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.
9.6.1953: The Tom Corbett — Space Cadet comic strip ends its two-year run.
9.6.1953: The Tom Corbett — Space Cadet comic strip ends its two-year run.
9.6.1956: Flash Gordon creator Alex Raymond dies in Westport, Connecticut, at 46 when the car he's driving hits a tree. Cartoonist Stan Drake, the car’s owner and a passenger at the time, was injured in the crash and sidelined, but he eventually recovered.
9.6.1976: Motley’s Crew gets its start. The satirical strip, which was discontinued at the start of 2000, was created by Ben Templeton and Tom Forman.
9.6.1999: Get Fuzzy, created by Darby Conley, debuts. It focuses on advertising exec Rob Wilco and his pets, Satchel Pooch and Bucky B. Katt. The National Cartoonists Society honored Conley with its Newspaper Comic Strip award in 2002.
9.6.1976: Motley’s Crew gets its start. The satirical strip, which was discontinued at the start of 2000, was created by Ben Templeton and Tom Forman.
9.6.1999: Get Fuzzy, created by Darby Conley, debuts. It focuses on advertising exec Rob Wilco and his pets, Satchel Pooch and Bucky B. Katt. The National Cartoonists Society honored Conley with its Newspaper Comic Strip award in 2002.
9.6.2004: Franklin Fibbs begins its run. The strip’s title character had a penchant for telling tale tales. A premise change in 2006 did not boost sales, and the comic died that year.
9.6.2020: Insisting that Donald Trump “owns the appalling record of carnage” from the coronavirus pandemic, Mike Doonesbury announces in Doonesbury that the comic is making a “color adjustment” to mark Trump “for as long as he appears in this strip.” The last panel shows Trump with red, blood-soaked hands.
9.6.2020: Beetle Bailey pays tribute to its 70th anniversary by looking back on its history and its growth in popularity over the years.
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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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