
As a young child, I spent my days immersed in the world of Dennis the Menace, a character created by Hank Ketcham that debuted in a newspaper comic strip in 1951 and later appeared on television. I became familiar with the show before I could read, as it originally ran from 1959 to 1963, and was re-aired for many years after that, and can now be found on platforms like Peacock and others. Though it’s possible that I may have been introduced to the comic strip through being read it aloud, before I could read myself. (Those were the days of the funnies!)