1950s comic strip characters

These are available to license for books, magazines, merchandise. Miss peach was a syndicated comic strip created by american cartoonist mell lazarus. Printed images and the comic book mediums unique presentation of them. Pages in category comic strips started in the 1950s the following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. When a baby named skeezix was added to the strip in 1921, gasoline alleys characters began to age in real time, transforming the series from a slew of. Comic strip characters bread sticker labels lot of 4. Vintage newspaper comic strips appreciation home facebook. These are available to license for books, magazines, merchandise, newsletters, presentations and websites. The gag in this strip is recycled from the lil folks strip from may 29, 1949. Like tammananny, butch is a direct homage to another cartoonist george herriman, whose krazy kat comic strip was greatly admired by kelly. However, original characters didnt start appearing until about 1938 as the earliest comic books were reprinted collections of comic strips.

Here youll find more than 40 old names like hopalong cassidy, flash gordon, curly kayo, brick bradford, etta kett. Arabias bright and beautiful novelties inspired by moomin comics from the 1950s. Some of you will also be aware of the kitschy fact that decarlo, who also penned the comic josie and the pussycats, modeled the character of josie after his own wife whose name was, you guessed it josie. Many of you may already recognize dan decarlos name as the man behind the archie comics in the 1950s and most of the 60s. The golden age of comic books describes an era of american comic books from 1938 to 1956. This strip is adapted in happiness is a warm blanket, charlie brown october 3, 1950 patty is reciting the traditional. Many of characters appeared in both strip and comic book format as well as in other media. They first appeared sometime in the 1920s as illustrated dirty jokes featuring squeaky clean comic strip characters like tillie the toiler and jiggs and maggie from bringing up baby. The character steve was a cart horse name after the british jockey steve donoghue.

You are buying vintage comic strip characters bread sticker labels from the 1940s. According to decarlos wife, it was the leopard cat costume. For moms and dads, the sunday paper was thick with the weeks biggest news, but for kids scrambling to snag the funnies section, it was a day to catch up with all your favorite comic characters. The peanuts gang had an original run of 50 years, from 1950 to 2000. Popular 1940s comic strips archie americans first met archie andrews in 1942, when bob montana created the first archie comic book. Garfield garfield garfield is a comic strip cat, created by jim davis in 1978. Comic book fans and collectors divide the last 80 years of the publication of superhero comic books into four ages.

It was a time when habits like reading the paper at breakfast or in the evening were a standard, comforting part of everyday american life. October 2, 1950 the first ever peanuts comic strip, shermy, patty and charlie brown appear. The 1950s comic strips gathered from over eighteen leading newspaper comic strips. November 1, 1950 november 2, 1950 november 3, 1950 in this strip, charlie brown is 4 years old november 4, 1950 november 6, 1950 november 7, 1950 the first time that charlie browns mother speaks and the first time that the presence of an adult is indicated november 8, 1950 november 9, 1950 november 10, 1950 snoopy is named november 11, 1950 november, 1950 november 14, 1950. Beetle bailey is at its best when the characters joke about their relationship, when they become selfaware of the roles theyre forced. The 10 greatest syndicated comic strips in american. The late 1940s to the early 1970s and especially the 1950s were the classic days of the comic strip. Blondie and husband,dagwood, comic strip characters. Comic strip characters bread sticker labels lot of seven 1940s you are buying vintage comic strip characters bread sticker labels from the 1940s. Archie comics have sold billions comics worldwide and are published.

Dick started as robin then became nightwing soon became one of the greatest heroes. Which means that newspaper comic strips are dying as well. Archie comics is the leading mass market comic book publisher in the world and the home to a wide array of the most popular humor, actionadventure and superhero characters in entertainment, including archie, jughead, betty, veronica, reggie, kevin keller, josie and the pussycats, sabrina the teenage witch, and many more. The strip came into being because of a united features syndicate talent search contest for new comic strips. Jiggs dresses to go out when he hears that the cement mixers ball will feature his old friend dinty moore.

Lazarus recalled, i scanned the papers, and there was nothing about schools, so i invented miss peach. Western comics is a comics genre usually depicting the american old west frontier usually anywhere west of the mississippi river and typically set during the late nineteenth century. Through the mid1950s, the void was filled by comic books containing more serious. The illustration of the misabel set is based on the comic strip moominmammas maid by tove and lars jansson from 1956. Its known for one of the largest cast of characters of any comic strip, but a few of the main ones include private beetle bailey, his platoon leader. A new world new stuff the 1950s was an odd time for comic books. Golden 19381950, silver 19561970, bronze 19701985 and modern 1985the present. The first true comic books were marketed in 1933 as giveaway advertising premiums. He writes about television and whatever else seems. So keep reading to find out if your favorite heroes made my list, and feel free to respond with your different opinions.

The term is generally associated with an american comic books genre published from the late 1940s through the 1950s though the genre had continuing popularity in europe, and persists in limited form in american. Would love to see you continue showcasing strips from the 50s and 60s. See more ideas about classic cartoons, childhood memories and old cartoons. Loving comic strips like i do i really enjoyed these clippings you showcased. About to go out, maggie tells jiggs not to leave the house. See more ideas about vintage comics, comic strips and comic books. Like many women of her time in the 1930s, she was a working mother. Chip zdarsky one of the most interesting comic characters weve seen in recent years doesnt fly. Last week, i started a twopart column on the greatest comic book characters of the 1950s and 60s. Following charlie brown and his friends through the 50s, creator charles schulz continued to add characters, tweak storylines, and really find his footing as a cartoonist. The word reuben after a name identifies winners of the national.

The greatest comicbook characters in the canon have been debated and argued over for decades. Arabias bright and beautiful novelties inspired by moomin. By 1935 reprints of newspaper strips and books with original stories were selling in large quantities. Tijuana bibles were eightpage, handsized comic books featuring wellknown cartoon characters, sporting heroes, and hollywood film stars in a sequence of hardcore sexual shenanigans. Superheroes in comic books through history retro planet. So i cant really put together a list of the greatest comic book of the 20s as the format didnt exist yet. See more ideas about vintage comics, comic strips and comics. Click on any image to see links to licensing and related cartoons. Le crime ne paie pas 1950 1972 by paul gordeaux france crock 19752012 by bill rechin and later brant parker and don wilder us cubitus 1968. Penny by george davies appeared in the sunday pictorial during the 1940s and 1950s. You are buying sticker 02, 04, and 15 from the series set of 32. It is probably the most notable strip to actually age its characters instead of leaving them timelocked at one age decade after decade. Although her place as the worlds first female superhero is in dispute, the red tornado or ma hunkel, as she is also known broke other barriers in 1939, and would aptly be hailed as a progressive comic book character to this day. Vintage articles and more in the 1950s category at click.

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 termination date is sometimes uncertain. The 100 most influential pages in comic book history vulture. Walt kelly pogo walt kelly pogo sunday strip panel detail june 18, 1950. Gasoline alley is credited as the first comic strip in which the characters age normally, and also being one of the first soap operas in any medium. This thirteenpanel comic strip of bringing up father by george mcmanus 18841954 presents a classic episode of the humorous marital drama between main characters jiggs and maggie.

Each comic strip that is famous and popular has a character that reaches out to millions of people. Feb 20, 20 all comments belong to previous pinner unless otherwise stated. Greatest 12 characters of the 1940s who is on this list, what this list is about and how they got on the list. Comic book, bound collection of comic strips, usually in chronological sequence, typically telling a single story or a series of different stories. Comic strip characters bread sticker labels lot of seven. This was the first comic strip to win a pulitzer prize. The 100 best comic book characters of all time paste.

The superhero archetype was created and many wellknown characters were introduced, including superman, batman, captain marvel, captain america, and wonder woman. Doonesbury is a continuation of the same characters, plus many new ones. Garfield is wellknown in many countries and has appeared in over 2. In pulps the characters were heroes, but they did not start out as. In the early 1950s, a superhero revival brought back their three major. In that alternate reality tale, secret agent jimmy woo recruited 3d man and some characters from the 1940s and 1950s to form a team of protoavengers. When youre finished here, there are some even more familiar names in our roundup of classic comic strips that started in the 1950s. Flap, the first black character in the strip, was initially controversial but mort managed to avoid racial stereotyping by making him an officer who is hip, proud and very much in control. By the early 60s, peanuts had hit its stride and was considered one of the. Little lulu a daily comic strip, entitled little lulu, was syndicated from june 5, 1950 through may. Synopsis this is one of a set of lists i made showing a progression. Although gorillaman, venus, marvel boy and the human rocket saved president dwight eisenhower from the villain yellow claw, the 1950s avengers quietly disbanded at the presidents request.

Dates after names indicate the time frames when the strips appeared. The 25 best sunday comic strips of all time complex. Plato, camp swampys resident intellectual, was based on morts close friend and partner, dik browne. In other words these will become great inspirations to future comic characters and stories. It ran for 45 years, from february 4, 1957 to september 8, 2002. The strip was created by frank king with the remit from the chicago tribunes publisher, colonel robert mccormick, to create a strip to appeal to the new generation of car owners and mechanics. During this time, modern comic books were first published and rapidly increased in popularity. The pogopedia identifies these characters as bug daddy and bug child. In the 1960s and 70s, three new characters helped to keep beetle bailey in step with the times. These kinds of lists are always less the definitive end of the conversation than the start of one. Comic strips cartoon america exhibitions library of. Naughty, sexy vintage 50s cartoons from josie and the. The 50 greatest comicbook characters movies empire. The snorkmaiden illustration, is from the 1955 comic strip moomin on the riviera.