The old Calvin strips (on this website) are not being colorized, I assume due to the author’s wishes. So I assume Johnston either doesn’t mind the coloring for FBoFW, or actually wants it.
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    SUSAN NEWMAN said, 12 months ago

    Those report card could explain why Deanna became a pharmacist and Michael became a free-lance writer.
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    SUSAN NEWMAN said, 12 months ago

    @SUSAN NEWMAN

    Oops, I meant “cards”.
    I wish GoComics would let us correct our typos without rewriting the whole damn message!
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    PipeTobacco said, 12 months ago

    @Biology Scholar

    Biology Scholar…. what are you a scholar of in biology? I too am a biologist. BTW, the strip would be nearly 30 years old now… but math is not usually our strong suit in biology :)
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    GuiltyBystander said, 12 months ago

    I know the Seattle Times carried FBoFW pretty much throughout its run…it was probably my favorite strip by the time it ended. And I LIKE the colorization. It’s possible that they were drawn in color but run in b/w by the papers. It costs money to print in color.
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