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)
Latigo (comic strip) Latigo (comic strip) Latigo was a comic strip written and drawn by cartoonist Stan Lynde, who also created the "Rick O'Shay" comic strip. After a dispute over the ownership of "Rick O'Shay" with the Chicago Tribune Syndicate, Lynde left and went to Field Enterprises to launch "Latigo". The daily "Latigo" daily strip began 25 June 1979. The Sunday strip, in a half-page format, began 1 July 1979. The daily strip ended May 7, 1983, followed by the last Sunday strip a month later on June 5. Set in the old West, it told the adventures of Cole Cantrell, aka "Two