tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post4381813854725585859..comments2024-01-26T21:38:25.924-08:00Comments on Duane's PoeTree: Shibaprasad Deb writesDuanesPoeTreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post-32543926588243735342019-02-25T17:36:55.760-08:002019-02-25T17:36:55.760-08:00Pulp magazine magnates Maurice Coyne, Louis Silber...Pulp magazine magnates Maurice Coyne, Louis Silberkleit, and John L. Goldwater founded MLJ Magazines in 1939, inspired by the success of Superman. In 1940 they began "Pep Comics," which mainly featured superheroes, but editor Harry Shorten began to switch the emphasis to humor. Goldwater "thought of Superman as an abnormal individual and concluded that the antithesis, a normal person, could be just as popular," and in association with artist Bob Montana and writer Vic Bloom, in 1941 he developed a comics counterpart to the popular Andy hardy movies starring Mickey Rooney. Archie Andrews debuted in issue 22 (December 1941) and soon became the magazine's most popular character. By #49 (March 1945), the cover was bannered "Starring Archie Andrews" and he became the lead story from then on. The company's 1st superhero, the Shield (who had appeared 13 months before a rival company introduced Captain America) made his last cover appearance on #50 (September 1944), and Archie was featured on every cover until the end of the series in 1987. By #56 (March 1946) the cover sported the legend "An Archie magazine," and the company changed its name from MLJ to Archie Comics Publications Inc. beginning in the next issue. In 1942 "Archie Comics" was introduced as a separate series, and most of his other associates also acquired their own comics over the decades, including their pre-teen selves in "little Archie" beginning in 1956. In 1947 Montana began drawing the "Archie" newspaper strip. In 1943 "Archie Andrews" began as a radio show that lasted until 1953, and in 168 "The Archie Show" began on TV as an animated series. In 1968 Jeff Barry and Don Kirshner put together a group of sessions musicians who recorded as The Archies; their song "Sugar, Sugar" (written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim) sold over 6 million copies and was the #1 selling song in 1969. <br /><br />Sugar, ah honey honey<br />You are my candy girl<br />And you got me wanting you<br /><br />Honey, ah sugar sugar<br />You are my candy girl<br />And you've got me wanting you<br /><br />I just can't believe the loveliness of loving you<br />(I just can't believe it's true)<br />I just can't believe the one to love this feeling to<br />(I just can't believe it's true)<br /><br />Ah sugar, ah honey honey<br />You are my candy girl<br /><br />When I kissed you, girl, I knew how sweet a kiss could be<br />(I know how sweet a kiss can be)<br />Like the summer sunshine pour your sweetness over me<br />(Pour your sweetness over me)<br /><br />Oh sugar, pour a little sugar on it honey<br />Pour a little sugar on it baby<br />I'm gonna make your life so sweet, yeah yeah yeah<br />Pour a little sugar on it oh yeah<br />Pour a little sugar on it honey<br />Pour a little sugar on it baby<br />I'm gonna make your life so sweet, yeah yeah yeah<br />Pour a little sugar on it honey<br /><br />Ah sugar, ah honey honey<br />You are my candy girl<br />And you've got me wanting you<br />Oh honey, honey, sugar sugar<br />(Honey, honey, sugar sugar)<br />You are my candy girlDuanesPoeTreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.com