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.
10.23.1909: Rick Yager is born in Alton, Illinois. Yager worked on the Buck Rogers strip for 25 years, starting in 1933. The comic was syndicated for almost 40 years, ending in 1967.
10.23.1920: Bob Montana, who created the original Archie characters, is born in Stockton, California. He began drawing the Archie comic book in 1942, and the newspaper strip in 1947.
10.23.1963: Lincoln Peirce, the creator of Big Nate, is born in Iowa. He grew up in Durham, New Hampshire. Pierce launched his strip about a Maine sixth grader in 1991.
10.23.1920: Bob Montana, who created the original Archie characters, is born in Stockton, California. He began drawing the Archie comic book in 1942, and the newspaper strip in 1947.
10.23.1963: Lincoln Peirce, the creator of Big Nate, is born in Iowa. He grew up in Durham, New Hampshire. Pierce launched his strip about a Maine sixth grader in 1991.
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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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