How  many years did the comic strip that includes the character Joe Btfsplk run for?
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Joe Btfsplk Joe Btfsplk was a character in the satirical comic strip "Li'l Abner" by cartoonist Al Capp (1909–1979). He is well-meaning, but is the world's worst jinx, bringing disastrous misfortune to everyone around him. A small, dark rain cloud perpetually hovers over his head to symbolize his bad luck. Hapless Btfsplk and his ever-present cloud became one of the most iconic images in "Li'l Abner".
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Li'l Abner Li'l Abner was a satirical American comic strip that appeared in many newspapers in the United States, Canada and Europe, featuring a fictional clan of hillbillies in the impoverished mountain village of Dogpatch, USA. Written and drawn by Al Capp (1909–1979), the strip ran for 43 years, from August 13, 1934 through November 13, 1977. It was distributed by United Feature Syndicate. Comic strips typically dealt with northern urban experiences before Capp introduced Li'l Abner, the first strip based in the South. The comic strip had 60 million readers in over 900 American newspapers and 100 foreign papers in 28 countries. Author M. Thomas Inge says Capp "had a profound influence on the way the world viewed the American South."
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Steve Canyon Steve Canyon was a long-running American adventure comic strip by writer-artist Milton Caniff. Launched shortly after Caniff retired from his previous strip, "Terry and the Pirates", "Steve Canyon" ran from January 13, 1947, until June 4, 1988, shortly after Caniff's death. Caniff won the Reuben Award for the strip in 1971.
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Buz Sawyer Buz Sawyer is a comic strip created by Roy Crane. Distributed by King Features Syndicate, it had a run from November 1, 1943 to 1989. The last strip signed by Crane was dated 21 April 1979.
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Paul Ryan (cartoonist) Paul Ryan (September 23, 1949 – March 7, 2016) was an American comic artist. Ryan worked extensively for Marvel Comics and DC Comics on a number of super-hero comic book titles. He is best known for his 1991 to 1996 run as penciler on "Fantastic Four", which represents his longest association with an individual comic book series. From 2005 until his death in 2016, Ryan penciled and inked the daily newspaper comic strip "The Phantom" for King Features Syndicate.
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Joe Sacco Joe Sacco (born October 2, 1960) is a Maltese-American cartoonist and journalist. He is best known for his comics journalism, in particular in the books "Palestine" (1996) and "Footnotes in Gaza" (2009), on Israeli–Palestinian relations; and "Safe Area Goražde" (2000) and "The Fixer" (2003) on the Bosnian War.
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Captain Flight Comics Captain Flight Comics is an American comic book series published by Four Star Publications during the period that is known by fans and historians as the Golden Age of Comic Books. A total of eleven issues were printed from 1944 to 1947. Noted artist L.B. Cole contributed his distinctive cover illustrations to many of the issues.
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Harold Teen Harold Teen was a popular, long-running American comic strip written and drawn by Carl Ed (pronounced "eed"). Publisher Joseph Medill Patterson may have suggested and certainly approved the strip's concept, loosely based on Booth Tarkington's successful novel "Seventeen". The strip ran from 1919 to 1959. Asked in the late 1930s why he had started the strip, Ed answered, "Twenty years ago, there was no comic strip on adolescence. I thought every well-balanced comic sheet should have one."
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Billy the Fish Billy the Fish is a long-running cartoon strip in the British comic "Viz" that first appeared in 1983.
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Pup Parade Pup Parade was a comic strip in the UK comic "The Beano". It centred on the Bash Street Kids' dogs, known as the Bash Street Pups, and their many adventures. It made its first appearance in issue 1326, dated 16 December 1967, and was drawn by Gordon Bell. The dogs were all anthropomorphic facsimiles of their owners. Despite being each individually owned by members of the Bash Street Gang, they chose to live in knocked-over dustbins in an alley.
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Comic Strip Live (TV series) Comic Strip Live is a weekly, late-night, hour-long stand-up comedy showcase that aired on the Fox network from 1989-1994. It started as a local show at Igby's comedy club, originally hosted by John Mulrooney and filmed at the club. Jamie Masada, owner of the Laugh Factory, proposed that they take the show national; Fox agreed, and moved the show to the Laugh Factory in Hollywood. Mulrooney was replaced by Gary Kroeger for the second season, then Wayne Cotter for the remaining seasons.
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Mr. Skygack, from Mars Mr. Skygack, from Mars was a comic strip by the American cartoonist A.D. Condo. It appeared in the "Chicago Day Book", a Chicago working-class newspaper, from 1907 to 1917 in about 400 comic strips and single panels. Like much of Condo's work in this period, the "Mr. Skygack" feature was syndicated and appeared in many other papers, including "The Seattle Star", "The Milwaukee Journal", "The Spokane Press", "The Pittsburgh Press", "The Tacoma Times" and "The Duluth Daily Star".
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Capitalist Piglet Capitalist Piglet was a comic strip which appeared briefly in "The Sheaf" during 2005–2006, and is best known for a controversial installment depicting Jesus Christ performing fellatio on a cartoon pig.
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Howie Schneider Howard Adolph Schneider (April 24, 1930 – June 28, 2007), better known as Howie Schneider, was an award-winning cartoonist, sculptor and children's book author who lived and worked in Massachusetts. His best-known comic strip, "Eek & Meek", ran from 1965 to 2000 in more than 400 newspapers through Newspaper Enterprise Association.
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They'll Do It Every Time They'll Do It Every Time was a single-panel newspaper comic strip, created by Jimmy Hatlo, which had a long run over eight decades, first appearing on February 5, 1929 and continuing until February 2, 2008.
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Alf Tupper Alf Tupper is a British comic strip, created by Bill Blaine (probably a pseudonym for William Blaine, head of DC Thomson comics), written by Gilbert Lawford Dalton. It stars a working class, "hard as nails" runner, whose adventures appeared in "The Rover" from 1949 and then "The Victor", British boys' comics from D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. His adventures appeared over almost a 40-year period, until 1992, under the title "The Tough of the Track". Many artists have written and drawn his stories, including Pete Sutherland, during his run in "The Victor".
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Film Fun Film Fun was a British celebrity comics comic book that ran from (issues dates) 17 January 1920 to 15 September 1962, when it merged with "Buster", a total of 2225 issues. There were also annuals in the forties and fifties. It was renamed "Film Fun and Thrills" in 1959. As the title suggests, the comic mainly featured comic strip versions of people from films from the 1920s to the 1960s. Pre-war circulation at its peak was around 800,000 copies per week.
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Billy Bounce Billy Bounce was a comic strip published erratically by noted illustrator W.W. Denslow (1901–1902; 1906) and later C.W. Kahles (1902–1905) between 1901 and 1906. The strip centers on the actions of the title character, a ball-shaped boy who is capable either of bouncing long distances or actual flight. It is noted as one of the earliest comic strips in which the protagonist has superpowers.
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The Sunday Funnies The Sunday Funnies is a publication reprinting vintage Sunday comic strips at a large size (16"x22") in color. The format is similar to that traditionally used by newspapers to publish color comics, yet instead of newsprint, it is printed on a quality, non-glossy, 60 pound offset stock for clarity and longevity. Featured are classic American comic strips from the late 19th century to the 1930s. The publication's title is taken from the generic label ("Sunday funnies") often used for the color comics sections of Sunday newspapers.
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The Addams Family (1992 animated series) The Addams Family is an American animated series based on the eponymous comic strip characters by Charles Addams and is the second cartoon show to feature the Addams (the first was the 1973 series). It ran from September 12, 1992 to November 6, 1993 on ABC and was produced by Hanna-Barbera. The series' development began in the wake of the 1991 "Addams Family" feature film. Two seasons were produced.
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Long Sam Long Sam was an American comic strip created by Al Capp, writer-artist of "Li'l Abner", and illustrated by Bob Lubbers. It was syndicated by United Feature Syndicate from 1954 to 1962. The strip was initially written by Capp, who soon turned the duties over to his brother, Elliot Caplin. Lubbers eventually assumed the writing duties himself in the strip's final phase.
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Rip Kirby Rip Kirby is a comic strip featuring the adventures of the eponymous lead character, a private detective created by Alex Raymond in 1946. Displaying the talents of more than a dozen writers and illustrators, the strip had a run spanning five decades.