Jim Hardy (comic strip)

Jim Hardy
Author(s)Dick Moores
Current status/scheduleConcluded daily strip
Launch dateJune 29, 1936[1]
End dateOct 1942[2]
Syndicate(s)Chicago Tribune Syndicate
Publisher(s)Dell Comics
Whitman Publishing
Genre(s)Humor, Adolescence

Jim Hardy is a 1936-1942 American adventure comic strip written and drawn by Dick Moores and distributed by United Features Syndicate.[2] It was Moores' first solo comic strip work, before he gained renown for his work on Gasoline Alley. The strip told the story of Jim Hardy, a down-on-his-luck "man against the world".[3]

In 1940, the strip refocused on a secondary character, Windy, and his horse Paddles. Jim Hardy's last appearance in the strip was on December 16, 1940; the strip was retitled Windy and Paddles in 1941.[2]

  1. ^ Markstein, Don. "Jim Hardy". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Holtz, Allan (2012). American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. p. 214. ISBN 9780472117567.
  3. ^ Moores, Dick (1977). "Jim Hardy and Me". Jim Hardy: 1936-1937. Hyperion Press. p. V. ISBN 978-0883556573. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2020.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)