What’s the story behind your nickname?
Hey Y’all Hey,
I don’t have a nick name….. my mom tried and would often call me Dondi like the old cartoon.
According to Comic History (12/04/2019, D.D. Dreg) and according to The big Cartoon Wiki,
Dondi was a comic that was popularized in the 40s to mid-80s by Irwin Hasen and Gus Edson. It starred the titular character, a war-orphan named Dondi as he has hilarious and interesting escapades throughout his hometown of Midville.
Originally, Dondi’s backstory was that of a five-year-old of Italian descent orphaned by the events of World War II, having no memory of his parents, or even his name for that matter, so, when a pretty Red Cross worker said he was “a dandy boy”, the amnesiac boy mistook it for being named “Dondi”. Dondi was discovered by two soldiers; a man named Ted Wills and a woman named Whitey McGowan; who didn’t speak a lick of Italian who happened upon him wandering through a war-torn village. The soldiers brought the child back to the US where Ted eventually became Dondi’s adoptive father.
In this particular issue of Dondi, a girl named Lisa Lake and her mother are getting fat to hide from the mob whilst under witness protection, and Lisa makes quick friends with Dondi.
So, although the nick name never stuck and no one other than my mom used that moniker never took.
SO I AM. Forever Dondi to my mom bless her spirit.
Stay blessed
Donna
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