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Mary Worth is a popular continuity comic strip whose title character, a compassionate widow living in a condominium complex, befriends and advises friends, neighbors and acquaintances. Read more. Read the Mary Worth comic strip from May 22, 2024, and check out other Mary Worth comics by Karen Moy & June Brigman.
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First appearing in 1938, Mary Worth is one of the...
- Mary Worth Comic Strip 2024-03-08
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- The Depression Era “Apple” Mary
- Housemother to Glamor Gals
- Mary Worth’s Renewed Focus on Family
- Midwestern Visions: Jennings, Ohio
- Mary Worth’s California Dreaming
- A Revisioned Biography Emerges
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- A Mary Worth Timeline 1934-2017
- Mary Worth’s Friends and Family
- Mary Worth Antagonists
Unlike for much of American, in 1934, things were looking pretty good for Mary Ella Johnson Worth, living in a mansion with her wealthy husband, her son’s family either living with them or nearby. Her son’s nickname, “Slim”–people called him Slim Worth for good reason–should have been a clue that things might go south fairly soon. In comic strips o...
Initially a rather frumpy looking gray-haired woman, Mary becomes more up-to-date in her clothing and hairstyle choices. No longer destitute, she no longer has to sell apples and is henceforth only known as Mary Worth. And due to successful medical treatments, Dennie no longer has to use crutches. Bill Biff and Dennie are still around but they are ...
Loyal readers never forgot about young Dennie, however, and would write Saunders wanting to know whatever happened to him. Saunders was ready for a new recurring character, and so Dennie returns into Mary’s life. The years 1955 through 1963 see Mary reunited with both her son and grandson after a decade’s absence and also sees them achieve successf...
The birth of Dennie’s first child in 1961 posed a problem for Saunders. Mary was now a great-grandmother, and the little rugrat would only grow older. One suspects with some regret, just as with Brick Bricker, Saunders also retired Dennie and Slim Worth as players in Mary’s ongoing saga. But in doing so, the storyline once again began to drift with...
When Allen Saunders’ son took over the sole authorship of the narrative, he implemented a major shift in setting which in turn changed the tone of the series. In 1979, Mary is asked to manage an apartment complex (which only later is identified as Charterstone) in the rather sedate city of Santa Royale, California. This development largely brings M...
With the death of John Saunders, Karen Moy took over the writing chores, becoming the first woman to write the narrative in over 60 years. Joe Giella continued to handle the art chores until recently. June Brigman is the current artist, who has an admirable body of work in superhero comic books, as well as having served as the final artist on Brend...
Current writer Karen Moy’s website: maryworthcomics.com There are two collections of Karen Moy and longtime artist Joe Giella narratives currently available for interested readers. Mildly snarky commentary on Mary’s daily adventures: maryworthandme.blogspot.com The Comics Curmudgeon on comics, including Mary: https://joshreads.com
Martha Orr Narratives 1934 Mary loses her fortune and must sell apples to support crippled grandson, Dennie. 1935 Truck driver Bill Biff helps Mary learn how Old Man Craftee cheated her. 1936 Dennie brings home a man with amnesia, actually his father, Slim Worth. 1937 Goldie Diggs marries Bill Biff for money? Toddler Sunny is left on Mary’s doorste...
Dennis “Dennie” Worth. Apple Mary’s plucky young crippled grandson, Dennie receives corrective treatments in 193x that allows him to walk normally. He is an adolescent when Mary leaves him in the care of Bill Biff in 1944. Dennie is not seen in the narrative again until 1955 when he reemerges a Korean War hero and a handsome young businessman worki...
Aldo Kelrast. Senior who had lost his wife and becomes obsessed with Mary after she shows him some kindness. A heavy drinker, he dies when he accidentally drives his car off a cliff. Aldo’s sinister intentions were contrasted with his benign appearance which some have said resembled Captain Kangaroo. 7/06-9/06. Angel Varden. Selfish actress who pur...
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May 10, 2021 · Mary Worth’s Family. Five years ago this week, cartoonist June Brigman took over the iconic newspaper comic strip “Mary Worth,” continuing a popular feature whose roots some say are tied to a Depression-era strip with a lead character of the same name but much different circumstances. Brigman is a veteran illustrator, working on comic ...
Jan 12, 2022 · Kat Overland January 12, 2022. The comic strip Mary Worth has over 80 years of archives you could read, a nebulous origin story, and an enormous rotating cast. But today’s roundtable is focused on its current villain: Wilbur Weston. Introduced in 1993 by the creative team of writer John Saunders (the son of Allen Saunders, potentially the ...
King Features, which began syndicating Mary Worth in 1987, gives the debut year of Mary Worth as 1938, denies any connection between the strips, saying, "Contrary to popular belief, Mary Worth is not a continuation of the Depression-era favorite Apple Mary. The strip was created as a replacement feature offered to newspapers when Martha Orr ...
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