Jenny E. Robb and Richard D. Olson examine Madge, the Magician’s Daughter by the little-known W.O. Wilson. In 1906 and 1907, W.O. Wilson… more »
Fritzi Ritz Before Bushmiller: She’s Come a Long Way, Baby!
Who created Nancy? You’re unlikely to stump any reasonably knowledgeable comics fan with that question. (If you don’t know that the response to… more »
Everybody’s Friend: Remembering Stan Lee and Dan DeCarlo’s “My Friend Irma”
You’re not familiar with Irma Peterson? In the ’50s, she was Queen of All Media. Andrew Pepoy examines her comic strip incarnation (Note:… more »
Happiness Is a Newspaper Tour: A Peanuts Oddity
We recently stumbled across this gem (props to longtime Hogan’s Alley reader Harry McCracken for resurrecting it years ago) and wanted to share… more »
The View from On High: Dudley Fisher’s “Right Around Home”
In Right Around Home, readers enjoyed a bird’s-eye view of a fictional all-American neighborhood, an innovative narrative point of view that distinguished the… more »
Bill Kresse and “Super” Duper
“Super” Duper isn’t just one of Jimmy Olsen’s favorite interjections. It’s also the title of a Sunday strip by Rolf Ahlsen and Bill… more »
Jack and Betsy and Me
In the spring of 1958 another of Jack Cole’s dreams came true. He began doing a newspaper strip of his own, Betsy and… more »
Jimmy Hatlo—Man of Many Hats
Jimmy Hatlo was one of America’s most beloved cartoonists, taking the art of observational humor to new levels of popularity. Ed Black looks… more »
Presarvin’ Freedom: Al Capp, Treasury Man
Unable to serve in the military, Al Capp spearheaded cartoonists’ effort to raise money to fight World War II. Jay Maeder explores their… more »
Punch Lines: Ernie Bushmiller’s Mac the Manager
In 1924, when Ernie Bushmiller was 19, he began producing Mac the Manager for the sports page of the New York Evening Graphic.… more »
