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.
3.6.1917: Will Eisner, the creator of The Spirit, is born. He was named 1998 Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year by the National Cartoonists Society.
3.6.1938: Walt McDougall dies in Waterford, Connecticut, at 80. He illustrated Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz, a comic strip that L. Frank Baum wrote to promote one of the Oz books.
3.6.1938: Walt McDougall dies in Waterford, Connecticut, at 80. He illustrated Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz, a comic strip that L. Frank Baum wrote to promote one of the Oz books.
3.6.1951: Charlie Brown plays baseball for the first time in Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts, but as the catcher, not the pitcher.
3.6.1960: Gene Ahern, the creator of Our Boarding House, dies in Los Angeles, California. He was 64. The strip ran from 1921 to 1984.
3.6.1961: Frieda, a character best known for her “naturally curly hair,” makes her debut in Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts.
3.6.2010: Don Sherwood dies in Huntersville, North Carolina. His cartoon, Dan Flagg, was the first nationally syndicated strip to star a U.S. Marine.
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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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