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many strips were collected together. During the 1930s, the original art for a daily strip could be drawn as large as 25 inches wide by six inches high. Over decades, the size of daily strips became smaller and smaller, until by 2000, four standard daily strips could fit in an area once occupied by a single daily strip. As strips have become smaller, the number of panels have been reduced.
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relegated newspaper reading to an occasional basis rather than daily, syndicators were abandoning long stories and urging cartoonists to switch to simple daily gags, or week-long "storylines" (with six consecutive (mostly unrelated) strips following a same subject), with longer storylines being used
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The two conventional formats for newspaper comics are strips and single gag panels. The strips are usually displayed horizontally, wider than they are tall. Single panels are square, circular or taller than they are wide. Strips usually, but not always, are broken up into several smaller panels with
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daily comic strip ended in 1994 after newspapers objected to a storyline they considered to be a satire on abortion). Some of the taboo words and topics are mentioned daily on television and other forms of visual media. Webcomics and comics distributed primarily to college newspapers are much freer
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strip that features Pig talking to his sister, and says the phrase "I SIS!" repeatedly after correcting his sister's grammar. The strip then cuts to a scene of a NSA wiretap agent, following a scene of Pig being arrested by the FBI saying "Never correct your sister's grammar", implying that the CIA
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fame, requested that his strip not be continued by another cartoonist after his death. He also rejected the idea of hiring an inker or letterer, comparing it to a golfer hiring a man to make his putts. Schulz's family has honored his wishes and refused numerous proposals by syndicators to continue
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has written extensively on the issue, arguing that size reduction and dropped panels reduce both the potential and freedom of a cartoonist. After a lengthy battle with his syndicate, Watterson won the privilege of making half page-sized Sunday strips where he could arrange the panels any way he
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that allow their panels to be rearranged in several different ways while remaining readable. Such formats usually include throwaway panels at the beginning, which some newspapers will omit for space. As a result, cartoonists have less incentive to put great efforts into these panels.
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and other newspapers which featured few or no comic strips. Hearst's critics often assumed that all the strips in his papers were fronts for his own political and social views. Hearst did occasionally work with or pitch ideas to cartoonists, most notably his continued support of
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were reduced to four columns wide (with a "transition" width of five columns). As newspapers became narrower beginning in the 1970s, strips have gotten even smaller, often being just three columns wide, a similar width to the one most daily panels occupied before the 1940s.
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in the 1950s, caricaturing him as a bobcat named Simple J. Malarkey, a megalomaniac who was bent on taking over the characters' birdwatching club and rooting out all undesirables. Kelly also defended the medium against possible government regulation in the
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developed sophisticated caricature styles using strips of expressive comic figures with captions that could be read left to right to cumulative effect, as well as business models for advertising and selling cheap comic illustration on regular subscription.
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received a full page, and daily strips were generally the width of the page. The competition between papers for having more cartoons than the rest from the mid-1920s, the growth of large-scale newspaper advertising during most of the thirties, paper
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Charles Schulz, among others) have done their strips almost completely by themselves; often criticizing the use of assistants for the same reasons most have about their editors hiring anyone else to continue their work after their retirement.
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openly voicing his discontent about being forced to draw his Sunday strips in such rigid formats from the beginning. Kelly's heirs opted to end the strip in 1975 as a form of protest against the practice. Since then,
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was often displayed in a two-panel format with the first panel showing some deceptive, pretentious, unwitting or scheming human behavior and the second panel revealing the truth of the situation.
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are both drawn by the sons of the creators. Some strips which are still in affiliation with the original creator are produced by small teams or entire companies, such as Jim Davis'
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during the 1920s, it became commonplace for strips (comedy- and adventure-laden alike) to have lengthy stories spanning weeks or months. The "Monarch of
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into trying to kick that football. (After I left for college, my father would clip out that strip each year and send it to me just to make sure I didn't miss it.)"
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were known during the mid-to-late 80s and 1990s respectively for their throwaways on their Sunday strips, however both strips now run "generic" title panels.
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being an early—if not the earliest—case in which the creator retained ownership of his work.) Both these practices began to change with the 1970 debut of
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began in 1972 and paved the way for some of these strips, as its human characters were manifest in diverse forms—as animals, vegetables, and minerals.
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newspaper magazine supplement, continuing until March 30 of that year. Between 1939 and 1943, four different stories featuring Flossy appeared on
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the loss of most foreign markets outside
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Scott, Randy. "The King Features Proof Sheet Collection".
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The Comics: An Illustrated History of Comic Strip Art
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3370:Estren, Mark James (1993). "Foreword: Onward!".
2852:Democracy;-or-a Sketch of the Life of Buonaparte
801:Democracy;-or-a Sketch of the Life of Buonaparte
5293:Comics and comic strips made into feature films
4072:. Archived from the original on March 23, 2010.
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3145:. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 240.
1031:The longest-running American comic strips are:
5484:Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards Association
5372:Michigan State University Comic Art Collection
3754:The Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics
3639:. Comics.com. January 11, 2011. Archived from
3613:. Comics.com. January 10, 2011. Archived from
2987:The Smithsonian collection of newspaper comics
2904:(paper). British Museum. 1812. 1872,1012.5011.
2888:(paper). British Museum. 1812. 1872,1012.5010.
2689:or dialogue children do not understand, as in
2315:In the early decades of the 20th century, all
1275:Michigan State University Comic Art Collection
1117:Most newspaper comic strips are syndicated; a
983:In the United States, the great popularity of
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3960:The Compact History of the American Newspaper
3272:Strips in de Belgische dagbladpers, 1945–1950
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2519:. The issue was addressed in six consecutive
2396:circumvented further downsizes by making his
931:provided an inspiration for German immigrant
895:(1827), first published in the US in 1842 as
844:The Caricature Magazine or Hudibrastic Mirror
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51:The examples and perspective in this article
3728:Comic Strips and Consumer Culture: 1890–1945
3590:"Mother Goose and Grimm/Mike Peters Website"
3346:. Chronicle, San Francisco: Chronicle, 2000.
2984:Bill Blackbeard; Martin T. Williams (1977).
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1599:, which often carried comic strips, such as
807:used strips as early as 1784 for example in
680:, but also on the front covers, such as the
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2654:. Such comic strip taboos were detailed in
2420:Sunday comics section until the mid-2010s.
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743:("Paupers' Bible"), a tradition of picture
5532:British Amateur Press Association (comics)
5330:Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
4173:
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4111:Paschal, Belinda M. (September 24, 2023).
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3143:The Oxford Companion to English Literature
2754:Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
1725:, include an email address in each strip.
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5527:Academy of Comic-Book Fans and Collectors
5441:Association of Comics Magazine Publishers
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3485:"Comics-Page Changes Can Come at a Price"
2685:. This led some cartoonists to resort to
2205:issued a series of commemorative stamps,
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956:for the promise of a better salary under
89:Learn how and when to remove this message
5489:Canadian Society for the Study of Comics
4142:Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum
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3861:100 Years of American Newspaper Comics
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1445:Russell Patterson and Carolyn Wells'
5298:Comics solicited but never published
4093:"Panel Discussions and Comic Truths"
3567:. September 29, 1947. Archived from
2901:Adventures of Johnny Newcome plate 2
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5446:Australian Cartoonists' Association
5436:Association of Canadian Cartoonists
4068:Leiffer, Paul; Ware, Hames (eds.).
3966:Syndicated Comic Strips and Artists
3130:. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 9.
2990:. Smithsonian Institution. p.
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809:The Loves of the Fox and the Badger
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3846:The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons
3745:
3529:Katina Alexander (June 14, 1987).
3303:Michielsen, Stefaan (2003-09-26).
3141:Birch, Dinah (24 September 2009).
2303:, wrote, "Comics are sort of the '
1707:that are available to read on the
1239:, and waited each fall to see how
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3775:Comic Strips and Consumer Culture
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897:The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck
758:In China, with its traditions of
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5547:Comic Legends Legal Defense Fund
5461:Samahang Kartunista ng Pilipinas
5362:Fred Waring's Cartoon Collection
3824:The World Encyclopedia of Comics
3483:Moynihan, Shawn (May 14, 2009).
3425:""The Lynn Johnston Interview,"
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2620:The controversy, as reported in
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852:The Adventures of Johnny Newcome
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5377:Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art
4048:Diamant, Anita (June 1, 1982).
3785:Encyclopedia of American Comics
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1560:New Adventures of Flossy Frills
1447:New Adventures of Flossy Frills
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1179:by writer and fledgling artist
5451:Comic Art Professional Society
4191:Glossary of comics terminology
3923:A Century of Women Cartoonists
3752:Blackbeard, Bill, ed. (1977).
3531:"A Superhero For Cartoonists?"
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2789:List of newspaper comic strips
2027:Social and political influence
1061:Barney Google and Snuffy Smith
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5542:Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
4091:O'Brian, Dave (2 June 1981).
3779:Smithsonian Institution Press
3758:Smithsonian Institution Press
3357:""Popeye Google Doodle Logo""
3246:"How Cartoons Are Syndicated"
3080:The Christian Science Monitor
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1997:, and more. John McPherson's
1890:The Angriest Dog in the World
1609:Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers
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885:author and caricature artist
857:
562:special color comics sections
246:Comics by country and culture
5456:National Cartoonists Society
5245:Based on television programs
4036:National Cartoonists Society
3807:University of Michigan Press
2779:List of British comic strips
2203:United States Postal Service
2196:National Cartoonists Society
1681:
1389:Out Our Way with the Willets
777:Opinions on the Divorce Bill
560:offered longer sequences in
22:Comic strip (disambiguation)
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5387:Words & Pictures Museum
3730:. Smithsonian Institution.
3269:Baudart, SĂ©bastien (2005).
2794:Military humor comic strips
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2295:As newspapers have declined
2109:Some comic strips, such as
1053:Ripley's Believe It or Not!
691:Sunday newspaper supplement
641:-continuity strips such as
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5431:Academy of Comic Book Arts
5403:Center for Cartoon Studies
5325:Belgian Comic Strip Center
4180:
3765:Castelli, Alfredo (2003).
3709:W. W. Norton & Company
2866:Thomas Rowlandson (1784).
2774:History of American comics
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1532:New Orleans Times Picayune
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1190:Ally Sloper's Half Holiday
901:Histoire de Monsieur Jabot
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3947:Comics And Their Creators
3705:Comics and Sequential Art
3158:"You can't go home again"
3073:Christian Science Monitor
2580:Universal Press Syndicate
2560:Historically, syndicates
2423:
2414:in the front page of the
2171:Publicity and recognition
2137:for its depiction of the
1551:strip for 11 April 1971.
1310:, but after a few years,
876:The Glasgow Looking Glass
3592:. Grimmy.com. 1994-01-01
3278:(in Dutch). p. 69.
3097:(1992). "Introduction".
2562:owned the creators' work
2119:, may be printed on the
1911:can converse with humans
1808:story. Examples include
1632:Underground comic strips
1591:Underground comic strips
1508:launched the innovative
1399:They'll Do It Every Time
1357:They'll Do It Every Time
1017:New York Evening Journal
997:(1893–96) was the first
978:United Feature Syndicate
970:The Captain and the Kids
724:drawings were produced.
552:, with daily horizontal
5342:British Cartoon Archive
5335:National Cartoon Museum
3973:The Comics: Before 1945
3921:Robbins, Trina (1993).
3126:Khoury, George (2004).
3099:Complete Pogo, Volume 1
2764:Comic strip syndication
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2300:The Florida Times-Union
2190:, named for cartoonist
2164:For Better or For Worse
2102:and other cartoonists,
2075:William Randolph Hearst
1792:For Better or For Worse
1766:less pertinent examples
1713:King Features Syndicate
954:William Randolph Hearst
16:Short serialized comics
5552:Finnish Comics Society
5509:Svenska Serieakademien
5499:Comics Studies Society
5367:Gibiteca Antonio Gobbo
4871:Women in Refrigerators
4866:The Hawkeye Initiative
4504:Female comics creators
4137:University of Missouri
3996:The Comics: After 1945
3994:Walker, Brian (2002).
3971:Walker, Brian (2004).
3925:. Kitchen Sink Press.
3848:(Chelsea House, 1979)
3797:The Adventurous Decade
3490:Editor & Publisher
3460:. 2003. Archived from
3344:The Designer's Lexicon
3057:Ripley's Entertainment
2849:James Gillray (1800).
2660:But That's Unprintable
2637:Mother Goose and Grimm
2592:Tribune Media Services
2590:in 1995. By 1999 both
1875:The Amazing Spider-Man
1729:Conventions and genres
1678:and children's books.
1597:underground newspapers
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1263:Mother Goose and Grimm
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5288:Comic books on CD/DVD
4538:Comics historiography
4146:Ohio State University
4118:The Columbus Dispatch
3955:. Berlin/Boston 2015.
3258:(3): 451. March 1926.
3230:(December 15, 2009).
2307:' of the newspaper."
2261:Terry and the Pirates
2098:. An inspiration for
1526:Terry and the Pirates
1481:which ran along with
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1287:Lansing State Journal
1251:Production and format
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1113:(1924–2010; 86 years)
1105:(1913–2000; 87 years)
1037:The Katzenjammer Kids
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734:, and single panels.
634:Terry and the Pirates
556:in newspapers, while
109:1794 (British Museum)
104:
5504:Sequart Organization
5250:Based on video games
4832:Gender and webcomics
4397:Publishing companies
4133:Comic Art Collection
3900:Women and the Comics
3884:Mott, Frank Luther.
3877:Koenigsberg, Moses.
3726:Gordon, Ian (2002).
3342:Campbell, Alastair.
2665:Many issues such as
2556:Rights to the strips
2513:Pearls Before Swine'
2428:With the success of
2207:Comic Strip Classics
2133:strip was awarded a
1662:, and Pete Millar's
1284:would arrive at the
1169:comics in the 1930s.
722:sequential narrative
699:comic book magazines
530:sequence of cartoons
411:South African comics
71:create a new article
63:improve this article
20:For other uses, see
5562:The Hero Initiative
4842:American mainstream
4644:Comics in education
4247:Comic strip formats
4019:, Elmo Scott Watson
3998:. Harry N. Abrams.
3896:Yronwode, Catherine
3886:American Journalism
3881:, Moses Koenigsberg
3643:on January 24, 2011
3617:on January 15, 2011
3571:on October 23, 2007
3516:Pearls Before Swine
3464:on January 23, 2018
3197:"Live Auctioneers,
3183:"Newspaper Archive"
3162:Telling Our Stories
3103:Fantagraphics Books
2924:G. P. Putnam's Sons
2784:List of cartoonists
2701:Pearls Before Swine
2642:Pearls Before Swine
2538:with a new author.
2249:Little Orphan Annie
2135:1975 Pulitzer Prize
2042:of Garry Trudeau's
2035:Little Orphan Annie
1952:Pearls Before Swine
1841:Little Orphan Annie
1762:improve the article
1558:and Carolyn Wells'
1466:Little Orphan Annie
1376:is a single panel.
1110:Little Orphan Annie
1003:Chicago Inter-Ocean
803:. His contemporary
768:date back to 1884.
687:The American Weekly
657:has suggested that
600:Pearls Before Swine
115:
5654:Comics terminology
5603:Cartoon portal
5357:The Cartoon Museum
5352:Cartoon Art Museum
5076:France and Belgium
4861:Portrayal of women
4854:African characters
4822:Ethnic stereotypes
4097:The Boston Phoenix
4054:The Boston Phoenix
4041:2012-10-14 at the
4013:Watson, Elmo Scott
3945:Sheridan, Martin.
3536:The New York Times
3359:. 8 December 2009.
3232:"Stripper's Guide"
3217:. Fall 2009. p. 3.
3201:, January 2, 1933"
3075:, August 31, 2005"
2815:, pp. xi–xii.
2584:Creators Syndicate
2495:Hägar the Horrible
2411:Hägar the Horrible
2084:The New York Times
2020:Frank & Ernest
1989:, chickens, cows,
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1102:Bringing Up Father
980:, ran until 1979.
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5591:Comics portal
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5408:The Kubert School
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4806:Widescreen comics
4649:Comics journalism
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4311:Political cartoon
4252:Daily comic strip
3964:Strickler, Dave.
3939:Robinson, Jerry.
3815:978-0-472-11756-7
3760:/Harry N. Abrams.
3718:978-0-393-33126-4
3692:978-1-59184-185-2
3251:Popular Mechanics
2721:in this respect.
2436:Floyd Gottfredson
2390:Calvin and Hobbes
2380:Calvin and Hobbes
2370:Calvin and Hobbes
2240:The Family Circus
2139:Watergate scandal
2079:yellow journalism
2038:to the unabashed
1922:Calvin and Hobbes
1789:'s award-winning
1783:
1782:
1615:Zippy the Pinhead
1556:Russell Patterson
1538:Chicago Sun-Times
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1162:Illustrated Chips
950:Katzenjammer Kids
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821:Poetical Magazine
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