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Sandra Boynton April 3, 1953 |
An Agony in Eight Fits
"Just the place for a Snark!" the Bellman cried . . . .
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
The New Yorker covers: February 14, 1931
Over the years, there have been many magazines whose covers have featured the work of highly talented artists and illustrators. But probably no magazine has had more varied and memorable covers, over a longer period of time, than The New Yorker, which was founded in 1925.
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Gardner Rea (covers untitled until February 1993) |
"What is art but a way of seeing?" Saul Bellow
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"Breezy Day, Gloucester, Massachusetts," 1915, John French Sloan |
Today in the history of the American comic strip: April 2
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.
4.2.1988: Winnie the Pooh, a strip based on the characters created by A.A. Milne, ends its decade-long run.
4.2.1988: Winnie the Pooh, a strip based on the characters created by A.A. Milne, ends its decade-long run.
4.2.2001: Jef Mallett’s Frazz debuts. The strip centers on a school custodian, Edwin "Frazz" Frazier, and the students with whom he interacts.
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Frazz |
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.
The birth of an artist: April 2
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