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.
7.17.1917: Mexican-American artist Gustavo "Gus" Arriola is born in Florence, Arizona. His strip Gordo introduced American readers to Mexican culture. Arriola won a Newspaper Comic Strip award from the National Cartoonists Society in 1965, eight years after he tied with Gasoline Alley's Frank King for the same award.
7.17.1956: Sergeant Orville Snorkel’s dog Otto makes his first appearance in Mort Walker’s Beetle Bailey. Initially, Otto was a regular dog who walked on all fours, but he later acquired an Army uniform and walked upright.
7.17.1971: Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury avoids cancellation in a Macon, Georgia, newspaper, The Telegraph, thanks to a 27-22 win in a referendum.
7.17.1956: Sergeant Orville Snorkel’s dog Otto makes his first appearance in Mort Walker’s Beetle Bailey. Initially, Otto was a regular dog who walked on all fours, but he later acquired an Army uniform and walked upright.
7.17.1971: Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury avoids cancellation in a Macon, Georgia, newspaper, The Telegraph, thanks to a 27-22 win in a referendum.
7.17.2007: R. C. Harvey releases Meanwhile . . . , a biography of Milton Caniff, creator of Terry and the Pirates and Steve Canyon.
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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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