Obscurity of the Day – The “In” Kids

Taking a break from the E&P mystery strip listings…

Here’s a real rare one by Pat Boyer. It ran from November 6, 1967 to January 27, 1968 as a daily in the Washington Post. The Post also ran the Sunday but only a few times. If it ran longer elsewhere I haven’t been able to locate it. It was syndicated by Publishers-Hall Syndicate.

This is one of those attempts to be mod and ‘with it’, notable for being an early entry in that late 1960s-early 70s genre that continued with features like Laugh-In and Peter Max’s Meditation.

This is Pat Boyer’s only syndicated credit that I know of. Since I find his/her characters to look vaguely unsettling and menacing (those eyes! ) this doesn’t seem too surprising.

4 comments on “Obscurity of the Day – The “In” Kids”

Hello, Allan—THE ‘IN’ KIDS ran in The Philadelphia Bulletin until at least Feb. 24, 1968.—-Cole Johnson.

Thanks very much for the info Cole!

–Allan

Hello, Allan-I was at the library today. The Philadelphia Bulletin ran “THE ‘IN’ KIDS (everyone’s favorite therapy project strip from the psycho ward) until Thursday, March 7, 1968. I assume that it actually ended on Saturday, March 9, but the Bulletin ran plugs for it’s replacement (MISS PEACH) in it’s space on the 8th and 9th. —Cole Johnson.

Thanks Cole!

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