Blondie (1938 film) Blondie (1938 film) Blondie is a 1938 movie directed by Frank Strayer, based on the comic strip of the same name, created by Chic Young. The screenplay was written by Richard Flournoy. This was the first of 28 films based on the comic strip; Columbia Pictures produced them from 1938 to 1943, and popular demand brought them back in 1945. When the "Blondie" film series came to an end with "Beware of Blondie" in 1950, it was announced that it would be replaced with a series of "Gasoline Alley" movies. However, only two such films were made, "Gasoline Alley" (1951)
James Bond (comic strip) Express"), and the "Daily Star". Additionally, John McLusky returned to team up with Jim Lawrence for five comic strips. One strip, "Doomcrack", is unusual in that it featured artwork by Harry North, who at the time worked for "MAD Magazine" on its film parodies. The 1983 strip "Polestar" was abruptly terminated by the "Daily Star" midway through its run and was not completed, although the complete story did appear in non-UK newspapers and was followed by several more complete serials before the James Bond comic strip officially came to an end. Since first publication in the "Daily Express", the comic