Marvin (comic strip)

Marvin
Author(s)Tom Armstrong
Websitehttp://comicskingdom.com/marvin
Current status/scheduleRunning
Launch dateAugust 1, 1982; 42 years ago (August 1, 1982)
Alternate name(s)Marvin & Bitsy, Marvin & Family, Marvin & Staff
Syndicate(s)(current) King Features Syndicate (1986–present)
(past) News America Syndicate (1984–1986)
Field Newspaper Syndicate (1982–1984)
Genre(s)Humor

Marvin, later called Marvin & Family (and Marvin and Staff on Sundays in October 2020), is a daily newspaper comic strip created by cartoonist Tom Armstrong and distributed in the U.S. by Hearst's King Features Syndicate. Debuting in 1982, it revolves around the life and times of a young baby boy named Marvin, along with his parents, Jeff and Jenny Miller, and their dog Bitsy. In 1989, CBS aired a special, "Marvin, Baby of the Year."