"Which comic strip created by Rudolph Dirks that first appeared in 1897 in the ""American Humorist"", the Sunday supplement of the New York Journal, is still distributed, making it the oldest comic strip still in syndication?"
The Katzenjammer Kids The Katzenjammer Kids The Katzenjammer Kids is an American comic strip created by Rudolph Dirks in 1897, and later drawn by Harold Knerr for 35 years (1914 to 1949). It debuted December 12, 1897, in the "American Humorist", the Sunday supplement of William Randolph Hearst's "New York Journal". Dirks was the first cartoonist to regularly express dialogue in comic characters through the use of speech balloons. The comic strip was turned into a stage play in 1903. It inspired several animated cartoons and was one of 20 strips included in the Comic Strip Classics series of U.S. commemorative postage stamps.
The Neighbors (comic strip) The Neighbors (comic strip) The Neighbors was an American gag-a-day comic strip, created by George Clark which ran from 1939 to 1971. Clark launched "The Neighbors" in 1939 with the Chicago Tribune-New York Daily News Syndicate. Similar to his earlier "Side Glances", it explored subtle aspects of middle-class family humor. He soon added a Sunday strip, "Our Neighbors, the Ripples", a title eventually shortened to "The Ripples". The Sunday strip was dropped in 1948, but his daily panel continued until 1971. Stephen Becker ("Comic Art in America") commented, "He has never attempted to induce the belly laugh; he feels that