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The following is a list of comic strips. Dates after names indicate the time frames when the strips appeared. Dates after names indicate the time frames when the strips appeared. There is usually a fair degree of accuracy about a start date, but because of rights being transferred or the very gradual loss of appeal of a particular strip, the ...
The roots of European on-paper comics date back to 18th century caricatures (mocking others styles or behaviors) by artists such as William Hogarth.The early 19th century Swiss artist Rodolphe Töpffer is regarded by many as the "father of the modern comic" and his publication Histoire de Mr. Vieux Bois (1837) is sometimes called the first "comic book".
Crabby Road by John Wagner and the Hallmark Cards, Inc. writing studios (1997–2002; continued as a web comic to the present) (US) Crankshaft (1987– ) by Tom Batiuk and Chuck Ayers (US) Crawford and Morgan aka Crawford (1976–1978) by Chuck Jones (US) Le crime ne paie pas (1950–1972) by Paul Gordeaux (France)
Franco-Belgian comics, together with American and British comic books and Japanese manga, are one of the three main markets.The term is broad, and can be applied to all comics made by French and Belgian comics authors, all comics originally published by French and Belgian comics publishers, or all comics in the styles appearing in the Franco-Belgian comics magazines Tintin and Spirou, possibly ...
Tom and Jerry (1950s–1991) (US) Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (1951–1953) by Ray Bailey (US) Tom Puss (Dutch original Tom Poes) (1941–1986) by Marten Toonder (Netherlands) Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn (1918) by Clare Victor Dwiggins (US); see also Dwig's Huckleberry Finn strip from 1940; Tom the Dancing Bug (1990– ) by Ruben Bolling (US)
French comic strips (2 C, 41 P) Comics images from France (1 C, 13 F) F. Films based on French comics (2 C, 45 P) ... Pages in category "French comics"
An estimated 75% of the comics sold in France were made by the three large Belgian comics publishers, Dupuis, Le Lombard and Casterman. Dupuis alone, with a production of 9 to 10 million albums a year and a back catalogue of 1,000 titles, is responsible for one third of the French comics market. [ 41 ]
In post-war (the 1950s and 1960s) West Germany, comic books and strips were largely inspired by American models. Comic books for children and young people were developed, such as Rolf Kauka's Fix and Foxi and adventure comics like Sigurd and Nick by Hansrudi Wäscher. After 1960 the West German publishers commissioned foreign artists and studios.