Aggie Mack
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| AuthorTemplate:Pluralize from text | Hal Rasmusson (1946–1962) Roy L. Fox (1962–1971) |
| Current status/schedule | Concluded |
| Launch date | September 2, 1946 |
| End date | January 9, 1972 |
| Alternate nameTemplate:Pluralize from text | Aggie (1966–1972) |
| Syndicate(s) | Chicago Tribune Syndicate |
| PublisherTemplate:Pluralize from text | Superior Comics Dell Comics |
| GenreTemplate:Pluralize from text | Humor |
Aggie Mack was a newspaper comic strip about a teenage girl. Created by Hal Rasmusson, it was distributed by the Chicago Tribune Syndicate beginning on September 2, 1946, and concluding on January 9, 1972.[1] It had a 26-year run, with a title change to Aggie during the final six years.
Publication history
When Rasmusson was in ill health, the series was taken over by Roy L. Fox, starting with the strip dated January 8, 1962; Rasmusson died later that year. In 1966, the title was shortened to Aggie. The final episode of the strip was published on January 9, 1972.[2][3] Beginning in 1947, the strip was very popular in France where it was published in the Fillette magazine. In 1960, Gérard Alexandre (who used the pseudonym AL.G.) created an all-French version of the strip and titled it Aggie.
Characters and story
The central figure was a blonde named Aggie (a nickname based on her first name Agnes). Aggie was raised by her father's second wife, who favored her own daughter, Mona, a few years older than Aggie. Comics historian Don Markstein commented: Template:Quote
Reprints
Aggie was adapted to comic books by Superior Comics, which published eight issues between January 1948 and August 1949. In 1962, Dell Comics adapted Aggie into an issue of their Four Color Comics.
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Holtz, Allan (2012). American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. p. 47. ISBN 9780472117567.
- ^ Roy Fox at the Lambiek Comiclopedia.
- ^ Hal Rasmusson at the Lambiek Comiclopedia.
