| Dixie Dugan | |
|---|---|
 Dixie Dugan as reprinted in Big Shot Comics #8 (December 1940). | |
| Author(s) | J. P. McEvoy (1929–1955) Amram Scheinfield (ghost, early 1930s)[1] Renny McEvoy (ghost mid-1930s – 1955, credited 1955–1966)[2][3] |
| Illustrator(s) | John H. Striebel |
| Current status/schedule | Concluded daily & Sunday strip |
| Launch date | October 21, 1929 |
| End date | October 8, 1966 |
| Alternate name(s) | Show Girl |
| Syndicate(s) | McNaught Syndicate |
| Publisher(s) | Columbia Comics |
| Genre(s) | romance, comedy, crime, suspense |
Dixie Dugan is best known as a long-running syndicated newspaper comic strip published from October 21, 1929 to October 8, 1966.[4] The title character was originally modeled after 1920s film actress Louise Brooks and early stories followed Dixie's exploits as a Hollywood showgirl.
- ^ Dixie Dugan Mystery solved
- ^ Ink-Slinger Profiles: Renny McEvoy
- ^ Dixie Dugan, Forgotten Working Girl
- ^ Holtz, Allan (2012). American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. p. 127. ISBN 9780472117567.