Prince Valiant - Harold Foster : 1995 Comic Strip Classics

1995-Oct-01 Boca Raton FL

PRINCE VALIANT – Harold Foster (1892-1982) Prince Valiant was the last major strip to be created as a full-page, full-color picture-story. Foster's meticulous research for his Arthurian legend lent authenticity to battle scenes and domestic scenes alike. The strip began in 1937. © 1995 King Features Syndicate Inc

Late 1930s edition of Prince Valiant Sunday color comics featured stamps at the top and bottom of the comic

Rube Goldberg's Inventions : 1995 Comic Strip Classics

1995-Oct-01 Boca Raton FL

Rube Goldberg Inventions – Rube Goldberg was a cartoonist with an engineering degree. This combination led him to create a series of crazy inventions – in this case an automatic napkin – that amused readers for decades. The panel ran 1914-1964 ©Rube Goldberg Inc

Terry and the Pirates : 1995 Comic Strip Classics

1995-Oct-01 Boca Raton FL

Terry and the Pirates® Milton Caniff (1907-1988) Caniff's artwork looked photographic; his characters spoke realistic dialogue; and readers identified with their personalities. Mood, evocation, atmosphere were Caniff's trademarks. The strip ran 1934-1973. ©Tribune Media Services, Inc.

 

Three stamp set was a premium from the Quaker Oats Co. Anyone who entered a bicycle contest sponsored by Quaker received the stamp set in the mail. This is a complete set of three stamps--Terry, Burma and Pat Ryan, with the original tab

Terry and the Pirates' Dragon Lady by George Wunder - 1947

George Wunder (1912-1987) illustrated Terry and the Pirates, replacing Caniff in 1946 when he left. Wunder continued on the strip until 1973, at which time it was cancelled.

Gasoline Alley - Frank King : 1995 Comic Strip Classics

1995-Oct-01 Boca Raton FL

Gasoline Alley – Farnk King (1883-1969) It began as a panel about men's interest in autos in 1981, but Gasoline Alley evolved to become a strip about the life and growth of average Americans. It was the first major strip where characters grew up in real time. After King's death the strip was taken over by Bill Perry (Sunday strips only, 1951–1975) Dick Moores (1956–1986) Jim Scancarelli (1986–present) - © Tribune Media Services, Inc.

Yellow Kid - R.F. Outcault - 1995 Comic Strip Classics

1995-Oct-02 Kleinfeltersville PA

The BLUE Yellow Kid – While most people know the stoy of Ruchard Outcault's Yellow Kid in his nightshirt as the “first use of color” in a newspaper, the truth is the Yellow Ki first appeared on May 5, 1895 in a BLUE  nightshirt in a panel At the Circus in Hogan's Alley. The yellow nightshirt appeared Feb 16, 1896, fascinated readers and lent its name to “yellow journalism”, the war between Pulitzer's NY World and Hearst's NY Journal newspapers. The Yellow Kid is scarce on postcards, but there are thousands of other subjects to enjoy! - National Postcard Week postcard - - Middle Creek Art Press

Yellow Kid - R.F. Outcault - 1995 Comic Strip Classics

1995-Oct-01 Boca Raton FL

THE YELLOW KID – R.F. Outcault (1863-1928) The First popular newspaper color cartoon was Hogan's Alley starring the Yellow Kid. The tenement exploits of the Irish immigrant kid ignited public affection; when two New York papers fought over rival versions, “Yellow Journalism” was born, The cartoon ran 1895-1898

Little Nemo in Slumberland - Windsor McKay : 1995 Comic Strip Classics

1995-Oct-01 Boca Raton FL

Little Nemo in Slumberland – Windsor McKay (c1867-1934) Little Nemo was the first strip to be drawn realistically and to utilize quality color printing. Nemo's daydreams and nightmaares were fantasies with dragons and monsters, travels to Mars, and slums that turned into gardens. The strip ran 1905-1911; 1924-1927. USPS

Zenas Winsor McCay - American cartoonist and animator. He is best known for the comic strip Little Nemo and the animated film Gertie the Dinosaur (1914). For contractual reasons, he worked under the pen name Silas on the comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend.

Mutts by Patrick McDonnell - Comics Kingdom 

Popeye - E.C. Segar : 1995 Comic Strip Classics

1995-Oct-01 Boca Raton FL

Popeye – E.C. Segar (1894-1938) Popeye was an overnight success when he made his debut on the stage of the Thimble theatre comic strip in 1929. His adventures mixed thrills, satire, parody and nonsense; his sayings “I yam what I yam...” are part of our language. The strip began in 1919. ©1995 King Features Syndicate Inc.  

- Olivoyla fantasy postage due stamp

USPS Stamper card

1949-Nov-01 Crystal City "Spinach Capital of the World" TX first flight Popeye caceht

1989 - USCGC Firebush Kodiak AK insignia cachet featuring Popeye

Poplania - Popeye fantasy labels

Popeye - Olive Oyl - Wimpy - Swee'pea

updated 2026-July-22

Krazy Kat - George Herriman : 1995 Classic Comics

1995-Oct-01 Boca Raton FL

Krazy Kat – George Herriman (1880-1944) – Krazy Kat was a surrealistic comic strip with changing backgrounds, poetic dialog, and strange props. While not widely popular in its own day, it's now generally considered to be a high mark of the art form. The strip ran 1913-1944. ©1995 King Features Syndicate Inc.

Herriman hand drawn envelope - updated 2026-Jul-02

Barney Google 100th Anniversary

I missed the 100th Anniversary of the comic strip Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, which occurred yesterday. The above covers are examples of commercially produced first day covers for the Barney Google Stamp issued in 1995 as part of the Classic Comic Strip issue. (producers: Colorado Silk, Mayfair)

Barney Google was created by Billy DeBeck in 1919, but the popularity of the strip gained momentum with the introduction of Spark Plug, a racehorse with little momentum

By 1934, the strip needed an introduction of new characters to bring back viewers. With the popularity of Lil' Abner and the strip The Mountain Boys, DeBeck introduced Snuffy Smith and his wife Lowizie

In 1934 cartoonist Fred Laswell would become an assistant to DeBeck, eventually taking over the strip. 1998 Jose Rose assisted Laswell, taking over in 2001

To celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the strip, Barney Google would return to Hootin' Holler to visit Snuffy and Lowizie, only to get lost on his way through the comics

Kribbs Kovers created a hand colored cachet #/4 for the Re-opening of the Santa Anita post office. As the cachet states Snuffy is at the celebration, most likely the one held at the Santa Anita racetrack, with Barney!

2004 by John Rose - Snuffy and “Lowizie” Smith first appeared in the Barney Google comic strip on November 17, 1934

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