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.
9.20.1901: Gus Edson, co-creator of Dondi (1955-1986), is born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
9.20.1920: Winnie Winkle makes its debut as Winnie Winkle the Breadwinner. The strip survived until 1996.
9.20.1954: Ray Helle introduces The Flibbertys, a family strip that also included a dog, a cat and a mouse. The animals could talk among themselves.
9.20.1962: Bill Amend, the creator of FoxTrot, is born in Northampton, Massachusetts. He was named 2006 Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year by the National Cartoonists Society.
9.20.1964: Ben Casey, already in print as a daily strip, adds a Sunday installment. Both strips ended in 1966.
9.20.1965: Bob Weber debuts Moose, later known as Moose and Molly. Moose is a lazy, out-of-work loafer and Molly is his extremely tolerant wife.
9.20.1965: Tales of the Green Beret debuts with a Vietnam War setting. It survived until 1968.
9.20.1972: William Ritt, co-creator of the Brick Bradford science fiction strip, which ran from 1933 to 1987, dies at 70.
9.20.1992: Mere days after Dagwood Bumstead of the Blondie strip went to work for his wife Blondie in her new catering business, she fires him for eating up the profits. Dagwood will go back to work for his longtime boss, J.C. Dithers.
9.20.2010: Ed Stein unveils Freshly Squeezed, a cartoon about multi-generational families.
9.20.1920: Winnie Winkle makes its debut as Winnie Winkle the Breadwinner. The strip survived until 1996.
9.20.1954: Ray Helle introduces The Flibbertys, a family strip that also included a dog, a cat and a mouse. The animals could talk among themselves.
9.20.1962: Bill Amend, the creator of FoxTrot, is born in Northampton, Massachusetts. He was named 2006 Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year by the National Cartoonists Society.
9.20.1964: Ben Casey, already in print as a daily strip, adds a Sunday installment. Both strips ended in 1966.
9.20.1965: Bob Weber debuts Moose, later known as Moose and Molly. Moose is a lazy, out-of-work loafer and Molly is his extremely tolerant wife.
9.20.1965: Tales of the Green Beret debuts with a Vietnam War setting. It survived until 1968.
9.20.1972: William Ritt, co-creator of the Brick Bradford science fiction strip, which ran from 1933 to 1987, dies at 70.
9.20.1992: Mere days after Dagwood Bumstead of the Blondie strip went to work for his wife Blondie in her new catering business, she fires him for eating up the profits. Dagwood will go back to work for his longtime boss, J.C. Dithers.
9.20.2010: Ed Stein unveils Freshly Squeezed, a cartoon about multi-generational families.
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