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.
2.28.1907: Milton Caniff is born in Hillsboro, Ohio. Best known for creating Terry and the Pirates and Steve Canyon, he was named 1946 Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year by the National Cartoonists Society. Caniff also received a Newspaper Comic Strip award from the National Cartoonists Society in 1979.
2.28.1962: Jef Mallett, the creator of Frazz, is born in Lansing, Michigan. Ostensibly, Frazz is about school custodian Edwin "Frazz" Frazier, but Mallett has said it's really about discovery.
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.
2.28.1962: Jef Mallett, the creator of Frazz, is born in Lansing, Michigan. Ostensibly, Frazz is about school custodian Edwin "Frazz" Frazier, but Mallett has said it's really about discovery.
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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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