Amy (comic strip)

Amy
Author(s)Harry Mace (1961–1964)
Jack Tippit (1964–1991)
Current status/scheduleConcluded daily
Launch dateOctober 2, 1961
End date1991
Alternate name(s)Our Girl Amy
Syndicate(s)Register and Tribune Syndicate (1961–1986), King Features Syndicate (1986–1991)
Genre(s)Humor, gag cartoon

Amy (sometimes called Our Girl Amy) is an American syndicated gag cartoon centering on a young, blond girl with a pony tail. Created by Harry Mace on October 2, 1961,[1] it was originally syndicated by the Register and Tribune Syndicate. Mace was later joined on the strip by Jack Tippit,[2] but Mace left the strip in 1964.[1] Tippit continued alone on the strip until it ended in 1991.[2]

Tippit received the National Cartoonists Society Newspaper Panel Cartoon Award for the strip for 1970.

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b Holtz, Allan (2012). American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. p. 54. ISBN 9780472117567.
  2. ^ a b Tippit entry, Lambiek's Comiclopedia. Accessed Nov. 4, 2018.

Sources consulted

  • Strickler, Dave. Syndicated Comic Strips and Artists, 1924-1995: The Complete Index. Cambria, CA: Comics Access, 1995. ISBN 0-9700077-0-1.



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