Don’t be a Goofus

Senior editor April Hall and our whole team at Family Business have been very excited about April’s profile of Highlights for Children Inc. in this edition. Many of us were subscribers as children, and enjoyment of the magazine, which turns 74 this year, has been passed down through the generations in our families.

One unforgettable feature of Highlights is the comic strip “Goofus and Gallant,” which actually predates the founding of the magazine. The comic, which was created by Garry Cleveland Myers and debuted in 1940, originally appeared in Children’s Activities. When Myers and his wife, Caroline, founded Highlights, they moved “Goofus and Gallant” to that publication.

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Barbara Spector

Barbara Spector is Family Business Magazine's editor-at-large.


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