If the strip weren’t self-syndicated, Bea could never have gotten away with having one of the main characters smoke.
I mean, villains and minor characters like ‘Diet Smith’ over on ‘Dick Tracy’ are allowed to smoke, but Tracy’s sidekick ‘Sam Catchem’ had to switch over to a nicotine patch, then settle for gnawing on a toothpick.
In Europe, even cowboy ‘Lucky Luke’ gave up the habit after many years.
If the strip weren’t self-syndicated, Bea could never have gotten away with having one of the main characters smoke.
I mean, villains and minor characters like ‘Diet Smith’ over on ‘Dick Tracy’ are allowed to smoke, but Tracy’s sidekick ‘Sam Catchem’ had to switch over to a nicotine patch, then settle for gnawing on a toothpick.
In Europe, even cowboy ‘Lucky Luke’ gave up the habit after many years.