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.
6.24.1926: Walt Wallet and Phyllis Blossom finally get married in Frank King’s Gasoline Alley.
6.24.1949: In another high-profile romance, Joe Palooka and Ann Howe are wed in Joe Palooka.
6.24.1969: Frank King, the creator of Gasoline Alley, dies at 86. His strip, which debuted in 1918, is the longest currently running strip in the United States. The Katzenjammer Kids had a longer run, but it ended in 2006.
6.24.1979: Stan Lynde unveils Latigo, a strip written and drawn by Lynde. The daily and Sunday strips ran until 1983.
6.24.2001: Greg Turfman discontinues Meg!, a strip starring a young soccer player, her little brother Mike, their parents and Meg’s friend Ashley. The comic launched in 1997.
6.24.1979: Stan Lynde unveils Latigo, a strip written and drawn by Lynde. The daily and Sunday strips ran until 1983.
6.24.2001: Greg Turfman discontinues Meg!, a strip starring a young soccer player, her little brother Mike, their parents and Meg’s friend Ashley. The comic launched in 1997.
6.24.2008: The Library of American Comics releases the first volume in its set of reprints of Harold Gray’s Little Orphan Annie.
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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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