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.
2.9.1902: Fred Harman, co-creator of Red Ryder, is born in St. Joseph, Missouri. His Western strip ran from 1938 to 1964.
2.9.1921: The cartoon child later known as Skeezix Wallet is born. Five days later, he became one of the major characters in Frank King's Gasoline Alley, when someone left him on bachelor Walt Wallet’s doorstep.
2.9.1955: Toonerville Folks (aka, The Toonerville Trolley That Meets All the Trains) ends its 47-year run with the retirement of cartoonist Fontaine Fox.
2.9.1976: Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury, which went into syndication in 1970, makes the cover of Time magazine for a story on "politics in the funny papers."
2.9.1978: Doonesbury’s Jimmy Thudpucker appears on the cover of Rolling Stone for the second time. The first time was in September 1976, the year after he first showed up in the strip.
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.
2.9.1921: The cartoon child later known as Skeezix Wallet is born. Five days later, he became one of the major characters in Frank King's Gasoline Alley, when someone left him on bachelor Walt Wallet’s doorstep.
2.9.1955: Toonerville Folks (aka, The Toonerville Trolley That Meets All the Trains) ends its 47-year run with the retirement of cartoonist Fontaine Fox.
2.9.1976: Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury, which went into syndication in 1970, makes the cover of Time magazine for a story on "politics in the funny papers."
2.9.1978: Doonesbury’s Jimmy Thudpucker appears on the cover of Rolling Stone for the second time. The first time was in September 1976, the year after he first showed up in the strip.
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.
No comments:
Post a Comment