Over the years there have been many a comic strip that has delighted and amused me. Bloom County, Big Top, Pearls Before Swine have all had their shining moments. Nothing, though, has lived up to Kevin McCormic’s delightfully and crudely drawn Arnold. I share these with you as an homage to a wonderful influence from a bygone era … the 1980s.

My only wish is that I could find the strip where Tommy is served a pair of lips by the lunch ladies which croak out “kill me” as he looks down in horror at his plate. Ah, childhood memories.