Well, Howdy-Doo! This Day in Drabble History: February 9th, 10th, 11th.

1984, 1986, 2006

Hi everybody? What’s the correct way to spell Howdee-doo? That and other questions will be answered in today’s post!

February 9, 1984

If you look closely, you can see blue pencil marks on this original. Those were made by the editors at my syndicate. Apparently, the correct spelling is “How-de-do” as you can see in the second box (they corrected it). Who knows how I spelled it originally. Probably “Howdy-do.” It looks like I also misspelled “UFOs.” They corrected that too. Maybe I spelled it “UFO’s.” Anyway, thank goodness my editors were alert that day. Hey, it looks like they also made Ralph’s binoculars darker. Whew! Thank goodness!

February 9, 1986

Question #2: Was this funny? Where were those editors when I needed them?

February 9, 2006

Now this was funny, I thought. A rare pantomime strip. I love pantomime strips, but I find them hard to do.