The New Yorker isn’t Sports Illustrated, of course. But a fair number of sports, from basketball and baseball to golf and hockey, have graced the magazine's covers in one form or another since its founding in 1925.
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| Bruce McCall "Double Take" |
Monday, October 26, 2026
And now, a few words from . . . Groucho Marx
I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.
Today in the history of the American comic strip: October 26
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.
10.26.1924: The Teenie Weenies ends the first of its three runs, which, in combination, spanned more than 50 years. Created by William Donahey, the comic starred two-inch-tall humans who lived under a rose bush.
10.26.1924: The Teenie Weenies ends the first of its three runs, which, in combination, spanned more than 50 years. Created by William Donahey, the comic starred two-inch-tall humans who lived under a rose bush.
10.26.1958: Clare Victor Dwiggins dies in North Hollywood, California, at 84. He created several strips, including the long-running School Days.
10.26.1959: Charles Schulz’s Peanuts makes its first reference to the Great Pumpkin, an unseen and imaginary character cooked up by Linus van Pelt.
10.26.1970: Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury, which began under a different name as a college strip at Yale, debuts in regular newspapers, with a daily strip.
10.26.1970: Mell Lazarus, already an established commodity as the creator of Miss Peach (1957-2002), launches Momma. It ran until 2016.
10.26.1975: Bill Rechin and Brant Parker unveil Crock, a strip poking fun at the French Foreign Legion. Its run lasted more than 35 years.
10.26.2009: Fred McCarthy, a Franciscan cartoonist, dies in Delray Beach, Florida, at 91. His comic about a cheerful friar, Brother Juniper, made the move from a Franciscan magazine to newspapers in 1958, and ran until 1989.
10.26.2010: Garry Trudeau releases 40: A Doonesbury Retrospective.
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.
10.26.1959: Charles Schulz’s Peanuts makes its first reference to the Great Pumpkin, an unseen and imaginary character cooked up by Linus van Pelt.
10.26.1970: Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury, which began under a different name as a college strip at Yale, debuts in regular newspapers, with a daily strip.
10.26.1970: Mell Lazarus, already an established commodity as the creator of Miss Peach (1957-2002), launches Momma. It ran until 2016.
10.26.1975: Bill Rechin and Brant Parker unveil Crock, a strip poking fun at the French Foreign Legion. Its run lasted more than 35 years.
10.26.2009: Fred McCarthy, a Franciscan cartoonist, dies in Delray Beach, Florida, at 91. His comic about a cheerful friar, Brother Juniper, made the move from a Franciscan magazine to newspapers in 1958, and ran until 1989.
10.26.2010: Garry Trudeau releases 40: A Doonesbury Retrospective.
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| Doonesbury |
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.
Sunday, October 25, 2026
The New Yorker covers: January 22, 1996
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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| David Sandlin "Ice Burg" |
And now, a few words from . . . Leo Buscaglia
I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things... I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind.
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