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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller. March 10,1952

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[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 49 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

This is the first time I've realised these comics are actually from the 50s and not just modern ones stylised to look like it

[–] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 30 points 11 hours ago

They feel kinda timeless, don't they?

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 20 points 8 hours ago

And 1930s and 1940s. :)

[–] skrlet13@feddit.cl 29 points 12 hours ago

What a strategist

[–] zabadoh@ani.social 21 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Back when theater admission was the price of a single coin...

But don't let that distort things, because money was a lot more valuable back then.

According to this https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1935?amount=1

A USD$1 in 1935 was worth about $23.15 in purchasing power today.

This site says that a quarter, $0.25, was the price of a movie ticket in 1935 https://www.davemanuel.com/whatitcost.php

Let's say Sluggo is paying a quarter/$0.25 for admission in 1935, that would be around $5.79 today, or $4.36 depending on what metric you believe.

Let's say Sluggo is a child, and paying child admission to a matinee. That's currently $13.78 on AMC's website today.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 7 hours ago

So tickets are STILL at least twice as expensive post-Reagan regardless of what metric you use? Quelle surprise..