Archive for March 13th, 2011

CAMIC STRIP DEBUTED ON THIS DATE IN 1951

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Dennis the Menace is a daily syndicated newspaper comic strip that was originally created, written and illustrated by Hank Ketcham (shown above). It debuted in 16 newspapers and was originally distributed by Post-Hall syndicate. It is now written and drawn by Ketcham’s former assistants, Marcus Hamilton and Ron Ferdinand, and distributed to at least 1,000 newspapers in 48 countries and 19 languages by King Features Syndicate. The inspiration for the comic strip came from the real life son of Hank Ketcham, named Dennis. Ketcham retired from the comic strip in 2001 at the age
of 81.

DENNIS THE MENACE 1953
An unused daily panel

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Raw Sunday panel

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