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JohnnyRingo

(18,693 posts)
Thu Jan 11, 2018, 11:44 PM Jan 2018

Lois Flagston is an empowered liberal woman.

I'm an aged comic freak and I can tell you with conviction that the Flagston, Hi and Lois, have been the town's biggest wet blankets and the Home Owners Association nightmare. They've been squaresville so long it's come back in style and went out again... and again.

In spite of his name, Hi would never get caught being. Lois' brother Beetle Bailey is a burnout army lifer who still maintains the rank of private, but I always considered Lois to be the stereotype conservative straight laced older sibling. That's why I raised my eyebrows when I discovered that Lois shook her fist and shouted at last year's Women's March. From my years of reading, not much riles Lois. Not even her drunken neighbor.

Actually, what really pleasantly surprised me was that Dik Browne went political for the first time in 65 years (as far as I know), and he's on our side. This is pretty awesome:

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Lois has a Pussy Hat!

Edited to correct the last name.

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Lois Flagston is an empowered liberal woman. (Original Post) JohnnyRingo Jan 2018 OP
My jaw dropped when I read that comic catrose Jan 2018 #1
Oops. i got my comics mixed. JohnnyRingo Jan 2018 #5
Flagston? Ms. Toad Jan 2018 #2
Hi and Lois last name is Flagston grantcart Jan 2018 #3
Walker still looks to be in good health. kcr Jan 2018 #6
According to Wikipedia Staph Jan 2018 #4

catrose

(5,079 posts)
1. My jaw dropped when I read that comic
Thu Jan 11, 2018, 11:53 PM
Jan 2018

Then I was like Yaaaaaaasssssssssss!

Are Hi & Lois related to Dagwood & Blondie Bumstead? I didn't think so but I can't remember their surname.

JohnnyRingo

(18,693 posts)
5. Oops. i got my comics mixed.
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 12:20 AM
Jan 2018

I'm amending the text to Flagston.

Thanx for politely pointing that out.

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
3. Hi and Lois last name is Flagston
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 12:02 AM
Jan 2018

Walker and Browne no longer write or illustrate the strip (Dik Browne died in 1989)

The strip is produced by the Walker sons and drawn by Browne's son

Staph

(6,257 posts)
4. According to Wikipedia
Fri Jan 12, 2018, 12:02 AM
Jan 2018

yeah, I know, Wikipedia....

Hi and Lois' last name is Flagston. And though creator Mort Walker is still alive, his sons Brian and Greg now produce the comic strip. (I can't find the specific date that the sons took over.)


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