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

[Jonathan Lighter]

Nope. The April 1, 1948, strip involves exploding cigars. April 1, 1946,
has pranksters trying to slip Archie a Mickey in his soda.

Nothing remarkable in sight.

It may be noteworthy that the April 1, 1947, strip has *nothing* to do with
April Fools' Day. Then, on the next day....


JL

On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 12:09 AM, Douglas G. Wilson <douglas at nb.net> wrote:

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> I wonder whether anything odd appeared around 1 April 1948.
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