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.
4.7.1935: The only comic strip created by famed children’s author Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) debuts, two years before the publication of his first book. Titled Hejji, the cartoon was canceled after three months.
4.7.2007: Johnny Hart, the creator of B.C. and co-creator (with Brant Parker) of The Wizard of Id, dies in Nineveh, New York, at 76.
4.7.2010: IDW and the Library of American Comics announce the publication of Al Capp's Li'l Abner: The Complete Dailies and Color Sundays: Vol. 1 (1934–1936). The series, which premiered on April 20, 2010, was scheduled to reprint the complete 43-year history of Li'l Abner.
4.7.1935: The only comic strip created by famed children’s author Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) debuts, two years before the publication of his first book. Titled Hejji, the cartoon was canceled after three months.
4.7.2007: Johnny Hart, the creator of B.C. and co-creator (with Brant Parker) of The Wizard of Id, dies in Nineveh, New York, at 76.
4.7.2010: IDW and the Library of American Comics announce the publication of Al Capp's Li'l Abner: The Complete Dailies and Color Sundays: Vol. 1 (1934–1936). The series, which premiered on April 20, 2010, was scheduled to reprint the complete 43-year history of Li'l Abner.
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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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