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.
11.8.1982: Bill Schorr debuts Conrad, a strip about a frog who claims to be an enchanted prince. The comic lasted a mere four years.
11.8.2011: Bill Keane, creator of The Family Circus, dies at 89 in Paradise Valley, Arizona. His cartoon, which launched in 1960, remains in syndication. Keane is a member of the National Cartoonists Society Hall of Fame.
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.
11.8.2011: Bill Keane, creator of The Family Circus, dies at 89 in Paradise Valley, Arizona. His cartoon, which launched in 1960, remains in syndication. Keane is a member of the National Cartoonists Society Hall of Fame.
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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