Fritzi Ritz

Fritzi Ritz
Fritzi Ritz
Author(s)
Current status/scheduleConcluded
Launch date
  • October 9, 1922 (dailies)
  • October 6, 1929 (Sundays)
End date
  • October 23, 1938 (dailies)
  • September 24, 1967 (Sundays)
Syndicate(s)
Genre(s)Humor, gag-a-day, satire, children, adults
Followed byNancy

Fritzi Ritz is an American comic strip created in 1922 by Larry Whittington.[2] In 1925, the strip was taken over by Ernie Bushmiller and, in 1938, the daily strip evolved into the popular Nancy.[3] The Sunday edition of the strip, begun by Bushmiller in 1929, continued until 1967.[4]

  1. ^ Hudson, Frederic, Alfred McClung Lee, and Frank Luther Mott. American Journalism 1690-1940, Volume 4 (Psychology Press, 2000), p. 591.
  2. ^ ""Fritzi Ritz Before Bushmiller: She's Come a Long Way, Baby!," Hogan's Alley #7, 1999". Archived from the original on 2013-05-23. Retrieved 2013-03-07.
  3. ^ "Ernie Bushmiller". lambiek.net.
  4. ^ Holtz, Allan (2012). American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. p. 163. ISBN 9780472117567.