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.
7.22.1895: Hal Forrest, the cartoonist behind Tailspin Tommy, is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The strip about a youthful pilot had a 14-year run, from 1928 to 1942.
7.22.1905: The Outbursts of Everett True, originally titled A Chapter from the Career of Everett True, debuts. Created by A. D. Condo, it focused on a portly, ill-tempered man who constantly found himself annoyed by everyone he met. It ran until 1927.
7.22.1983: Jack Rickard dies. He was 61. An advertising illustrator and contributor to Mad magazine, he collaborated with Mel Lazarus in 1966 and 1967 on Pauline McPeril, a newspaper strip starring a blonde secret agent.
7.22.1986: Floyd Gottfredson dies at 81 in Montrose, California. In 1930 he began a 45-year stint working on the Mickey Mouse comic strip.
7.22.1995: Rick Yager, who worked on the Buck Rogers strip for 25 years starting in 1933, dies.
7.22.2005: Jerry Marcus, the creator of Trudy, dies in Waterbury, Connecticut, at 81. Launched in 1963, Trudy focused on the homemaker of the title as she managed her family and its pets.
7.22.1905: The Outbursts of Everett True, originally titled A Chapter from the Career of Everett True, debuts. Created by A. D. Condo, it focused on a portly, ill-tempered man who constantly found himself annoyed by everyone he met. It ran until 1927.
7.22.1983: Jack Rickard dies. He was 61. An advertising illustrator and contributor to Mad magazine, he collaborated with Mel Lazarus in 1966 and 1967 on Pauline McPeril, a newspaper strip starring a blonde secret agent.
7.22.1986: Floyd Gottfredson dies at 81 in Montrose, California. In 1930 he began a 45-year stint working on the Mickey Mouse comic strip.
7.22.1995: Rick Yager, who worked on the Buck Rogers strip for 25 years starting in 1933, dies.
7.22.2005: Jerry Marcus, the creator of Trudy, dies in Waterbury, Connecticut, at 81. Launched in 1963, Trudy focused on the homemaker of the title as she managed her family and its pets.
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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