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Thursday, January 24, 2026

This Day in Arf History: Male Call Debuts

On this day in 1943, Milton Caniff’s WWII strip, Male Call, debuted. The strip starred Miss Lace, a kind-spirited brunette who showed up on the military base one day to boost the morale of the troops. Memorably, Lace would call anyone and everyone including Privates, “General.” Check out a Miss Lace comic, er…strip below. And you’ll see Miss Lace in all her glory in my new book Clean Cartoonists’ Dirty Drawings! with a generous preview here , General!


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This entry was posted on Thursday, January 24th, 2008 at 12:01 am.
Posted in This Day in Arf History | 4 Comments »

4 Responses to “This Day in Arf History: Male Call Debuts”

  1. Rich Says:
    January 24th, 2008 at 11:03 am

    The link to your book preview isn’t working. Is there a way to magnify the Male Call strip like we usually can?

  2. Craig Yoe Says:
    January 24th, 2008 at 12:17 pm

    Thanks, Rich! I fixed it, apppreciate you pointing it out. I’m afraid I don’t have a bigger/better scan at this point. Sorry.

  3. DJ David B. Says:
    January 24th, 2008 at 12:42 pm

    Yeah, there’s a typo in the link to the Clean Cartoonists’ site.

  4. Rand HOPPE Says:
    January 25th, 2008 at 3:25 am

    Dear Miss Lace,

    hommina hommina!

    - Randy Rand

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