1.22.1919: George Herriman’s short-lived Baron Bean ends its run, which began a mere three years earlier, in 1916.
1.22.1934: Secret Agent X-9, created by author Dashiell Hammett and artist Alex Raymond, debuts. It survived for more than six decades.
1.22.1950: Barney Baxter, an adventure strip with an aviation theme that had previously been discontinued as a daily comic, ends its Sunday run as well.
1.22.1950: Li’l Folks, the first comic strip drawn by Charles M. Schulz, draws to a close. Schulz introduced Peanuts later that year.
1.22.1956: Ward Greene dies in Havana, at 63. A short story he wrote in 1945 contributed to the story line for the 1955 animated movie Lady and the Tramp. The comic strip Scamp was inspired by the movie, and Greene wrote the cartoon during its first months, working with artist Dick Moores.
1.22.1977: James Childress dies. His cartoon Conchy, which ran in the 1970s, focused on a group of beachcombers stuck on a desert island.
1.22.1985: Dan Piraro launches Bizarro which, as its name suggests, provides a bizarre take on the world.
1.22.2003: Bill Mauldin dies in Newport Beach, California, at 81. An editorial cartoonist, he is best known for creating Willie and Joe, American infantrymen who served in Europe during World War Two. His cartoons were popular with soldiers overseas and Americans at home. Malden twice won the Pulitzer Prize.
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.
1.22.1934: Secret Agent X-9, created by author Dashiell Hammett and artist Alex Raymond, debuts. It survived for more than six decades.
1.22.1950: Barney Baxter, an adventure strip with an aviation theme that had previously been discontinued as a daily comic, ends its Sunday run as well.
1.22.1950: Li’l Folks, the first comic strip drawn by Charles M. Schulz, draws to a close. Schulz introduced Peanuts later that year.
1.22.1956: Ward Greene dies in Havana, at 63. A short story he wrote in 1945 contributed to the story line for the 1955 animated movie Lady and the Tramp. The comic strip Scamp was inspired by the movie, and Greene wrote the cartoon during its first months, working with artist Dick Moores.
1.22.1977: James Childress dies. His cartoon Conchy, which ran in the 1970s, focused on a group of beachcombers stuck on a desert island.
1.22.1985: Dan Piraro launches Bizarro which, as its name suggests, provides a bizarre take on the world.
1.22.2003: Bill Mauldin dies in Newport Beach, California, at 81. An editorial cartoonist, he is best known for creating Willie and Joe, American infantrymen who served in Europe during World War Two. His cartoons were popular with soldiers overseas and Americans at home. Malden twice won the Pulitzer Prize.
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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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