Famous Funnies

Famous Funnies
Famous Funnies #1 (July 1934). Cover art by Jon Mayes, featuring Mutt and Jeff, Hairbreadth Harry, Nipper, Tailspin Tommy, and other popular comic strip characters from the period.[1]
Publication information
PublisherEastern Color Printing
ScheduleMonthly, then bimonthly
FormatOngoing series
Publication dateJuly 1934 – July 1955
No. of issues218 (#1–218)[a]
Main character(s)Buck Rogers, Somebody's Stenog, Jane Arden, Oaky Doaks, Keeping Up with the Joneses, Mickey Finn, Invisible Scarlet O'Neil, Connie Roy Powers, War on Crime
Creative team
Artist(s)Victor E. Pazmiño, A. E. Hayward, Frank Godwin, F. O. Alexander, Clare Victor Dwiggins, Ralph Fuller, Lank Leonard

Famous Funnies is an American comic strip anthology series published from 1934 to 1955 with two precursor one-shots appearing in 1933–1934. Published by Eastern Color Printing, Famous Funnies is considered by popular culture historians as the first true American comic book, following seminal precursors.

  1. ^ Kleefeld, Sean. "On History: Jon Mayes", Kleefeld on Comics (October 11, 2016).


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