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.
11.6.1938: Red Ryder, a Western-themed strip created by Stephen Slesinger and Fred Harman, debuts. It ran through 1964.
11.6.1950: Al Capp, the creator of Li’l Abner, makes the cover of Time magazine, with Li'l Abner, Daisy Mae and a couple of Shmoos in the background.
11.6.1956: Pogo Possum, the star of Walt Kelly’s strip Pogo, loses the presidential race to Dwight D. Eisenhower, as he did in 1952.
11.6.1972: Bob Thaves unveils Frank and Ernest, a strip devoted to puns and wordplay.
11.6.1950: Al Capp, the creator of Li’l Abner, makes the cover of Time magazine, with Li'l Abner, Daisy Mae and a couple of Shmoos in the background.
11.6.1956: Pogo Possum, the star of Walt Kelly’s strip Pogo, loses the presidential race to Dwight D. Eisenhower, as he did in 1952.
11.6.1972: Bob Thaves unveils Frank and Ernest, a strip devoted to puns and wordplay.
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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