1947 citing in Archie Comic of "butthole." What did it mean? (UNCLASSIFIED)

Tue May 8 21:08:36 UTC 2012

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>         Note that, if there were vandalism by a letterer, which is the
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> theory, that would be reflected in the original art, so examining it
wouldn't
> tell us anything.

Not necessarily.  Many original strips have the balloon words from the
writer (in the case of daily strips, this would usually be the
writer/artist) written loosely in blue pencil, and that is still visible
after the ink lettering is laid in.

See:
http://www.hakes.com/product_images/14/82220/002_big.jpg

So, if this is how Montana worked, his original scripted dialogue would
still be visible underneath.

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