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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 following is a list of British Comic Strips. A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions. The coloured backgrounds denote the publisher: – indicates D. C. Thomson. – indicates AP, Fleetway and IPC Comics.
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)
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)
A British comic is a periodical published in the United Kingdom that contains comic strips. It is generally referred to as a comic or a comic magazine, and historically as a comic paper. As of 2014, the three longest-running comics of all time were all British. [2]
Morris introduced the term in 1964 when he started a series about the history of comics in Spirou [47] Belgium's comic-strip culture has been called by Time magazine "Europe's richest"., [48] while the Calgary Sun calls Belgium "the home of the comic strip". [49]
1937 in comics - debut: Prince Valiant, Sheena, Queen of the Jungle, Abbie an' Slats, Torchy Brown; debut as comic strip: Donald Duck, Desperate Dan; published: Detective Comics #1 The Dandy #1 1938 in comics - debut: Spirou , Tif , The Addams Family , Superman ; published: Le Journal de Spirou , Action Comics #1, The Beano #1
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".