old comic strip characters

old comic strip characters

Over the last 10 decades there have been some incredible comic strip characters created. of course the superhero characters such as Superman and Batman, but what about the non superhero, in this blog we dive into our favourite comic strip characters.

Peanuts

Let's start with one of the most well known comic strips, Peanuts! Even your parents will know this comic strip story by Charles M Shultz. Created in the 1950s, Peanuts became known worldwide and the comic strip eventually got turned into a cartoon. Everyone on the planet loves Snoopy and Charlie Brown, and all their friends.

old comic strip characters
old comic strip characters

Garfield

Next up, it's got to be our favourite cat, Garfield! Created by Jim Davis in 1976, Garfields is the story about Garfields the cat, his owner Jon Arbuckle, and Odie the dog. Garfields is extremely lazy and sarcastic, the comic strips were extremely funny, loved by people of all ages.

The Farside

Probably the most famous single panel comic strip in the world, Farside. Created by Gary Larson, the comic strip has a very dark sense of humour. The Farside has appeared in over 2000 different newspaper and been translated into over 17 languages. Seems everyone nomatter where you are from loves Farside dark dry humour.

old comic strip characters
old comic strip characters

Blondie

Next up Blondie! Cartoonist Chic Young started producing the strip featuring the eponymous blonde and her sandwich-loving husband, Dagwood, as far back as 1930, and it also became a long-running film series and radio show. Young died in 1973, but passed along the creative rights to his son, Dean, who continued theBlondielegacy and expanded its distribution to over 2,000 newspapers in 47 countries.