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<DIV>Earlier, I said that the Postal Regulation might have brought the
"One-Page-Text" stories into being. </DIV>
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<DIV>Of course, they existed in the earliest issues of WDC&S and
LOONEY TUNES, etc. (Often running for more than one page). The
regulation, more accurately, ensured their CONTINUANCE... probably long past the
point that most of the audience read them. </DIV>
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<DIV>Unrelated question: How many of you actually read these text stories
when they appeared? I almost never did... and only recently, when I peruse
an older book, do I now take the time to do so. Kinda like finding
"something new" wrapped inside "something old". </DIV>
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<DIV>Joe Torcivia.</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>