American
cartoonists and writers may not have invented the comic strip, but some
argue that the comics, as we know them today, are an American creation.
Clearly, the United States has played an outsize role in the
development of this underappreciated art form.
2.26.1877: Rudolph Dirks, creator of The Katzenjammer Kids (later known as The Captain and the Kids) is born in Heide, Germany. His family moved to Chicago, Illinois, when he was seven years old.
2.26.1905: Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz, a strip written by L. Frak Baum and illustrated by Walt McDougall, is discontinued. It debuted in 1904 to promote one of Baum’s books in the Oz series.
2.26.2013: Michael Schumacher and Denis Kitchen release Al Capp: A Life to the Contrary, a biography of the legendary cartoonist who created Li'l Abner.
2.26.2013: Stephan Pastis, the creator of Pearls Before Swine, publishes the first of several Timmy Failure children’s books.
2.26.2020: The California auction house Profiles in History announces that the original artwork for Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon is going on the auction block. The pencil-and-ink drawing was first published in January 1934.
2.26.1905: Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz, a strip written by L. Frak Baum and illustrated by Walt McDougall, is discontinued. It debuted in 1904 to promote one of Baum’s books in the Oz series.
2.26.2013: Michael Schumacher and Denis Kitchen release Al Capp: A Life to the Contrary, a biography of the legendary cartoonist who created Li'l Abner.
2.26.2013: Stephan Pastis, the creator of Pearls Before Swine, publishes the first of several Timmy Failure children’s books.
2.26.2020: The California auction house Profiles in History announces that the original artwork for Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon is going on the auction block. The pencil-and-ink drawing was first published in January 1934.
2.26.2023: The New York Times reports that hundreds of newspapers across the country are dropping Dilbert because creator Scott Adams said on a YouTube live stream that Black people are “a hate group” and white people should “just get the hell away” from them.
Most of the information listed here from one day to the next comes from two online sites -- Wikipedia, and Don Markstein's Toonopedia -- as well as 100 Years of American Newspaper Comics, edited by Maurice Horn. Note that my focus is on American newspaper comic strips (and the occasional foreign strip that gained popularity in the United States). Thus, comic books and exclusively online comics are not included here.
Most of the information listed here from one day to the next comes from two online sites -- Wikipedia, and Don Markstein's Toonopedia -- as well as 100 Years of American Newspaper Comics, edited by Maurice Horn. Note that my focus is on American newspaper comic strips (and the occasional foreign strip that gained popularity in the United States). Thus, comic books and exclusively online comics are not included here.
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