Napoleon and Uncle Elby

Napoleon and Uncle Elby
Clifford McBride's Napoleon
Author(s)Clifford McBride (1932–1951)
Margot Fischer McBride (1951–1961)
Illustrator(s)Roger Armstrong (1950–1953, 1958–1960),[1] Joseph Messerli (1953-1956), Ed Nofziger (1956-1958)
Current status/scheduleDaily and Sunday; concluded
Launch dateJune 6, 1932
End date1960
Alternate name(s)Napoleon
Syndicate(s)Lafave Newspaper Features (1932–1952)[2]
Mirror Enterprises Syndicate (1952–1961)
Genre(s)Humor
Roger Armstrong, who illustrated the strip in the 1950s.

Napoleon and Uncle Elby was a popular syndicated newspaper comic strip created by Clifford McBride, which launched on June 6, 1932.[3] Over a span of 29 years it was distributed to both American and foreign newspapers. By the mid-1940s, the strip was carried by 80 newspapers.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Roger Armstrong," Who's Who of American Comic Books: 1928–1999. Accessed Nov. 30, 2017.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Knoll was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Holtz, Allan (2012). American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. p. 283. ISBN 9780472117567.