• "Crock" - how to find a pre-1985 strip?

    From Lenona@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 3 13:17:48 2023
    I think the one I'm thinking of is that old, anyway. Maybe even from the 1970s. (The comic ended in 2012. Bill Rechin, the co-creator, died in 2011.)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crock_(comic_strip)

    So anyway, all I remember is that one man is asking another man, irritably: "where's this? Where's that?" The other says things like "I needed it for a hole in my boot." Finally, the first man says "I apologize."

    Another, which I remember better, was a Sunday strip. It's been very dry, and one man says "dust off my tongue, will ya." The other man spots a rain cloud and shrieks. Everyone races to put out all the buckets there are. But the cloud only rains in one
    spot - far away. A man yells "who NEEDS your water, you stupid cloud!" Then comes a cry of "FIRE in the fort!"

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  • From Brenda Sherrod@21:1/5 to Lenona on Fri Aug 4 07:53:46 2023
    I sort of remember that strip. I can't help with the specific comic strips but Comics Kingdom does have the original Crock strip on line.

    https://comicskingdom.com/crock

    And Amazon or Half Price Books should be able to find the old paperbacks.

    Brenda


    On Thursday, August 3, 2023 at 3:17:49 PM UTC-5, Lenona wrote:
    I think the one I'm thinking of is that old, anyway. Maybe even from the 1970s. (The comic ended in 2012. Bill Rechin, the co-creator, died in 2011.)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crock_(comic_strip)

    So anyway, all I remember is that one man is asking another man, irritably: "where's this? Where's that?" The other says things like "I needed it for a hole in my boot." Finally, the first man says "I apologize."

    Another, which I remember better, was a Sunday strip. It's been very dry, and one man says "dust off my tongue, will ya." The other man spots a rain cloud and shrieks. Everyone races to put out all the buckets there are. But the cloud only rains in one
    spot - far away. A man yells "who NEEDS your water, you stupid cloud!" Then comes a cry of "FIRE in the fort!"

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  • From Lynn McGuire@21:1/5 to Lenona on Fri Aug 4 15:24:26 2023
    On 8/3/2023 3:17 PM, Lenona wrote:
    I think the one I'm thinking of is that old, anyway. Maybe even from the 1970s. (The comic ended in 2012. Bill Rechin, the co-creator, died in 2011.)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crock_(comic_strip)

    So anyway, all I remember is that one man is asking another man, irritably: "where's this? Where's that?" The other says things like "I needed it for a hole in my boot." Finally, the first man says "I apologize."

    Another, which I remember better, was a Sunday strip. It's been very dry, and one man says "dust off my tongue, will ya." The other man spots a rain cloud and shrieks. Everyone races to put out all the buckets there are. But the cloud only rains in one
    spot - far away. A man yells "who NEEDS your water, you stupid cloud!" Then comes a cry of "FIRE in the fort!"

    So this is a rerun ?
    https://comicskingdom.com/crock/2023-08-04

    Lynn

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  • From John W Kennedy@21:1/5 to Lynn McGuire on Fri Aug 4 16:33:27 2023
    On 8/4/23 4:24 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
    On 8/3/2023 3:17 PM, Lenona wrote:
    I think the one I'm thinking of is that old, anyway. Maybe even from
    the 1970s. (The comic ended in 2012. Bill Rechin, the co-creator, died
    in 2011.)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crock_(comic_strip)

    So anyway, all I remember is that one man is asking another man,
    irritably: "where's this? Where's that?" The other says things like "I
    needed it for a hole in my boot." Finally, the first man says "I
    apologize."

    Another, which I remember better, was a Sunday strip. It's been very
    dry, and one man says "dust off my tongue, will ya." The other man
    spots a rain cloud and shrieks. Everyone races to put out all the
    buckets there are. But the cloud only rains in one spot - far away. A
    man yells "who NEEDS your water, you stupid cloud!" Then comes a cry
    of "FIRE in the fort!"

    So this is a rerun ?
       https://comicskingdom.com/crock/2023-08-04

    Lynn


    Yes. “Crock” has remained in reruns on Comics Kingdom from right after
    the strip ended.

    --
    John W. Kennedy
    Algernon Burbage, Lord Roderick, Father Martin, Bishop Baldwin,
    King Pellinore, Captain Bailey, Merlin -- A Kingdom for a Stage!

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  • From D.D.Degg@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 4 17:03:37 2023
    CROCK
    by Brant Parker, Bill Rechin & Don Wilder
    and Kevin Rechin & Bob Morgan
    October 26, 1975 (Sunday) - May 20, 2012 (Sunday)

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  • From Lenona@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 6 08:51:33 2023
    Thank you!

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