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.
6.15.1952: Fearless Fosdick, Al Capp’s parody of Dick Tracy, gets his own TV show on NBC. The program, which used marionettes, ended after only 13 episodes.
6.15.1958: The last Sunday page of Polly and Her Pals appears. Launched in 1912, the strip is regarded as one of the most graphically innovative comics of the 20th century.
6.15.1981: Doug Marlette’s Kudzu, a comic named after the fast-growing Southern vine, debuts as a daily feature. The cartoon ran until 2007.
6.15.2005: The Montréal-based publishing firm Drawn and Quarterly releases Walt and Skeezix: Book One, the first volume in a series of reprints of Frank King’s Gasoline Alley.
6.15.1981: Doug Marlette’s Kudzu, a comic named after the fast-growing Southern vine, debuts as a daily feature. The cartoon ran until 2007.
6.15.2005: The Montréal-based publishing firm Drawn and Quarterly releases Walt and Skeezix: Book One, the first volume in a series of reprints of Frank King’s Gasoline Alley.
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| Polly and Her Pals |
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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