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January 7 Comic Strip Anniversaries
A number of comic strips debuted on January 7. 1900 (not the first strip) 1929© Dille Co. 1929© ERB Inc. 1934© King Features Syndicate 1990© Baby Blues Bros. 1991© Lincoln Peirce
Posted on: Jan 7, 2021, Section: Anniversaries, Comic strips, Comments: Comments Off on January 7 Comic Strip Anniversaries
Calvin and Hobbes 35th
November 18, 1985 saw… …the introduction of one of the greatest comic strips of all time. With 125 years of historic comic strips to choose from Calvin and Hobbes makes almost everybody’s All-Time Top Ten list. And rightfully so. Calvin and Hobbes‘s greatest triumph was its emotional complexity. Strips could simply be funny, sure, but […]
Posted on: Nov 18, 2020, Section: Anniversaries, Comic strips, Comments: 2 Comments
Happy Birthday Rupert Bear, a Comic Centennial
Rupert characters are © & ™ Express Newspapers & DreamWorks Newspaper comic features that are still appearing in newly produced and printed episodes after 100 year can be counted on one hand – Gasoline Alley, Ripley’s Believe It or Not, Thimble Theater starring Popeye, Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, and now Rupert Bear.* On November […]
Posted on: Nov 8, 2020, Section: Anniversaries, Children's Books, Comic Books, Comic strips, Comments: 2 Comments
Doonesbury at 50, part 2
Was a bit shocked at the lack of articles noting the 50th anniversary of Doonesbury. Surprisingly Ultimate Classic Rock featured one of the two to appear. Unfortunately they pretty much credit Doonesbury with introducing politics to the daily comics pages. That aside the article does look at the reasons for Doonesbury’s success: Traditionally, comic strips […]
Posted on: Oct 27, 2020, Section: Anniversaries, Comic strips, Comments: Comments Off on Doonesbury at 50, part 2
Paul F. Gray Joins the Senior Strippers Club
A(nother) belated notice that Paul Frank Gray is now a dues-paying member of the Senior Strippers club. We wish the Reverend Paul Gray a happy and blessed belated birthday, born October 10, 1930. From Assemblies of God last December: Since 2002, Gray has drawn the faith-based cartoon “Shades of Gray” for the religious page of […]
Posted on: Oct 16, 2020, Section: Anniversaries, Cartooning, Comic strips, Magazine cartoons, Comments: Comments Off on Paul F. Gray Joins the Senior Strippers Club
Featuring Good Seventy-year-ol’ Charlie Brown
Charlie Brown remains my favorite Peanuts character. Peanuts and the characters are © Peanuts Worldwide LLC Seventy years after its creation, and 20 years after the death of its creator, Charles M. Schulz‘s Peanuts remains on of the most popular and influential comic strips of all time. The anniversary is being celebrated across the world […]
Posted on: Oct 2, 2020, Section: Anniversaries, Comic strips, Comments: 1 Comment
Dueling Centennials – Winkle and Ward
September 20, 1920 saw two debuts. Winnie Winkle by Martin Branner first appeared on this date in 1920.Tom Heintjes and the HoganMag Twitter are showing the first daily strips here and here. So here’s the first Winnie Winkle Sunday (April 2, 1922) featuring new cast member Perry. Below is the last Winnie Winkle strip from […]
Posted on: Sep 20, 2020, Section: Animation, Anniversaries, Comic strips, Comments: Comments Off on Dueling Centennials – Winkle and Ward
Blondie and Dagwood Turn 90
above: Blondie by Chic Young (1930) Chic Young’s Blondie comic strip first appeared on September 8, 1930. above: the debut of Blondie and Dagwood In 2012 R. C. Harvey informed us of the history of the strip and it’s creator. The authorized Blondie backstory via The Wayback Machine. It took a walk down the […]
Posted on: Sep 7, 2020, Section: Anniversaries, Comic strips, Comments: 1 Comment
Celebrating Beetle Bailey at 70
The Beetle Bailey comic strip first appeared in newspapers on September 4, 1950. 70 years later The Walker Brothers are celebrating the anniversary during the first week of September. Kicking it off a little early is Brian Walker writing a brief column about the early Beetle for the Comics Kingdom blog. Beetle Bailey debuted inauspiciously […]
Posted on: Aug 28, 2020, Section: Anniversaries, Comic strips, Comments: 4 Comments
At 90 Betty Boop Becomes a Senior Stripper
Betty Boop debuted 90 years ago with the August 9, 1930 release of Dirty Dizzy Dishes. Animation Magazine has a slight overview of Betty Boop at 90. The Forward has a look at creator Max Fleischer. Via YouTube is that introductory Dirty Dishes: After the Hayes Code toned down Betty’s scandalous behavior her popularity never […]
Posted on: Aug 8, 2020, Section: Animation, Anniversaries, Comic strips, Comments: 1 Comment
Publisher James Warren Joins the Senior Strippers
Famed comics publisher James Warren turns 90 today – born July 29, 1930. I guess technically he should be an Honorary Senior Stripper since Jim didn’t write or draw comics. But he certainly was a major supporter and influencer of comic books with his black and white magazines. During The Sixties and into The Seventies […]
Posted on: Jul 29, 2020, Section: Anniversaries, Comic Books, Comic history, Publishers, Comments: Comments Off on Publisher James Warren Joins the Senior Strippers
Arlo and Janis at 35
Jimmy Johnson celebrates 35 years of his Arlo and Janis comic strip by reproducing the very first strip as today’s issue: This week’s strip have been celebrating the anniversary, now he is extending the hoopla to his blog: The comic strip Arlo & Janis began life when it first appeared in newspapers 35 years ago […]
Posted on: Jul 29, 2020, Section: Anniversaries, Comic strips, Comments: 5 Comments
Brian Crane, Pickle-ing For 30 Years
30 years ago, April 2, 1990, saw the debut of Pickles by Brian Crane. above: the first Pickles comic strip Since that beginning the strip has become very successful: Whether observing the differences between genders and generations or taking a wry but sympathetic look at life in the twilight years, Crane’s good-natured wit and dry […]
Posted on: Apr 2, 2020, Section: Anniversaries, Comic strips, Comments: 7 Comments
60 Years of Good Keane Fun
It says here that February 29 is the birthday of Superman, L.O.Annie, and Captain Marvel. I don’t know about that. But I do know that sixty years ago, Leap Day 1960, was the first public appearance of The Family Circle by Bil Keane! Jeff Keane celebrates that anniversary in today’s The Family Circus. Wait. The […]
Posted on: Feb 29, 2020, Section: Anniversaries, Comic strips, Comments: 3 Comments
First and Last – James Thurber & The New Yorker
James Thurber‘s first drawings appeared in the The New Yorker dated ninety years ago today. In the New Yorker issue dated February 22, 1930 a short James Thurber contribution included two illustrations, the first Thurber drawings to appear in the magazine. [James Thurber’s words first appeared in the February 26, 1927 New Yorker, but since […]
Posted on: Feb 22, 2020, Section: Anniversaries, Books, Cartoonist's Cartoonists, Comic history, Comic strips, Illustration, Magazine cartoons, Comments: Comments Off on First and Last – James Thurber & The New Yorker
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