Blondie (1938 film) Ross Ford. Twenty-eight films were produced by Columbia Pictures between 1938 and 1950: "Blondie Goes to Hollywood," by Carol Lynn Scherling. Albany, 2010. BearManor Media. . 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
Mickey Finn (comic strip) series by the Saalfield Publishing Company of Akron, Ohio. Golden Years Publications reprinted the "Mickey Finn" strips from "Big Shot" #82 (Oct. 1947) in "All-Amazing Comics" #16 (Dec. 2001). Referring to "Peanuts" creator Charles Schulz, Morris Weiss said in 2006, "'Sparky' Schulz once told me that "Mickey Finn" was his dad's favorite comic strip. Compliments like that you don't hear every day." Mickey Finn (comic strip) Mickey Finn was an American comic strip created by cartoonist Lank Leonard, which was syndicated to newspapers from 1936 to 1976. The successful lighthearted strip struck a balance between comedy and drama. It was