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Goofus and gallant highlights4/29/2023 It was only when I was much older did I realize the comic’s intended purpose. But self-control? Responsibility? Well, those were things I had to learn when I was older.Īnd when I was really little, the age at which I read Highlights voraciously, inevitably stranded somewhere waiting for one of my many siblings’ appointments, I was so much more Goofus than Gallant. I remember even then feeling a flush of shame as I noted that Gallant and I had little in common. But he was colorful, bold.Īnd most of all, he was really damn relatable. “Let’s see what he gets up to in this installment,” I’d think, before laughing vicariously at his coarse behavior. And Goofus was the Avatar of Don’t.Īnd yet… and yet… I remember being quite taken with Goofus as a little girl. Gallant was provided as the Avatar of Do. These comic strips were really moral instruction. A bit of a mad lad at times, if you will. Goofus, conversely, was a naughty little git. In keeping with his name, Gallant was a good boy. The second reaction - the one that I have as do most of my friends - is becoming overwhelmed with a wave of nostalgia.īasically, Goofus and Gallant were the two main characters of a recurring comic in Highlights. One is “What? What the heck is that?” (If this is you, feel free to reference the Wikipedia entry for this old timey cultural juggernaut.) There are basically two responses to the invocation of Goofus and Gallant: That magazine was inescapable in my neck of the woods growing up (literal, I grew up in the actual woods of Maine), a constant fixture of every waiting room. ![]() I read about your adventures and misadventures religiously in Highlights.
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