Mutt and Jeff

Mutt and Jeff
Overland Monthly ad (January 1916).[1]
Author(s)	Bud Fisher (1907–1932) Al Smith (1932–1980) George Breisacher (1980–1983)
Website	gocomics.com/muttandjeff/
Current status/schedule	Concluded; reruns
Launch date	November 15, 1907
End date	June 26, 1983
Alternate name(s)	A. Mutt
Syndicate(s)	King Features Syndicate (1907–1915) Wheeler Syndicate / Bell Syndicate (1915 – c. 1944) Field Newspaper Syndicate (1944–1983) Andrews McMeel Syndication (reruns)
Genre(s)	Humor

Mutt and Jeff is a long-running and widely popular American newspaper comic strip created by cartoonist Bud Fisher in 1907 about "two mismatched tinhorns". It is commonly regarded as the first daily comic strip. The concept of a newspaper strip featuring recurring characters in multiple panels on a six-day-a-week schedule had previously been pioneered through the short-lived A. Piker Clerk by Clare Briggs, but it was Mutt and Jeff as the first successful daily comic strip that staked out the direction of the future trend.

Mutt and Jeff remained in syndication until 1983, employing the talents of several cartoonists, chiefly Al Smith who drew the strip for nearly fifty years. The series eventually became a comic book, initially published by All-American Publications and later published by DC Comics, Dell Comics and Harvey Comics. Later it was also published as cartoons, films, pop culture merchandise and reprints.