| Tumbleweeds | |
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| Author(s) | Tom K. Ryan |
| Current status/schedule | Concluded; daily and Sunday strip |
| Launch date | September 6, 1965 |
| End date | December 30, 2007 |
| Syndicate(s) | Lew Little Enterprises (1965–67) Register & Tribune Syndicate (1967–72) King Features Syndicate (1972–77) United Feature Syndicate (1977–80) Field Enterprises (1980–84) News America Syndicate (1984–2007) [[King Features Syndicate| |
| Genre(s) | Humor |
Tumbleweeds is an American comic strip that offered a skewed perspective on life on the American frontier. Writer-artist Tom K. Ryan (June 6, 1926 – March 12, 2019[1]) (who signed the strip "T.K. Ryan") was very familiar with conventions of the Western genre he satirized. Launched September 6, 1965, the strip was distributed for decades initially by the Register and Tribune Syndicate and later by the King Features Syndicate after its acquisition.[2] After a 42-year run, Ryan retired and, rather than let it become a "zombie strip", brought Tumbleweeds to a conclusion on December 30, 2007.[3]
Jim Davis, who created Garfield, was Ryan's assistant (from 1969 to 1978) while developing another strip, Gnorm Gnat.[4] and Jon (renamed Garfield)
- ^ Tom K. Ryan Obituary, Muncie, IN Star Press, 4/21/2019
- ^ Holtz, Allan (2012). American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. p. 396. ISBN 9780472117567.
- ^ Gardner, Alan (December 20, 2007). ""Tumbleweeds" to end at request of cartoonist". DailyCartoonist.com. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015.
- ^ Tumbleweeds at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on September 3, 2015.