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Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, originally Take Barney Google, for Instance, [1] [note 1] is an American comic strip created by cartoonist Billy DeBeck. Since its debut on June 17, 1919, [ 3 ] the strip has gained a large international readership, appearing in 900 newspapers in 21 countries.
This is a list of films based on English-language comic strips and characters first appearing in them, including single panel gag cartoons appearing in newspapers, magazines, and webcomics. The practice of creating films based on comic strips dates back to the early years of film itself.
William Morgan DeBeck (April 15, 1890 – November 11, 1942), better known as Billy DeBeck, was an American cartoonist.He is most famous as the creator of the comic strip Barney Google, later retitled Barney Google and Snuffy Smith.
Barney Google and Snuffy Smith was drawn by Hank Ketcham (Dennis the Menace): Dennis "helps" Jughaid with a "kick me" sign, and Elviney and Lowezey resemble Alice and Mrs. Wilson. Dennis the Menace was drawn by Fred Lasswell (Barney Google and Snuffy Smith): The Dennis the Menace characters dress like those of Snuffy Smith for a group photo.
Snuffy was immediately popular, leading to a surge in demand for the comic strip. Throughout the 1930s, DeBeck continued to mentor Lasswell, sending him to work with preeminent illustrators of the era and to study at the Art Students League of New York. [2] After DeBeck's death in 1942, Lasswell subsequently took over as the lead cartoonist of ...
This is a list of comics or comic strips that have been made into feature films. The title of the work is followed by the work's author, the title of the film, and the year of the film. If a film has an alternate title based on geographical distribution, the title listed will be that of the widest distribution area.
Private Snuffy Smith (reissued as Snuffy Smith, Yardbird) is a 1942 American army comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline and starring Bud Duncan as comic-strip character Snuffy Smith and Edgar Kennedy as his commanding officer. A sequel, Hillbilly Blitzkrieg, was released later in 1942 and also featured Duncan and Kennedy.
This is a list of American comics creators. Although comics have different formats, this list covers creators of comic books , graphic novels and comic strips , along with early innovators. The list presents authors with the United States as their country of origin, although they may have published or now be resident in other countries.