The Blondie Movies Were Episodes of a Sitcom Show Before Television

The comic strip about domestic life had a long life on the silver screen in the forties.

by Rich Watson 

The comic strip Blondie, a comedy about a Jazz Age flapper turned housewife, her ne’er-do-well husband, and their family and friends, was created by Chic Young in 1930. While successors have continued the strip into the 21st century, including his son Dean, its heyday was the Depression and the WW2 era. 

It was during this period that Hollywood made an ongoing series of Blondie movies.

Prince Valiant and the Rise and Fall of Adventure Comic Strips

Prince Valiant was one of a number of adventure strips, bigger in size and bigger in scope.

by Rich Watson

Between the time when audiences first relied on daily newspapers and the rise of the internet, there was an age undreamed of in comic strips. And unto this, Prince Valiant: destined to take his place among the epic characters presented every Sunday. It is I, his chronicler, who alone can tell thee of his saga. 

Let me tell you of the days of high adventure!

“For Better or For Worse” Was Born From A Pregnancy—Literally

The cartoonist’s growing family—and subsequent problems in raising it—were the basis for this popular comic strip.

by Rich Watson 

For almost thirty years, For Better or For Worse was a sitcom-like comic strip about the ups and downs of a middle-class Canadian family. It won the National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Award and was a nominated finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 1994.

The strip grew out of the family experiences of its creator, Lynn Johnston—especially when she first had kids.