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.
11.12.1945: Ozark Ike, a strip created by Ruffus Gotto, begins its run. The strip, which ran until 1958, focused on Ozark Ike McBatt, a youth from a rural area.
11.12.1945: Ozark Ike, a strip created by Ruffus Gotto, begins its run. The strip, which ran until 1958, focused on Ozark Ike McBatt, a youth from a rural area.
11.12.1972: In Doonesbury, Zonker Harris tells a child in day care a fairy tale in which someone is given his weight in "fine, uncut Turkish hashish." Expressions of outrage ensue.
11.12.2006: John Hambrock unveils The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee, a strip about a 10-year-old boy genius and his friend and assistant, a talking rat.
11.12.2016: Jerry Dumas dies in Greenwich, Connecticut, at 86. Working with Mort Walker, he was the co-creator of Sam’s Strip (1961-1963) and its spin-off, Sam and Silo, which launched in 1977.
11.12.2018: Comics icon Stan Lee, best known for his work in comic books, dies in Los Angeles, California, at 95. Working with John Romita Sr., he introduced The Amazing Spider-Man as a newspaper strip in 1977, years after the character debuted in comic books.
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.
11.12.2006: John Hambrock unveils The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee, a strip about a 10-year-old boy genius and his friend and assistant, a talking rat.
11.12.2016: Jerry Dumas dies in Greenwich, Connecticut, at 86. Working with Mort Walker, he was the co-creator of Sam’s Strip (1961-1963) and its spin-off, Sam and Silo, which launched in 1977.
11.12.2018: Comics icon Stan Lee, best known for his work in comic books, dies in Los Angeles, California, at 95. Working with John Romita Sr., he introduced The Amazing Spider-Man as a newspaper strip in 1977, years after the character debuted in comic books.
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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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