Forgotten Comic Strips

I go through a lot of newspaper archives for my job, so I end up reading a lot of funny pages. This is a home for comic strips that have been forgotten, either because they fell out of the public memory, or because they were never that successful to begin with.

"Dixie Dugan" by J.P. McEvoy and John H. Striebel, 1929-1966 December 16th, 1929 as seen in the Indianapolis Star

"Jasper and Ed" by Jason Roland, 2001-2001 February 2nd, 2001 as seen in the Salisbury Post

"Kwan Tom" by Mark Hoffman, 1984-1985 September 28th, 1984 as seen in the Daily Illini

"Dear Arthur" by Robert Kaell and Sam Zimmerman, 1950-1950 May 22nd, 1950 as seen in the Windsor Star

"Stumble Inn" by George Herriman, 1922-1926 March 9th, 1924 as seen in the Buffalo Times

"Great-Idea Jerry" by Pat Sullivan, 1912-1913 July 28th, 1912 as seen in the Salt Lake Herald

"Scroogie" by Tug McGraw and Mike Witte, 1975-1977 December 15th, 1975 as seen in the Detroit Free Press

"Mayor Mudge" by Bob Urso, 1980-1981 March 24th, 1981 as seen in the Arizona Republic

"Angie" by Angela DeMuro, 1998-2007 July 14th, 2002 as seen in the Citizens' Voice

"Perry Mason" by Erle Stanley Gardner and Charles Lofgren, 1950-1952 October 19th, 1951 as seen in the San Antonio Light

"Funnyman" by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, 1948-1949 October 17th, 1948 as seen in the Asbury Park Press

"Getting Ahead as a Business Girl" by Eleanor Schorer, 1915-1915 June 18th, 1915 as seen in the Davenport Democrat and Leader

"O. Heeza Boob!" by Hermann, 1912-1913 October 7th, 1912 as seen in the Daily Tribune

"Plain Jane" by Frank Baginski, 1969-1974 April 9th, 1970 as seen in the Evening Sentinel

"Marvelous Mike" by Bob Kuwahara, 1956-1957 August 31st, 1956 as seen in the Daily News-Journal

"Funny Files" by Jon Carter, 1989-1998 January 29th, 1995 as seen in the Palladium-Item

"A Day in the Life Of..." by T. Brian Kelly, 1983-1985 November 17th, 1983 as seen in the Daily Illini

"Placide and the Cajuns" by Lucius Lacour, 1952-1952 September 28th, 1952 as seen in the Daily World

"Tode Tuttle" by Ralph Kemp, 1939-1946* January 30th, 1940 as seen in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin *reprints up till 1950

"Sheer-Luck Homes" by Myer Marcus, 1907-1908 July 27th, 1908 as seen in the Boston Globe

"Life's Like That" by Fred Neher, 1934-1977 August 6th, 1937 as seen in the Ekalaka Eagle

"Do You Know Why" by Thornton Fisher, 1913-1944* November 25th, 1921 as seen in the Daytona Beach Journal *at some point switched to reprints, unsure exactly when that started.

"Ice Cream Dream" by Jake Jacobs, 2003-2004 May 19th, 2004 as seen in the Post-Standard

"Small World" by Sam Brier, 1952-1956 February 9th, 1953 as seen in the Philadelphia Inquirer

"Roger Lincoln, S-Man" by Milton Luros, 1951-1953 December 9th, 1951 as seen in the Houston Chronicle

"Howson Lott" by Frederick Burr Opper, 1909-1913 March 12th, 1911 as seen in the Birmingham Post-Herald

"Bud Smith the Boy Who Does Stunts" by Johnny Gruelle, 1904-1911 November 6th, 1908 as seen in the Spokane Chronicle

"Wayout" by Ken Muse, 1964-1970 November 25th, 1964 as seen in the Santa Maria Times

"Out of the Gene Pool" by Matt Janz, 2001-2008 September 17th, 2005

"Can I Live?" by West, 1983-1983 September 30th, 1983 as seen in the Daily Illini

"Richie Rich" by Len Herman and Warren Kremer, 1979-1980 April 17th, 1979 as seen in the Greenfield Recorder

"Sherlock Holmes" by Edith Meiser and Frank Giacoia, 1954-1956 November 10th, 1954 as seen in the San Antonio Express-News

"Buster Beans" by Robert L. Dickey, 1931-1940 March 7th, 1937 as seen in the Plain Dealer

"Dolly the Drummer" by Fred Morgan, 1925-1926 September 6th, 1925 as seen in the Washington Post

"Tar Pit" by Steven Dickenson, 1993-1994 June 14th, 1994 as seen in the Jackson County Floridan

"PIXies" by Jack Wohl, 1966-1987 June 24th, 1972 as seen in The Press

"Genie of the Lamp" by Scott Martin, 2006-2006 May 21st, 2006 as seen in the Okmulgee Daily Times

"Sweeney & Son" by Al Posen, 1933-1960 January 9th, 1955 as seen in the Billings Gazette

"Folks in Our Town" by Edward McCullough, 1924-1927* July 17th, 1925 as seen in the Richland County Chief *reprints until 1934

"Old Grindstone George" by Clifton Meek, 1917-1919 April 7th, 1917 as seen in the Evening World

"Sleepy Willie" by Sidney Smith, 1902-1906 December 24th, 1905 as seen in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat

"The Willets" by Walt Wetterberg, 1966-1969 September 27th, 1966 as seen in the Statesville Record & Landmark

"Little Eve" by Jolita Haberlin, 1954-1974 February 24th, 1958 as seen in the Pittsburgh Press

"Icewater Mansion" by Dittmar and Faust, 1982-1982 February 27th, 1982 as seen in the Daily Illini

"Joe and Asbestos" by Ken Kling, 1923-1926 & 1931-1968 May 14th, 1966 as seen in the Daily News

"Good Scout Andy" by S. A. Booth, 1925-1927 November 23rd, 1926 as seen in the Post-Star

"Bringing Up Bill" by "A. Task,"* 1918-1920** April 23rd, 1924 as seen in the Tuscaloosa News *Jack Farr **reprints until 1930

"Scary William" by Harold Knerr, 1905-1918 March 22nd, 1908 as seen in the Austin American-Statesman

"Uncle Remus and His Tales of Br'er Rabbit" by George Stallings & Bill Wright, 1945-1972 May 7th, 1961 as seen in the Quad-City Times

"The Comic Zoo" by George Scarbo, 1936-1965 June 5th, 1960 as seen in the Vallejo Times-Herald