Saturday, January 12, 2019

MILB Alice Mitchell of Dennis the Menace

Another MILB (Mothers I Like to Bound) and  we have Alice Mitchell of Hank Ketchum's Dennis the Menace.  She has been kidnapped and left in some room just wearing stockings and high heel shoes.

Alice Mitchell, née Johnson is Dennis' stay-at-home mother Alice, who is usually the reassuring figure to whom Dennis can run when things get too overwhelming, ready to greet him with a warm hug. Although she grew up among animals on a chicken ranch, a running gag is that Alice Mitchell has a phobia of snakes. Another running gag involves Dennis's ever-changing parade of new babysitters; no one will take the job twice. Alice is also known for punishing Dennis's misbehavior by having him sit in the corner in a rocking chair for timeout, although a few times she has instituted tougher disciplinary measures, such as spanking, where afterward Dennis is shown crying or grumbling about the adversity.

Dennis the Menace is a daily syndicated newspaper comic strip originally created, written, and illustrated by Hank Ketchum. It debuted on March 12, 1951, in 16 nMILBewspapers and was originally distributed by Post-Hall Syndicate. It is now written and drawn by Ketcham's former assistants, Marcus Hamilton (weekdays, since 1995), Ron Ferdinand (Sundays, since 1981), and son Scott Ketcham (since 2010), and distributed to at least 1,000 newspapers in 48 countries and in 19 languages by King Features Syndicate. The comic strip usually runs for a single panel on weekdays and a full strip on Sundays.
The comic strip became so successful that it was adapted to other popular media, including several television shows, both live-action and animated, and several feature films, including theatrical and direct-to-video releases.
Coincidentally, a UK comic strip of the same name debuted on the same day, though the issue in question bore the cover date of March 17. The two are not related and change their names subtly in each other's respective home bases to avoid confusion.

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