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.
10.4.1903: A pilot strip appears for Gustave Verbeek’s The Upside Downs of Little Lady Lovekins and Old Man Muffaroo.
10.4.1931: Chester Gould's Dick Tracy starts his crime-fighting career. The hard-nosed detective remains on the job today.
10.4.1931: Stanley Link introduces Tiny Tim, which followed the adventures of siblings Tim and Dotty Grunt, who initially were only two inches tall but grew taller later on. The strip ran until 1958.
10.4.1943: Kerry Drake, a detective strip created by artist Alfred Andriola and writer Allen Saunders, debuts.
10.4.1948: Walt Kelly’s Pogo, an often satirical strip starring anthropomorphic animals, begins its newspaper run. It earned Kelly a Reuben Award from the National Cartoonists Society in 1951.
10.4.1950: Snoopy, a beagle with an impressive fantasy life, makes his first appearance in Charles Schulz’s Peanuts.
10.4.1976: Using a pseudonym, cartoonist Stuart Hample premieres Inside Woody Allen, a gag-a-day strip about the filmmaker and comedian. It ran until 1984.
10.4.2010: Paul Trap launches Thatababy, which Trap describes as “a parenting strip through the eyes of the baby.”
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.
10.4.1931: Chester Gould's Dick Tracy starts his crime-fighting career. The hard-nosed detective remains on the job today.
10.4.1931: Stanley Link introduces Tiny Tim, which followed the adventures of siblings Tim and Dotty Grunt, who initially were only two inches tall but grew taller later on. The strip ran until 1958.
10.4.1943: Kerry Drake, a detective strip created by artist Alfred Andriola and writer Allen Saunders, debuts.
10.4.1948: Walt Kelly’s Pogo, an often satirical strip starring anthropomorphic animals, begins its newspaper run. It earned Kelly a Reuben Award from the National Cartoonists Society in 1951.
10.4.1950: Snoopy, a beagle with an impressive fantasy life, makes his first appearance in Charles Schulz’s Peanuts.
10.4.1976: Using a pseudonym, cartoonist Stuart Hample premieres Inside Woody Allen, a gag-a-day strip about the filmmaker and comedian. It ran until 1984.
10.4.2010: Paul Trap launches Thatababy, which Trap describes as “a parenting strip through the eyes of the baby.”
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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