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.
12.5.1937: Gustave Verbeek, creator of The Upside Downs of Little Lady Lovekins and Old Man Muffaroo, dies in New York City, at 70.
12.5.1972: Anders Morgenthaler is born. The Danish artist is the co-creator (with Mikael Wulff) of Wumo (formerly Wulffmorgenthaler), which began appearing in American newspapers in 2013.
12.5.1987: Early comics artist Arthur R. Momand dies in New York, at 100. His creation, Keeping Up with the Joneses, popularized the title as a term for judging success by the social standing of neighbors.
12.5.2011: Fantagraphics releases Through the Wild Blue Wonder, the first installment in a planned 12-volume set of the complete daily and Sunday Pogo strips by Walt Kelly.
12.5.1972: Anders Morgenthaler is born. The Danish artist is the co-creator (with Mikael Wulff) of Wumo (formerly Wulffmorgenthaler), which began appearing in American newspapers in 2013.
12.5.1987: Early comics artist Arthur R. Momand dies in New York, at 100. His creation, Keeping Up with the Joneses, popularized the title as a term for judging success by the social standing of neighbors.
12.5.2011: Fantagraphics releases Through the Wild Blue Wonder, the first installment in a planned 12-volume set of the complete daily and Sunday Pogo strips by Walt Kelly.
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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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