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.
10.24.1938: A Charlie Chan strip drawn by Alfred Andriola starts its run, which ended in May 1942.
10.24.1977: Bill Hoest, creator of The Lockhorns, unveils Agatha Crumm, a strip about the eccentric, elderly owner of the Crumm Cookie Company. The comic ran until 1996.
10.24.1982: The Sunday Star Trek strip, which debuted in 1979 along with a daily feature, is canceled.
10.24.1999: The football gag appears for the last time in Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts, which ended its 50-year run the following year. Schulz died on Feb. 12, 2000.
10.24.1977: Bill Hoest, creator of The Lockhorns, unveils Agatha Crumm, a strip about the eccentric, elderly owner of the Crumm Cookie Company. The comic ran until 1996.
10.24.1982: The Sunday Star Trek strip, which debuted in 1979 along with a daily feature, is canceled.
10.24.1999: The football gag appears for the last time in Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts, which ended its 50-year run the following year. Schulz died on Feb. 12, 2000.
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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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