Comic Strip Classics facts for kids
Did you know that even comic strips can be honored on stamps? The Comic Strip Classics series was a special collection of postage stamps released by the US Postal Service. They came out on October 1, 1995. The stamps celebrated 100 years of newspaper comic strips! There were 20 different stamps in this cool collection. Each stamp, and the whole sheet, had a special number in the Scott catalogue, which is like a big list of all stamps.
Celebrating Comic Strip History
These stamps were made to celebrate the amazing history of comic strips. The US Postal Service wanted to honor the first 100 years of these fun newspaper features. They chose 20 different comic strips for the stamps.
How Were the Comics Chosen?
The creators of the stamps had a rule: they only picked comic strips that started before 1950. This way, they focused on the early days of comic strips. Each stamp showed a drawing of a famous comic character along with their comic strip's logo. The stamps were arranged in five rows, with four stamps in each row.
The Famous Comic Strips Featured
Here are the 20 classic comic strips that appeared on the stamps, listed in the order they were first published:
- The Yellow Kid
- The Katzenjammer Kids
- Little Nemo in Slumberland
- Bringing Up Father
- Krazy Kat
- Rube Goldberg’s Inventions
- Toonerville Folks
- Gasoline Alley
- Barney Google
- Little Orphan Annie
- Popeye
- Blondie
- Dick Tracy
- Alley Oop
- Nancy
- Flash Gordon
- Li'l Abner
- Terry and the Pirates
- Prince Valiant
- Brenda Starr, Reporter
