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Good Time Guy

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This one was about a hefty, freckle-faced small town young man, a 'well-meaning bumpkin,' with 'a heart as big as a pumpkin, only softer.' Guy had two big ambitions: 'To see everyone has a good time and to give uke lessons in Hawaii.' Guy Green lived with his widowed mother in Cornhay City and was
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Conselman's script was dense with "puns and complicated word-play". There was a strong element of serendipity in the strip, with Green's naive missteps leading unexpectedly into good fortune.
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too shy to pursue pretty, blond, Mary Laffer, even though 'she has eyes only for Guy — and what eyes!
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that was distributed by Metropolitan Newspaper Service from June 27, 1927, to December 6, 1930.
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By Ivy Press, James L. Halperin (Editor), Published 2004 Heritage Capital Corporation,
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American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide
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Frank Smiley
Mel Cummin
Dick Huemer
Syndicate(s)
Metropolitan Newspaper Service
syndicated
comic strip
screenwriter
William Conselman
pen name
Mel Cummin
Ron Goulart
ISBN
9780472117567
Comic creator: Mel Cummin
ISBN
1-55850-539-3
HCA New York Comic and Comic Art
ISBN
0-9651041-8-4
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comic strip
stub
expanding it
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Categories
1927 comics debuts

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