| Comic strips are almost as popular as comic | | | | |
| books in some | | | | animal denizens of Pogo's Okeefenokee Swamp. |
| | | | Creator Walt |
| circles. So I would be remiss if I didn't | | | | |
| compile an | | | | Kelly, in a gutsy move, took on Joseph |
| | | | McCarthy in the |
| article about them. Strips have ended up in | | | | |
| a multitude of | | | | 1950s, caricaturing him as a bobcat named |
| | | | Simple J. |
| newspapers and other media all over the | | | | |
| world. Most people | | | | Malarkey, a megalomaniac bent on taking over |
| | | | the |
| who read the Sunday paper can't pass up the | | | | |
| comic section. | | | | characters' bird watching club and rooting |
| | | | out all |
| I know I sure can't.Comic strips are short | | | | |
| strips or pieces of sequential art, | | | | undesirables.Kelly also defended the medium |
| | | | against possible government |
| telling a story. They are drawn by | | | | |
| cartoonists and are | | | | regulation in the McCarthy era. At a time |
| | | | when comic books |
| published on a recurring basis in | | | | |
| newspapers, magazines or | | | | were coming under fire for supposed sexual, |
| | | | violent, and |
| on the Internet.Strips can be humorous like | | | | |
| Beetle Bailey, Hi & Lois, or | | | | subversive content, Kelly feared the same |
| | | | would happen to |
| Hagar the Horrible, with no continuous story | | | | |
| but ends with | | | | comic strips. Going before the congressional |
| | | | subcommittee, |
| a typical punch line. Or they can have a | | | | |
| soap opera like | | | | he proceeded to charm the members with his |
| | | | drawings and the |
| continuity (like Judge Parker or Little | | | | |
| Orphan Annie) with | | | | force of his personality. Due to his |
| | | | actions, the comic |
| serious story lines in serial form. They | | | | |
| are, however, | | | | strip remained safe for creative |
| | | | satire.Comic strips have also made quite a |
| nonetheless known as "comics" - though the | | | | splash on the Net since |
| term "sequential | | | | |
| | | | the World Wide Web came into play in the |
| art", coined by cartoonist Will Eisner, is | | | | 1990s. This led to |
| becoming | | | | |
| | | | an explosion of amateur webcomics, comic |
| increasingly popular.In America, the great | | | | strips created |
| newspaper icons of the time, Joseph | | | | |
| | | | solely for Web sites. Webcomics differ from |
| Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst were | | | | published |
| continuously | | | | |
| | | | comic strips, in that anyone can start his |
| warring with each other during the late | | | | own strip and |
| 1800's and early | | | | |
| | | | publish it on the Web. No longer is there |
| 1900's. This created a great popularity in | | | | any need for a |
| comic strips and | | | | |
| | | | creator to meet the approval of a publisher |
| "The Little Bears" was the first American | | | | or syndicate.Currently there are hundreds of |
| comic with | | | | webcomics. Many of which |
| | | | |
| recurring characters. Then the now famous, | | | | are low quality and sporadically updated. |
| "Yellow Kids" | | | | However, a number |
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| became the first color comic and was part of | | | | have endured, and the best ones rival their |
| the first | | | | newspaper and |
| | | | |
| Sunday comic section in 1897. This is where | | | | magazine counterparts in terms of quality |
| the term | | | | and quantity. |
| | | | |
| "yellow journalism" supposedly formed its | | | | Megatokyo, Penny Arcade, PvP, Sluggy |
| origin. Mutt and | | | | Freelance, and User |
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| Jeff was the first daily comic strip | | | | Friendly are considered to be among the best |
| appearing in 1907.Comic strips not only | | | | of the |
| provide us with the laugh each day or | | | | |
| | | | webcomics.The majority of traditional |
| week that we must have to start the day. | | | | newspaper comic strips now have |
| They also give a | | | | |
| | | | some Internet presence. Syndicates often |
| political platform to some of the strip | | | | provide archives |
| creators in which | | | | |
| | | | of recent strips on their websites.So the |
| they can pass on their social and political | | | | next time you sit down to the Sunday paper, |
| opinions.Comic strips have long held a | | | | take |
| distorted mirror to | | | | |
| | | | particular note of the funnies section. Keep |
| contemporary society. They have long been | | | | your favorite |
| used for | | | | |
| | | | comic strips near and dear to your heart. |
| political and social commentary, ranging | | | | And remember the |
| from the staunch | | | | |
| | | | trials and tribulations these strips have |
| conservative values of Little Orphan Annie | | | | gone through to |
| to the unabashed | | | | |
| | | | continue to provide you with everlasting |
| liberalism of Doonesbury.Pogo used animals | | | | entertainment.Dave Gieber is the owner and |
| to particularly devastating effect, | | | | editor of a website built |
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| caricaturing many prominent politicians of | | | | around one of his childhood passions. |
| the day as | | | | |