Talk:Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (novel)

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:AE Housman, believe it or not, was a great admirer, and I think he claimed to have popularised this book in Britain. I'll try to find the references for this.  Seadowns (talk) 22:40, 18 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comic strip dates

I removed the claim that the comic strip was created in response to the success of the play, as we had the strip debuting in April, 2026 and sources I added indicated that the play was first performed April 28, 2026, and thus there was no time to launch a strip after the play went up.

However, I suspect that the dates given in the Holz reference for the strip are wrong. Doing research in newspaper archives show that the strip first appeared in several papers on June 7, and while I do not have access at the moment to the Evening World (apparently its home paper), I can see that the World ran ads in another paper on June 7 stating that the strip would be appearing in their paper. So it seems likely to me that the strip first appeared on that date, in which case the pre-Broadway success of the play could possibly have influenced the creation of the strip. However, that claim also apparently comes from Holz (I do not have a copy of that source to verify what it says), and his guide has a reputation of being "pretty good" -- there are errors, but the book is a net benefit.

I am pulling away from making direct edits, as after the research I find I'm being pulled in a direction that would create a conflict of interest for me. However, I may be able to provide a citable source in the coming months. -- Nat Gertler (talk) 14:50, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Whatever Holtz's previous reference had, his website now lists June 7 as the start of the strip. I recommend that someone review that material and update the coverage of the strip as appropriate. -- Nat Gertler (talk) 07:54, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]