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.
4.9.1883: The creator of Gasoline Alley, Frank King, is born in Cashton, Wisconsin. He was named 1958 Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year by the National Cartoonists Society.
4.9.1883: The creator of Gasoline Alley, Frank King, is born in Cashton, Wisconsin. He was named 1958 Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year by the National Cartoonists Society.
4.17.1914: Mac Raboy is born in New York City. He drew the Sunday Flash Gordon feature for many years, starting in the 1940s and continuing until his death in 1967
4.9.1965: The Peanuts gang turns up on the cover of Time magazine.
4.9.1972: Bill Hoest's The Lockhorns, already in print as a daily strip, adds a Sunday feature.
4.9.2003: Jerry Bittle dies of a heart attack. He was 53 years old. Both of his strips, Geech, and Shirley and Son, were discontinued following his death.
4.9.1965: The Peanuts gang turns up on the cover of Time magazine.
4.9.1972: Bill Hoest's The Lockhorns, already in print as a daily strip, adds a Sunday feature.
4.9.2003: Jerry Bittle dies of a heart attack. He was 53 years old. Both of his strips, Geech, and Shirley and Son, were discontinued following his death.
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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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