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.
10.20.1889: Connie creator Frank Godwin, who also created Rusty Riley, is born in Washington, D.C. Connie ran from 1927 to 1944; Rusty Riley from 1948 to 1959.
10.20.1893: Lyman Young, the cartoonist behind Tim Tyler’s Luck (1928-1996), is born. He was the younger brother of Blondie creator Chick Young.
10.20.1906: Crockett Johnson, the creator of Barnaby (1942-1952), is born in New York City.
10.20.1928: Hal Foster’s comic strip adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan novels debuts.
10.20.1935: Sidney Smith, the creator of Old Doc Yak (1912-1919) and The Gumps (1917-1959), dies in a head-collision. He was 58.
10.20.1946: The Sunday installment of Radio Patrol, a police comic strip, is canceled. The daily version of the strip continued until 1950.
10.20.2015: The Library of American Comics releases Beyond Mars, a single volume containing the entire series of the science-fiction strip, which ran from 1952 to 1955.
10.20.2019: Mooch, the resident cat in Patrick McDonnell’s Mutts, makes a reference in today's strip to George Herriman’s legendary Krazy Kat comic.
10.20.2023: The Washington Post reports that Flash Gordon is returning to newspapers after a two-decade absence. The reborn strip is in the hands of cartoonist Dan Schkade.
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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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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