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100 Years Ago: E&P Directory of Syndicated Comic Art 1926

D. D. Degg Published: June 5, 2026 Updated: June 5, 2026 1 minute 0 comments

In the June 5, 1926 issue Editor & Publisher presented their “Third Annual Directory of Press Features.”

Editor & Publisher masthead and headline for June 5, 1926

The Newspaper Art section listed “Cartoons, Comic Strips, Magazine Covers and Sketches” available to, well, editors and publishers of newspapers and other publications.

Barney Google and Spark Plug by Billy DeBeck – June 5, 1926

Fritzi Ritz by Ernie Bushmiller – June 5, 1926

Gasoline Alley by Frank King – June 5, 1926

(Ripley’s) Believe It or Not by Robert L. Ripley – June 1926

Thimble Theatre by E. C. Segar – June 5, 1926

Weatherbird by Samuel Carlisle Martin – July 5, 1926 (not syndicated so not listed)

Note: most of the cartoons listed in the other sections are listed here under “Cartoons.”

Also note that newspapers 100 years ago faced some of today’s difficulties:

Editor & Publisher – June 5, 1926

Editor & Publisher – June 5, 1926

A couple ads of surviving syndicates from 100 years ago.

King Features Syndicate ad – Editor & Publisher June 5, 1926

Newswpaper Enterprise Association ad – Editor & Publisher June 5, 1926

Yes, NEA is still around. After a fashion.

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