Strip Cartoons

See also Animated Cartoons.

Peanuts

Born at Daisy Hill Puppy Farm		Snoopy
Sire was Baxter, dam was Missy; brothers are Spike, Andy, Marbles, Olaf and Rover; sisters are Belle and Molly		Snoopy
Snoopy's older brother, who lives in the desert near Needles, California (said to be named after Schulz's childhood pet dog)		Spike
Snoopy's breed (allegedly)		Beagle
Charlie Brown's school		Birchwood
Charlie Brown's little sister		Sally
Lucy and Linus's surname		Van Pelt
Snoopy's feathered friend		Woodstock
Tomboy character, introduced in 1966		Pepppermint Patty
African–American character, introduced in 1968		Franklin
Character who is always very dirty, except on very rare occasions, and attracts a permanent cloud of dust		Pig–Pen pigpen pig pen pig-pen

Tintin

Tintin's best friend: a weak and alcoholic character under the control of his treacherous first mate Allan, who keeps him drunk and runs his freighter		Captain Haddock
Captain Haddock's first name		Archibald
Tintin's dog (known as Milou in French versions, Struppi in German, Bobbie in Dutch, Terry in Danish and Norwegian, Smwtyn in Welsh, and Melok in Russian)		Snowy
Breed of the above		(Wire) fox terrier
Thomson & Thompson (more commonly, but incorrectly, known as the Thompson Twins) are known in the original French language version as		Dupond & Dupont

Rupert

Drew Rupert Bear from 1935 to 1965		Alfred Bestall
Rupert Bear lives in		Nutwood
Colour of Rupert's trousers and scarf (with a black check)		Yellow
Colour of Rupert's jumper		Red
Britain's oldest cartoon strip – celebrated its centenary in the Daily Express in 2020		Rupert Bear
Bill Badger, Algy Pug and Edward Trunk (the elephant) are the best friends of
Podgy Pig, Bingo Pup, Pong Ping the Pekingese, Willie the mouse and his cousin Rastus, Freddy and Ferdie Fox, Lily Duckling, Sailor Sam, the Chinese Magician and his mischievous but well–meaning daughter Tigerlily, the Sage of Um, Reggie and Rex the rabbit twins, Clara Cat, Constable Growler the policeman, the Wise Old Goat, Rollo the gypsy boy, Uncle Bruno, Gregory Guineapig, Ottoline Otter, Granny Goat and her grandson Billy, Odmedod the scarecrow, Beryl the girl guide and her cat Dinkie, the Professor and his servant Bodkin, Dr. Chimp the understanding schoolteacher, and Gaffer Jarge the old countryman, are other friends, relatives and neighbours of

Asterix

Celebrated by a theme park 38km North of Paris		Asterix the Gaul
Asterix's best friend (a menhir removal man)		Obelix
Obelix's pet dog		Dogmatix
Chief of the Gaulish village		Vitalstatistix
The village druid, supplier of magic potions		Getafix
The oldest inhabitant of the village (sometimes described as "the village elder")		Geriatrix
The village bard		Cacafonix
The village fishmonger		Unhygienix
The village blacksmith		Fullyautomatix

Dilbert

Works for the Pointy Haired Boss (PHB)		Dilbert
Dilbert's female colleague, who believes her work doesn't receive its due recognition on account of her gender		Alice
Dilbert's cynical, work–shy, older colleague		Wally
Dilbert's talented but naïve colleague, of Asian origin		Asok (ah–SOAK)
Dilbert's dog – often works as a consultant to the PHB		Dogbert

Creators

Dilbert		Scott Adams
The Gambols (Daily Express, 1951–94)		Barry Appleby
Garfield		Jim Davis
Best known for his work in the Daily Express and Sunday Express from 1943 to 1989, featuring a family that was known by his name – including Grandma and Sickly Aunt Vera – and Chalkie the tyrannical schoolmaster		(Ronald/Carl) Giles
Dick Tracy		Chester Gould
Fred Basset		Alex Graham
Tintin		Hergé (Georges Remi)
Maudie Littlehampton		Osbert Lancaster
The Far Side		Gary Larson
Colonel Blimp; famously depicted the TUC as a carthorse		David Low
Peanuts		Charles Schultz
Created the Belles of St. Trinians, and illustrated the Molesworth stories of Geoffrey Willans		Ronald Searle
Andy Capp		Reg Smythe
Shrek		William Steig
The Cloggies (Private Eye, 1967–81) and The Fosdyke Saga (Daily Mirror, 1971–85)		Bill Tidy
Rupert Bear		Mary Tourtel
'Flook' (nickname of the Canadian–born British jazz clarinetist and satirical cartoonist Wally Fawkes)		Trog
Blondie (a carefree flapper girl, who spent her days in dance halls along with her boyfriend Dagwood Bumstead, heir to a railroad fortune); first appeared in 1930, carried on after his death in 1973 by his son Dean		Chic Young

Created by writer and editor René Goscinny, and illustrator Albert Uderzo; first appeared in 1959, in the first issue of the Franco–Belgian comics magazine Pilote

Asterix the Gaul

Other Cartoonists

Creator of the much–plagiarised Keep On Truckin' comic (1968), which became a symbol of optimism during the hippie era; also created Fritz the Cat, star of the first X–rated feature–length cartoon, and Mr. Natural – a "mystic guru" who spouts aphorisms on the evils of the modern world and the salvation to be found in mysticism and natural living, but in truth is an unrepentant sybarite		R. (Robert) Crumb
British cartoonist, famous for his fantastic but impractical contraptions, which first gained dictionary recognition around 1912		William Heath Robinson
'Pocket cartoonist' on the Daily Telegraph, from 1988		Matt (Matthew Pritchett)
Dropping the pilot (Punch, 1890) – depicting Kaiser Wilhelm II sacking Bismarck		Sir John Tenniel
Specialised in drawing overweight schoolgirls and their uncooperative ponies		Thelwell
"It's a naive domestic Burgundy without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by its presumption." Caption to a cartoon by		James Thurber
Harold Macmillan's nickname 'Supermac' originated from a cartoon by		Vicky

Other

Rebellious, pinstriped buying clerk, created (and drawn for 51 years) by Frank Dickens, who died in 2016 aged 84		Bristow
US character who first appeared 12 March 1951, 3 days before his (totally different) British namesake – surname Mitchell		Dennis the Menace
Strip written and drawn by Garry Trudeau, published in The Guardian, commenting on American life and named after one of the recurring characters		Doonesbury
Fat Freddy, Phineas T and Freewheelin' Franklin were collectively known (in an underground comic strip first published in Austin, Texas in 1968) as the		Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers
Four–legged associate of the above (with his own offshoot strip)		Fat Freddy's Cat
Andy Capp's wife		Flo (Florrie)
Drawn by the Canadian–born British jazz clarinetist Wally Fawkes, using the name Trog; appeared in the Daily Mail from 1949 to 1984		Flook
First appeared in the Daily Mail on Monday 8 July 1963		Fred Basset
Odie the dog was the companion of		Garfield
Female character who appeared in a Daily Mirror comic strip from 1932 to 1959 – originally subtitled The Diary of a Bright Young Thing		Jane
Garfield's favourite food		Lasagne
Only friends were her doll Emily Marie and her dog Sandy; catchphrases "Gee whiskers!" and "Leapin' lizards!"; "adopted" by Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks, a stereotypical capitalist		Little Orphan Annie
Comic strip Great Dane created 1954 by Brad Anderson – made into a film in 2011, when he was voiced by Owen Wilson		Marmaduke
Grew out of a similar strip called Li'l Folks, in the St. Paul (Minnesota) Pioneer Press, 1947–50		Peanuts
Daily Mirror, 1959–2006 (returning in 2010 as reprints), written by Maurice Dodd and drawn by Dennis Collins (until 1983): about a group of children (Wellington, Marlon, Maisie, Baby Grumpling) and a dog (Boot)		The Perishers
Daily Mirror, 1919–56, written by Bertram Lamb and drawn by A. B. (Austin Bowen) Payne (until c. 1939): about an orphaned family of animals – a dog, a penguin and a rabbit with very long ears		Pip, Squeak and Wilfred
Mister Magoo's first name		Quincy
Nickelodeon, 1991–5: title characters are a neurotic chihuahua and an intellectually–challenged cat		Ren and Stimpy
Created by Belgian cartoonist Peyo (Pierre Culliford). First appeared in 1958, in the Belgian comic Le Journal de Spirou, in a strip called Johan et Pirlouit, story La flute a six trous (the flute with six holes). Known as 'Schtroumph' in French, 'Schlumpf' in German, 'Puffo' in Italy, 'Pitufo' in Spain. Best known to English speakers through the Hanna–Barbera animated series, 1981–9		Smurfs
Calvin and Hobbes: Calvin is a precocious, mischievous, and adventurous six–year–old boy; Hobbes is a		Tiger
Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus, Thomson & Thompson, and Bianca Castafiore (an opera singer, despised by Captain Haddock) appeared in		Tintin

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