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famous dog Homeless Hector
Homeless Hector 
A homeless dog in the comic strip Homeless Hector; about the humorous adventures of a stray dog; created by Harry Hershfield.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Comic strip: 1899.
famous dog Tige
Tige  (Advertising Tige)   
In advertising and in the comic strip Buster Brown; about a mischievous young boy and his dog; created by Richard Felton Outcault and on radio and in the TV series. Adopted as mascot by Brown Shoe Company.
BREED: Pit Bull Terrier   YEARS: Comic strip: 1901-1921. Ads: 1904-now. Radio: 1943-1954. TV series: 1951-1953.
famous dog Beans
Beans 
Jimmy's dog in the comic strip Little Jimmy; about little boy who was constantly forgetting what he was supposed to do and ended up getting into trouble; created by Jimmy Swinnerton. The comic strip was one of the first continuing features and one of the longest running.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Comic Strip: 1904-1958.
famous dog Alonzo
Alonzo 
Feisty dog in the comic strip Have You Seen Alonzo; about various comic situations; drawn by several cartoonist including Paul Terry.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Comic strip: 1909.
famous dog Kolin Kelly
Kolin Kelly  (Another Kolin Kelly)   (See also Offissa Bull Pup)
A brickmaker in the comic strip Krazy Kat; about the love triangle between a cat, an antagonist mouse and a protective police dog; created by cartoonist George Herriman.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Comic strip: 1913-1944.
famous dog Offissa Bull Pup
Offissa Bull Pup  (See also Kolin Kelly)
The one whe tries protect Krazy Kat in the comic strip Krazy Kat; about the love triangle between a cat, an antagonist mouse and a protective police dog; created by cartoonist George Herriman.
BREED: Bulldog   YEARS: Comic strip: 1913-1944.
famous dog Sieg and Kleine
Sieg and Kleine 
Slim and Clovia's dogs in the comic strip Gasoline Alley; about an established family, and residents in the town of Gasoline Alley; created by Frank King. It is the longest-running current comic strip, second after The Katzenjammer Kids
BREED: Great Dane and Doberman Doberman  YEARS: Comic strip: 1918- now.
famous dog Tippie
Tippie  (Tippie as Bulldog Tippie)   
Cap's dog in the comic strip Cap Stubbs and Tippie; about the daily life of a boy and his dog (later renamed Tippie and Cap Stubbs); created and drawn by Edwina Dumm. The comic started out with the bulldog prior to 1930s, then a terrier. (Also a coloring book issued in 2014.)
BREED: Scottish Terrier   YEARS: Comic strip: 1918-1966.
famous dog Bullet
Bullet 
Snuffy's dog in the comic strip and animated TV series Barney Google and Snuffy Smith; created by cartoonist Billy DeBeck.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Comic strip: 1919- now. TV series: 1963.

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famous dog Pip
Pip  (The one on the right)
The assumed father role in the in the British comic strip Pip, Squeak and Wilfred; about an orphaned family of animals who were looked after by a housemaid in a family house on the edge of London; conceived by Bertram Lamb and published in the Daily Mirror.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Comic strip: 1919-1956.
famous dog Bingo
Bingo 
One of Rupert's friends in the British comic strip Rupert Bear; about a bear who lives with his parents in a fictional idyllic English village with several anthropomorphic animals friends; created by Mary Tourtel and since 1935 written by others. (See also Pong Ping)
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Comic strip: 1920- now.
famous dog Fikske
Fikske 
Rikske's dog in the Flemish comic strip Rikske and Fikske; about the adventures of a boy and his dog; written by Nonkel Fons and drawn by Lionel Graham Croucher.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Comic strip: 1920-1971.
famous dog Pongping
Pongping 
One of Rupert's friends in the British comic strip Rupert Bear; about a bear who lives with his parents in a fictional idyllic English village with several anthropomorphic animals friends; created by Mary Tourtel and since 1935 written by others. (See also Bingo.)
BREED: Pekingese   YEARS: Comic strip: 1920- now
famous dog Mike
Mike 
Ginger Meggs' dog in the Australian comic strip Ginger Meggs; about the escapades of a red-haired young boy; created by Jimmy Bancks and drawn by several cartoonist over the years. The strip remains the most widely syndicated Australian comic strip.
BREED: generic   YEARS: Comic strip: 1921-2023. Movie: 1982.
famous dog Bonzo the dog
Bonzo the dog 
A comic strip dog famous for branded advertisements created by British artist George E. Studdy in 1924 as an animated film short. The character was crafted in all kinds of merchandise.
BREED: Mixed breed   YEARS: Movie short: 1924. Comic strip: 1926. Ads: 1924-1927.
famous dog Sandy
Sandy  (1982 movie Sandy)   
Annie's dog in comics Little Orphan Annie on radio, in the Broadway musical Annie, and in the movies (1982, 1999 and 2014); created by Harold Gray.
BREED: Airedale mix  YEARS: Radio: 1925-1942. Comics: 1925- 2010. Broadway stage: 1977-1983. Movies: 1982, 1999, 2014.
famous dog Adolph
Adolph  (Another Adolph)   The other image shows dog as Schnappsy when, in 1936, Adolph Hitler came to power.
In the comic strip Dinglehoofer und His Dog Adolph; by Harold Knerr. (In 1939, the title of the strip became Dingle-Hoofer and his Dog)
BREED: Dachshund   YEARS: Comic strip: 1926-1949.
famous dog Zero
Zero 
Annie's dog in the comic strip Little Annie Rooney; about a young orphaned girl who traveled about with her dog in the 1920s; originated by King Features Syndicate.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Comic strip: 1927-1966.
famous dog Junior
Junior 
Family dog in the comic strip Muggs and Skeeter; about a couple of youngsters in humorous situations; created by Wally Bishop.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Comic strip: 1928.

 

 

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famous dog Snowy
Snowy  (Comic Snowy)   
Tintin's dog in the Belgian comic book, the animated TV series, and the animated movie The Adventures of Tintin; about a reporter and his dog; created by Georges "Hergé" Remi. The earlier TV series was The Adventures of Tintin; the later series Hergé's Adventures of Tintin.
BREED: Wire Fox Terrier   YEARS: Comic books: 1929-1976. TV series: 1959-1963, 1991-1992. Movie: 2011.
famous dog Daisy
Daisy  (Movie Daisy)   
The family dog in the comic strip and the movie Blondie; about the Bumsteads, Dagwood and Blondie and their two children; created by Chic Young.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Comic strip: 1930- now. Movies: 1938-1950.
famous dog Struppi
Struppi 
Tobias' dog in the Viennese comic strip Tobias Seicherl; about a bourgeois man, often drunk, usually strolling the streets of Vienna with his cane, pipe and dog; created by Ladislaus Kmoch.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Comic strip: 1930-1931, 1958-1961.
famous dog Fritz
Fritz 
Jane's pet in the adult comic strip Jane (originally Jane's Journal); the misadventures of a woman who frequently and often inadvertently lost her clothes; created by Norman Pett.
BREED: Dachshund   YEARS: Comic strip: 1932-1959.
famous dog Napoleon
Napoleon 
In the comic strip Napoleon and Uncle Elby; about a character based on the creator's uncle Henry Elba Eastman and his dog; created by Clifford McBride.
BREED: Irish Wolfhound probably  YEARS: Comic strip: 1932-1961.
famous dog Poochie
Poochie  (original called Woofy in 1933, then Poochie in 2018)
Nancy's dog in the comic strip Nancy; about a typical and somewhat mischievous eight-year-old girl and her friends; created by Ernie Bushmiller.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Comic strip: 1933- now.
famous dog Sparky
Sparky  (Another Sparky)   
Smokey's firehouse dog (sometimes called Sparks) in the comic strip Smokey Stover; about a foolish firefighter (often riding in his two-wheeled "Foomobile") and his family and friends; created by Bill Holman.
BREED: Dalmatian   YEARS: Comic strip: 1935-1973.
famous dog Devil
Devil  (Movie Devil)   
The Phantom's dog in the comic strip and the movie serial The Phantom; about a masked crimefighter based upon the comics; created by Lee Falk. In the series the dog is played by Ace the Wonder Dog.
BREED: German Shepherd   YEARS: Comics: 1936- now. Movie serial: 1943.
famous dog Eugene the Jeep
Eugene the Jeep 
A character presumed to be some type of dog in the comic strip and animated movies Popeye; a mysterious animal with magical abilities. The name "Jeep" was adopted by GIs in WW II for their 4-wheel utility vehicle because it was small, versatile and could solve seemingly impossible problems.
BREED: Unknown   YEARS: Comic strip: 1936. Animated movies: 1938-1940.
famous dog Harry
Harry  (Comic book annual Harry)   
Wullie's dog in the Scottish comic strip Oor Wullie; about a boy and his friends whose adventures often involve unrealistic get-rich-quick schemes that lead to mischief; created by R. D. Low and drawn by cartoonist Dudley D. Watkins until 1969; then by others.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Comic strip:1936-1969, 1989-1997, 2005- now.

 

 

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famous dog Spot
Spot  (The HIghlights Spot)   
A wooden dog in the comic strip The Timbertoes; about a wooden family; appearing in 1946 in the children's magazine Highlights for Children; created in 1936 by John Gee Curley.
BREED: Wooden character   YEARS: Comic: 1936- now.
famous dog Bolivar
Bolivar  (Comic Bolivar)   
In the animated movies and comic strip Donald Duck; by Walt Disney. (More about Bolivar.)
BREED: St. Bernard   YEARS: Movies: 1938- now. Comic books: 1938- now.
famous dog King
King  (Comic King)   (Also known as Yukon King)
A Mounted Policeman's sled dog in the radio and the TV series and comic book Challenge of The Yukon; aka Sergeant Preston of the Yukon, about the Monty and his dog fighting evildoers in the Northern wilderness in the 1890s; TV series starred Richard Simmons.... (More about Yukon King)
BREED: Alaskan Malamute   YEARS: Radio: 1938-1954. TV show: 1955-1958. Comics: 1951-1958.
famous dog Alec
Alec 
Subject of several poems in the comic strip Alec the Great; created by one of the first woman syndicated cartoonist, Edwina Dumm.
BREED: Generic small fluffy dog   YEARS: Comic strip: 1931-1969.
famous dog Bello
Bello 
A scampy dog in the Dutch comic strip De Avonturen Van Bello (The Adventures of Bello); by cartoonist Marten Toonder.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Comic strip: 1939.
famous dog Bulletdog
Bulletdog 
Bulletman's dog in the comic book series Bulletman; about a man who develops powers, great muscle mass, and brain power to fight crime; created by Bill Parker and Jon Smalle for Fawcett Comics.
BREED: English Setter   YEARS: Comic books: 1939-1953.
famous dog Pedro
Pedro 
Faithful companion of private detective Sexton Blake in the British TV series Sexton Blake, about a detective solving many kinds of mysteries.
BREED: Bloodhound   YEARS: Comic strips: 1939-1979. Movies: 1930-1958. TV: 1967-1971.
famous dog Tuffy
Tuffy 
Pet with in the British comic strip Tuffy and his Magic Tail; about a dog whose wagging tail results in magical things; by cartoonist Warden Arnold.
BREED: Generic   YEARS: Comic strip: 1939-1955.
famous dog Joost
Joost  (Bul Super & Hiep Hiper Joost)   
Bommel's loyal butler in the Dutch comic strip Tom Puss; about a white anthropomorphic cat, and his best friend, Lord Oliver B. Bumble, set in a fantasy world with many characters. (Also in the series are dogs Bul Super, Hiep Hieper, Officer Bulle Bas, and Brigadier Snuf.)
BREED: Labrador   YEARS: Comic: 1941-1986.
famous dog Sinbad
Sinbad 
A boy's dog in the comic book Sinbad Again!; about about a dog, his young boy owner and the boy's grandmother; created by Edwina Dumm, creator of comic dog Tippie also.
BREED: Terrier   YEARS: Comic book: 1932.

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The number of Dogs in Comics Famous prior to 1940 is 39

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1. 1899  (Homeless Hector)
2. 1919  (Pip)
3. 1929  (Snowy)
4. 1936  (Spot)

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1.  1899  (Homeless Hector)
2.  1901  (Tige)
3.  1904  (Beans)
4.  1909  (Alonzo)
5.  1913  (Kolin Kelly)
6.  1913  (Offissa Bull Pup)
7.  1918  (Sieg and Kleine)
8.  1918  (Tippie)
9.  1919  (Bullet)
10.  1919  (Pip)
11.  1920  (Bingo)
12.  1920  (Fikske)
13.  1920  (Pongping)
14.  1921  (Mike)
15.  1924  (Bonzo the dog)
16.  1925  (Sandy)
17.  1926  (Adolph)
18.  1927  (Zero)
19.  1928  (Junior)
20.  1929  (Snowy)
21.  1930  (Daisy)
22.  1930  (Struppi)
23.  1932  (Fritz)
24.  1932  (Napoleon)
25.  1933  (Poochie)
26.  1935  (Sparky)
27.  1936  (Devil)
28.  1936  (Eugene the Jeep)
29.  1936  (Harry)
30.  1936  (Spot)
31.  1938  (Bolivar)
32.  1938  (King)
33.  1939  (Alec)
34.  1939  (Bello)
35.  1939  (Bulletdog)
36.  1939  (Pedro)
37.  1939  (Tuffy)
38.  1941  (Joost)
39.  1962  (Sinbad)
  


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