Welcome on this blog full of information about Newspaper Comic Strips, and offcourse the comics.
The first newspaper comic strips appeared in North America in the late 19th century. The Yellow Kid is usually credited as the first. However, the art form combining words and pictures developed gradually and there are many examples of proto-comic strips.
The Swiss teacher, author and caricature artist Rodolphe Töpffer (Geneva, 1799–1846) is considered the father of the modern comic strips. His illustrated stories such as Histoire de M. Vieux Bois (1827), first published in the USA in 1842 as The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck or Histoire de Monsieur Jabot (1831), inspired subsequent generations of German and American comic artists. In 1865, the German painter, author and caricaturist Wilhelm Busch created the strip Max and Moritz, about two trouble-making boys, which had a direct influence on the American comic strip. Max and Moritz was a series of severely moralistic tales in the vein of German children’s stories such as Struwwelpeter (“Shockheaded Peter”); in one, the boys, after perpetrating some mischief, are tossed into a sack of grain, run through a mill and consumed by a flock of geese. Max and Moritz provided an inspiration for German immigrant Rudolph Dirks, who created the Katzenjammer Kids in 1897. Familiar comic-strip iconography such as stars for pain, sawing logs for snoring, speech balloons, and thought balloons originated in Dirks’ strip.
Hugely popular, Katzenjammer Kids occasioned one of the first comic-strip copyright ownership suits in the history of the medium. When Dirks left William Randolph Hearst for the promise of a better salary under Joseph Pulitzer, it was an unusual move, since cartoonists regularly deserted Pulitzer for Hearst. In a highly unusual court decision, Hearst retained the rights to the name “Katzenjammer Kids”, while creator Dirks retained the rights to the characters. Hearst promptly hired Harold Knerr to draw his own version of the strip. Dirks renamed his version Hans and Fritz (later, The Captain and the Kids). Thus, two versions distributed by rival syndicates graced the comics pages for decades. Dirks’ version, eventually distributed by United Feature Syndicate, ran until 1979.
In America, the great popularity of comics sprang from the newspaper war (1887 onwards) between Pulitzer and Hearst. The Little Bears (1893–96) was the first American comic with recurring characters, while the first color comic supplement was published by the Chicago Inter-Ocean sometime in the latter half of 1892, followed by the New York Journal’s first color Sunday comic pages in 1897. On January 31, 1912, Hearst introduced the nation’s first full daily comic page in his New York Evening Journal. The history of this newspaper rivalry and the rapid appearance of comic strips in most major American newspapers is discussed by Ian Gordon. Numerous events in newspaper comic strips have reverberated throughout society at large, though few of these events occurred in recent years, owing mainly to the declining role of the newspaper comic strip as an entertainment form.
I only place newspaperstrips from before 2000, with the occasional exception.
You can access the information and comics through the sidebar.
The comics are mostly in packages from around 100mb, inside these rar-packages you will find the comics in cbr format.
You can view the comics with any cbr-reader like CDisplay or ComicRack.
I did not scan the comics myself only collect them from various sites on the internet, internet archive, Usenet Newsgroups and torrents.
So thanks to all the scanners and uploaders.
This blog is purely ment to preserve the comics and to enjoy them, no financial meanings are involved, if you like the comics buy them as long as they are availabe, because nothing can beat the feeling of reading a real comic.
If you find something wrong (downloads, numbering, information) please let me know so that i can correct the error.
Thanks to the following sites for information :
Newspaper Comic Strips
I found this on getcomics.org from 1980:
https://getcomics.org/marvel/the-amazing-spider-man-the-great-newspaper-strip-1-1980/
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Choose the “Download Now” link for the file. I don’t know ufile and the others are dead links.
Anthony
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I have noticed in the last update that the link to Funny Business (1954) (311 strips) actually links to the Fineheimer Twins update.
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Thanks for letting me know, i’ve made a new link.
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UPDATE 27-03-2026
I’ve reorganized the Phantom page the Dailies.
Phantom Dailies 001-197
Thanks to Ar
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UPDATE 28-03-2026
Blondie 3x
Thanks to Eddie Drueding
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Sorry to be a bother, but all the links seem to cancel out when I try to download them. Anyone else having this issue?
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Well, scratch that question. Turns out my laptop decided to crash on me. Lost 3 decades of work. Some from previous sites that are no longer available. Digging through old hard drives to try and recover material. Sorry for the bother.
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I tried “Blondie (1933)” – downloaded fine.
Try again, try different browsers, and ask ChatGPT for help if you need to.
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Thanks for trying Eddie. It was totally on my side. Very greatful to all of you and this site.
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UPDATE 06-04-2026
Joe Palooka 1962-1971 Dailies
Thanks to Ar
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UPDATE 09-04-2026
Mandrake D001 The Cobra (340611-341124)
Completed with missing pages
Thanks to Ar
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Are you ready for more files?
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Thank you, i am always ready for new files.
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UPDATE 11-04-2026
Joe Palooka 1972-1979 Dailies
Thanks to Ar
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UPDATE 18-04-2026
Joe Palooka 1980-1984 Dailies
Thanks to Ar
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The latest update (Joe Palooka 1980s) comes up with a message saying that I need greater Google Drive access rights whenever I try to download it.
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also for me!!!!
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I don’t have any problem, perhaps cache ? Are you logged in ?
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Try again, i made a new link.
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Thanks very much. Works well now. Also thanks to Ar for this (and all the rest of his scans and hard work).
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Dear Boutje, thanx for your work. The last Joe Palooka asks me to log in in Google drive (the other packets do not ask for this). I don’t want to log in, so I would be grateful if you could change the status of the latest update. Thank you.
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It looks like most users only comment when there is something wrong. nothing wrong with that but it would be nice to see more thank you’s when everything is working like it used to. Not for me personnaly, but for all the people that put so much efforts in scanning and uploading and sharing. It looks like everything is taken for granted, but forget all effort that others put into it, and all for free.
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I’ve noticed the same thing Boutje mentioned here about the comments and requests people submit. This site, and the previous comic book site, display a simply astonishing level of effort and expertise.
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I really appreciate your effort and hard work, Boutje! You have been rendering us great service and great joy for a long time!
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Good afternoon everyone.
I can’t help but agree with Boutje regarding the many “complaints” that appear and the few expressions of gratitude that don’t.
In fact, many people have no idea how much work it takes to maintain a site like this, not to mention the many who collaborate and spend hours and hours reorienting, cleaning, and organizing thousands and thousands of strips for the pleasure of those who read them.
And believe me, sometimes a word of thanks is more than enough to encourage those who sometimes spend nights trying to improve the readability of these thousands of strips, to feel more motivated and not give up.
Be safe
Ar
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You are absolutely right. You folks are an absolute priceless feature in an otherwise dismal world. I can’t even begin to thank you enough for your tireless hard work. With this site, “other comics” sites, and groups I am a part of. However, I do thank you. From the bottom of my heart. Thank you so much for your endless nights. Thank you for your hours upon hours of work. And thank you for the passion that allows all of that work to be shared with us. Boutje, Ar, Eddie, and many others, you are greatly appreciated. Thank you and God bless you. May you always enjoy the passion of Newspaper Comic Strips whether you share them or not. And I hope that you will always feel appreciated for all you do
Travis
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TO – jimpageadmin
I got a reply to my last comment, but sorry I don’t understand what you mean. I have no blog, so maybe the reply is not for me.
Be safe
Ar
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Ar, that reply to you must have somehow happened when I tried earlier this morning to reply to Boutje’s comment. My reply to him fired off while I was still writing it, and showed up as five separate posts! So I’m almost reluctant to post this now in case it shows up multiple times! Anyway, thanks again to Boutje and those who assist him, and the original scanners of all these strips.
—Jim
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UPDATE 20-04-2026
Thanks to Eddie Drueding
Adventures of Patsy 8x
All In A Lifetime 1x
Barker Bill 1x
Dan Flagg 1x
Dixie Dugan 3x
Judge Parker 1x
Mutt & Jeff 3x
Nancy 3x
Smitty 8x
Tim Tyler’s Luck 1x
Wee Pals 3x
Winnie Winkle 2x
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Thanks Eddie. You even got a new one I haven’t heard of before. Like always, You Rock!
Travis
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Thanks for these, Eddie and Boutje. Good to see these titles expanded.
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UPDATE 02-05-2026
Blondie 2x
Boots and Her Buddies 1x
Buck Ryan 1x
Bugs Bunny 1x
Comic Zoo 1x
Connie 1x
Dave’s Delicatessen 1x
Dixie Dugan 1x
Dolly Dimples 1x
Emmy Lou 1x
Funny Business 1x
Grin and Bear It 1x
Hairbreadth Harry 1x
It’s Me Dilly 1x
Thanks to Eddie Drueding
New Titles
Blue Chips 1x
Carnival 1x
Crawford 1x
Cynical Susie 1x
Dunagin’s People 1x
Elmer Squee 1x
Grandpa Zeke 1x
Granny and Slowpoke 1x
Straight Arrow 1x
Thanks to Eddie Drueding
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thank you to all uploaders contributers. This is a piece of heaven for me to forget the turmoil of the world .
your efforts and dedication to bringing us our childhood and pleasant memories are applauded.
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Always great to see new additions! Thanks Eddie and Boutje!
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There’s certainly a variety of titles in this latest update. Thanks very much to Boutje, Eddie and any other scanners / uploaders.
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Happy to do it and glad it’s appreciated. Working on the next batch now 🙂
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This is a great site, a wonderful resource. I find I use it more and more. Many many thanks to boutje777 and everyone involved. Is there a way to financially support the site, e.g. with a subscription? Just want to give something back.
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Thank you. No, it’s free and i want it to stay that way.
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OK, fine. Thank you very much. I like it even more now! 😄
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UPDATE 19-05-2026
Hi and Lois 1x
Hold Everything 1x
Jerry On the Job 1x
Joe Jinks 1x
Lady Bountiful 1x
Lala Palooza 1x
Life’s Like That 1x
Polly and Her Pals 8x
Thanks to Eddie Drueding
New Titles
Hello Carol 1x
Honeybunch 1x
Jitter 1x
Laugh-In 1x
Thanks to Eddie Drueding
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Household Notice.
The next 3/4 weeks there will be no updates. There is a big renovation in the building i live and i even have to move somewhere else for 3 or 4 days. When all goes to schedule everything is finished around halfway june.
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Last reno I went through, they kept finding things so they could find ways to sit on their collective backside. Good luck, and duck and cover!
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UPDATE 20-05-2026
Flash Gordon Sundays 171,178-188
Thanks to Ar
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