Happy Hooligan

Happy Hooligan
The first Happy Hooligan strip
Author(s)Frederick Burr Opper
Current status/scheduleConcluded
Launch dateMarch 11, 1900;
124 years ago
 (1900-03-11)
End dateAugust 14, 1932;
92 years ago
 (1932-08-14)
Syndicate(s)King Features Syndicate
Genre(s)Humor

Happy Hooligan is an American comic strip, the first major strip by the already celebrated cartoonist Frederick Burr Opper. It debuted with a Sunday strip on March 11, 1900 in the William Randolph Hearst newspapers, and was one of the first popular comics with King Features Syndicate.[1] The strip ran for three decades, ending on August 14, 1932.[2]

  1. ^ Ohio History Central (2005). "Frederick Burr Opper". Ohio Historical Society. Retrieved 2007-02-16.
  2. ^ Holtz, Allan (2012). American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. p. 183. ISBN 9780472117567.