Blondie (comic strip) over all he surveys, with one notable exception—his formidable and domineering wife, Cora. Blondie and Dagwood's best friends are their next-door neighbors Herb and Tootsie Woodley, although Dagwood and Herb's friendship is frequently volatile. Lou is the burly, tattooed owner of Lou's Diner, the less-than-five-star establishment where Dagwood often eats during his lunch hour. Other regular supporting characters include the long-suffering mailman, Mr. Beasley; Elmo Tuttle, a pesky neighborhood kid who often asks Dagwood to play; and a never-ending parade of overbearing door-to-door salesmen. There are several running gags in "Blondie", reflecting the trend after Chic Young's death for the
Connie (comic strip) Don Markstein commented: In "The World Encyclopedia of Comics", Maurice Horn wrote: The first year of the daily strips were reprinted in "Connie: A Complete Compilation: 1929-1930" (1977) by Hyperion Press. The strips were reprinted in "Famous Funnies", published by Eastern Color Printing. They were later collected by Pacific Comics Club in 2009-2010. Connie (comic strip) Connie is an American adventure comic strip created by the cartoonist Frank Godwin, who introduced a book illustration style to the comics page. The strip ran from 1927 to 1944 for the Ledger Syndicate. "Connie" debuted as a Sunday page on November 13, 1927.