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This is a list of comic strips printed within the pages of Eagle, a seminal British children's comic first published from 1950 to 1969 This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
Eagle, sometimes referred to as The New Eagle and known at various points in its life as Eagle and Scream!, Eagle and Tiger, Eagle and Battle, Eagle and M.A.S.K. and Eagle and Wildcat, was a British boys' adventure comic published by IPC Magazines from 27 March 1982 to January 1994.
Those who spotted an eagle were offered tokens worth 3d, which could be exchanged at newsagents for a free copy of Eagle. [ 28 ] [ 29 ] Despite its relatively high price, the comic was an immediate success; released on 14 April 1950, [ 30 ] and despite government paper quotas, [ nb 5 ] the first issue sold about 900,000 copies. [ 32 ]
Beany and Cecil was created by animator Bob Clampett [3] after he quit Warner Bros., where he had been directing short cartoon movies.Clampett is said to have originated the idea for Cecil when he was a boy after seeing the top half of the dinosaur swimming from the water at the end of the 1925 movie The Lost World.
George Joseph Herriman III (August 22, 1880 – April 25, 1944) was an American cartoonist best known for the comic strip Krazy Kat (1913–1944). More influential than popular, Krazy Kat had an appreciative audience among those in the arts.
The cartoon's title is a play on The Hucksters, a satirical novel about the advertising business that was made into a 1947 live-action film starring Clark Gable. "Eagle Hand Laundry", the business supposedly sponsoring Daffy's radio show, was at the time the name of an actual hand laundry in Brooklyn.
Migraine Boy Bearing gritted teeth and a permanent frown, Migraine Boy is the main character of the strip, and the one that gives it its name. Although his real name is never clearly stated, it is suggested to be "Joey" in the episode named "Blossom". [8]
American Eagle, in comics, may refer to: American Eagle (DC Comics) , a cartoon animal superhero and member of the Zoo Crew, published by DC Comics American Eagle (Marvel Comics) , a Native American superhero appearing in Marvel Comics publications