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.
12.16.1918: A.E. Hayward debuts Somebody’s Stenog (short for stenographer), which was one of the first daily strips focusing on an independent woman.
12.16.1950: Radio Patrol, a daily police comic strip created by artist Charles Schmidt and writer Eddie Sullivan, retires after 17 years. A Sunday installment ran from 1934 to 1946.
12.16.1953: Schroeder, who first appeared in Peanuts in 1951, celebrates Beethoven’s birthday for the first time. He became a regular character until September 1999, a few months before creator Charles M. Schulz died.
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.
12.16.1950: Radio Patrol, a daily police comic strip created by artist Charles Schmidt and writer Eddie Sullivan, retires after 17 years. A Sunday installment ran from 1934 to 1946.
12.16.1953: Schroeder, who first appeared in Peanuts in 1951, celebrates Beethoven’s birthday for the first time. He became a regular character until September 1999, a few months before creator Charles M. Schulz died.
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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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