13th Nov 2014, 6:00 AM
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Happy Sadie Hawkins Day!
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Stever
13th Nov 2014, 7:21 AM
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CyberSkull
13th Nov 2014, 9:57 AM
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In 1937, the newspaper strip Lil' Abner featured the character Sadie Hawkins, considered the homliest woman in the region. So "Sadie Hawkins Day was declared, and all the eligble bachelors of the region were lined up in a race. The first man Sadie was able to catch had to marry her.
The idea of assertive women getting to choose their partners proved to be a popular idea at the time, and Sadie Hawkins Dances became a regular feature of high schools and colleges.
While the holiday's general popularity has waned over the decades, it seems to me we webcomic artists, the spiritual heirs of the cartoonists of old, should at least make note of this day.