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.
4.29.1877: Tad Dorgan, the creator of Judge Rummy, is born in San Francisco. The strip, which featured an anthropomorphic dog named Alexander Rumhauser, ran from 1910 to 1922.
4.29.1906: Artist Lyonel Feininger launches The Kin-der-Kids, which survived for a mere four months.
4.29.1908: Jack Williamson, a science fiction writer who also wrote the cartoon Beyond Mars (1952-1955), is born in Bisbee, Arizona Territory. Lee Elias drew the comic strip.
4.29.1951: Bill Perry, who had worked as an assistant to Gasoline Alley creator Frank King, officially takes over that comic’s Sunday feature. He held the job until 1975 or 1976. King continued to handle the daily installments for a time, before handing them over to Dick Moores.
4.29.1906: Artist Lyonel Feininger launches The Kin-der-Kids, which survived for a mere four months.
4.29.1908: Jack Williamson, a science fiction writer who also wrote the cartoon Beyond Mars (1952-1955), is born in Bisbee, Arizona Territory. Lee Elias drew the comic strip.
4.29.1951: Bill Perry, who had worked as an assistant to Gasoline Alley creator Frank King, officially takes over that comic’s Sunday feature. He held the job until 1975 or 1976. King continued to handle the daily installments for a time, before handing them over to Dick Moores.
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| The Kin-der-Kids |
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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