The Comics of the Los Angeles Times, from the Beginning to the Present



Junior Grade
Sunday: 12/28/1958-3/27/1960 Daily: 12/15/1958-4/1/1960
Artists: Format: Strip
Mace, Harry
Notes: Off comics page.

Percy and His Bride
Sunday: 7/4/1920 only Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
MacGill, H.A.
Notes:

Hollywood Husband
Sunday: 5/19-7/28/1940 Daily: 5/13-7/27/1940
Artists: Format: Strip
Machamer, Jefferson
Notes:

Quality Time
Sunday: 6/7-9/13/1992 Daily: 10/26/1992-12/12/1998
Artists: Format: Panel
Machlis, Gail
Notes: Off comics page.

Eddie Baker
Sunday: 8/22-11/20/1927 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Mack, Bill
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement. Irregular.

Pluggers
Sunday: 1/10/1993-3/6/1994 Daily: 1/25/1993-3/19/1994
Artists: Format: Panel
MacNelly, Jeff
Notes: Often written by reader submissions.

Shoe
Sunday: 11/5/1989-3/31/1990 Daily: 11/6/1989-7/15/2000
Artists: Format: Strip
MacNelly, Jeff (89-00) MacNell Productions (2000) Brookins, Gary
Notes: Continued by Jeff MacNelly's Shoe.

Hawkshaw the Detective
Sunday: 7/22/1934-6/17/1935 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Mager, Gus ('Watso')
Notes:

Frazz
Sunday: 5/6/2001- Daily: 4/16/2001-
Artists: Format: Strip
Mallet, Jef
Notes:

Dollars and Nonsense
Sunday: 1/20-9/30/1985 Daily: 1/21/1985-1/25/1988
Artists: Format: Panel
Mankoff, Robert
Notes: In Business section. Daily panel format.

Blade Winters
Sunday: 4/6-12/14/1952 Daily: 3/10-11/22/1952
Artists: Format: Strip
Mann, Ed Thomas, Lafe
Notes:

Star Wars
Sunday: 4/11/1979-1/3/1982 Daily: 3/12/1979-12/28/1981
Artists: Format: Strip
Manning, Russell (79-80) Alcala, Alfredo (80-81) Helm, Russ S. (79-80) Goodwin, Archie
Notes:

High Lights of History
Sunday: 2/27/1927-3/26/1933 Daily: 9/17/1928-1/19/1930
Artists: Format: Strip
Mansfield, J. Carroll
Notes: Continues Our History in Pictures. Continued by Highlights of Famous Fiction.

Our History in Pictures
Sunday: Daily: 1/18/1925-9/16/1928
Artists: Format: Strip
Mansfield, J. Carroll
Notes: Continued by High Lights of History.

Clancey
Sunday: 2/13-2/27/1927 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Manuel, George
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement. Irregular.

Dobie O'Dewy
Sunday: 12/13/1925-3/28/1926 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Manuel, George
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement. Irregular.

Mogul Weevil
Sunday: Daily: 10/12/1987-1/2/1988
Artists: Format: Strip
Maratta
Notes: Off comics page. Local, self-syndicated

Silent Pictures
Sunday: 2/19/1989-10/6/2002 Daily:
Artists: Format: Panel
Maratta, Katie
Notes: In Calendar section.

Toddy
Sunday: 2/20/1938-2/19/1939 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Marcoux, George
Notes:

Oh, Lady!
Sunday: 5/12-7/14/1963 Daily: 4/8-9/2/1963
Artists: Format: Panel
Marcus, Ruth
Notes: Off comics page. Sunday in daily panel format.

Dan Dunn
Sunday: 7/22/1934-11/6/1938 Daily: 7/23/1934-6/25/1938
Artists: Format: Strip
Marsh, Norman
Notes: Daily off comics page 8/19/37-6/25/38. Sunday subtitle: Secret Operative 48.

Billie Jean
Sunday: 5/30-9/26/1926 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Martin, Buster
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement. Irregular.

Terry O'Toole
Sunday: 2/27-9/18/1927 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Martin, Buster
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement. Irregular.

Good News * Bad News
Sunday: 6/18-11/12/1978, 10/14/1979-1/22/1984 Daily: 3/13/1978-1/7/1985
Artists: Format: Panel. Sunday in daily format.
Martin, Henry
Notes: Off comics page. Sunday in daily panel format.

Jane Arden
Sunday: 10/28/1934 - 9/22/1935 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Martin, Henry Barrett, Monte Graham, Walt
Notes:

Mister Boffo
Sunday: 6/15/1986-12/1/1996, 3/22/1998-4/30/2000 Daily: 6/9/1986-3/3/2007
Artists: Format: Daily panel, Sunday strip
Martin, Joe
Notes:

Tucker
Sunday: 4/30/1978-3/23/1980 Daily: 4/24/1978-1/15/1979, 3/17/1980
Artists: Format: Strip
Martin, Joe
Notes:

Clarence Boots
Sunday: 10/30/1927 only Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Martin, Larry
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement.

Dan Druff
Sunday: 12/6/1926-6/3/1928 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Massion, Nathan
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement. Irregular.

Massion strip, untitled
Sunday: 8/5/1928-11/24/1929 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Massion, Nathan
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement. Irregular.

Oswald T. McWaffle
Sunday: 2/24-4/7/1929 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Massion, Nathan
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement. Irregular.

Tom Ato
Sunday: Daily: 2/6-7/10/1927
Artists: Format: Strip
Massion, Nathan
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement. Irregular.

Tarzan (Daily)
Sunday: Daily: 6/9/1929 -3/9/1943
Artists: Format: Strip
Maxon, Rex
Notes: Multichapter series with separate names, which see.

Tarzan (Sunday)
Sunday: 3/15/1931 -12/4/1960 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Maxon, Rex (29-60) Foster, Hal (31-37) Hogarth, Burne (37-50) Burroughs, Edgar Rice (29-60)
Notes:

Artie Fishel
Sunday: 6/23/1929 only Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Mayer, Charles
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement.

McBride Collection
Sunday: 11/11/1923-3/19/1933 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
McBride, Clifford
Notes: In The Sunday Magazine.Title varies. Continued by Napoleon and Napoleon and Uncle Elby

Napoleon
Sunday: 5/14/1933 -11/27/1955 Daily: 2/15/1943-11/30/1959
Artists: Format: Strip
McBride, Clifford McBride, Mrs. Clifford Armstrong, Roger Moore, Foster
Notes: Offshoot of Napoleon and Uncle Elby.

Napoleon and Uncle Elby
Sunday: 12/5/1932-2/8/1943 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
McBride, Clifford Armstrong, Roger
Notes: Offshoot of untitled McBride Collection. Continued by Napoleon. First appeared untitled 5/5/1929

Brother Juniper
Sunday: 1/1-3/19/1967 Daily: 12/9/1957-4/17/1967
Artists: Format: Panel
McCarthy, Justin Reno, Len
Notes: Off comics page.

Gertie O'Grady
Sunday: 8/4/1940-7/4/1943 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
McCarthy, Paul
Notes: Comic Book Magazine section.

Silly-Ettes
Sunday: 7/12/1942-7/4/1943 Daily:
Artists: Format: Panel
McCarthy, Paul
Notes: Bottom for Gertie O'Grady.

Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend, The
Sunday: 1/19-8/3/1913 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
McCay, Winsor
Notes:

Little Nemo in Slumberland (05)
Sunday: 10/15/1905-4/17/11 (101-32) Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
McCay, Winsor
Notes:

Little Sammy Sneeze
Sunday: 9/11/1904-7/16/1905 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
McCay, Winsor
Notes: AKA Sammy Sneeze

Story of Hungry Henrietta, The
Sunday: Daily: 1/15-3/5/1905
Artists: Format: Strip
McCay, Winsor
Notes:

Everyday Life
Sunday: 9/25/1927 only Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
McClure, Charlie
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement.

Hank the Janitor
Sunday: 7/17-7/24/1927 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
McClure, Charlie
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement.

Arnold
Sunday: 1/9/1983-6/17/1984 Daily: 1/3/1983-6/18/1984
Artists: Format: Strip
McCormick, Kevin
Notes:

Flying McCoys, The
Sunday: 4/2/2006-4/5/2008 Daily: 3/27/2006-4/5/2008
Artists: Format: Daily and Sunday strip
McCoy, Gary McCoy, Glenn
Notes:

Mutts
Sunday: 9/11/1994- Daily: 9/5/1994-
Artists: Format: Strip
McDonnell, Patrick
Notes:

Collegiate Oscar
Sunday: 8/8/1926-1/16/1927 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
McDougal, Walt
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement. Irregular. AKA Collegiate.

9 Chickweed Lane
Sunday: 9/18/1994-8/2004 (?) Daily: 7/12/1993-
Artists: Format: Strip
McEldowney, Brooke
Notes: Sunday alternates with other strips 1994-1998.

Dixie Dugan
Sunday: 6/23/1935-2/14/1937, 2/20/1938-9/14/1958 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
McEvoy, J.P. Striebel, John McEvoy, Renny
Notes:

Hollywood
Sunday: 12/2/1945 only Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
McEvoy, Renny Pabian, Jim
Notes: Continued by Hollywood Johnnie.

Hollywood Johnnie
Sunday: 12/9/1945-4/28/1946 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
McEvoy, Renny Pabian, Jim
Notes: Continues Hollywood.

Clive
Sunday: Daily: 7/3/70-10/26/70
Artists: Format: Strip
McGill, Angus
Notes:

Scroogie
Sunday: Daily: 6/30-7/21/1975
Artists: Format: Strip
McGraw, Tug Witte, Mike
Notes:

Boondocks, The
Sunday: 4/25/1999-3/26/2006 Daily: 4/19/1999-3/25/2006
Artists: Format: Strip
McGruder, Aaron James, Carl E. (?) (7/26/04-1/8/05)
Notes:

American Boys
Sunday: Daily: 8/30/1926 only
Artists: Format: Strip
McKay, Dave
Notes:

Kit Cabot
Sunday: 6/8/1941-4/27/1942 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
McNerney
Notes: In Comic Book Magazine.

Close to Home
Sunday: 4/3/1994-6/2/2002 Daily: 2/8/1993-10/18/2003
Artists: Format: Panel
McPherson, John
Notes: Alternates with other panels.

Twin Earths
Sunday: 3/1/1953-3/7/1955 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
McWilliams, Al Lebeck, Oscar
Notes:

Robotman
Sunday: 2/24-4/14/1985 Daily: 2/18-4/15/1985
Artists: Format: Strip
Meddick, Jim
Notes:

Free for All
Sunday: 5/3-10/25/1998 Daily: 4/27-10/31/1998
Artists: Format: Strip
Merhar, Brett
Notes:

Adventures of Hy Score
Sunday: 5/17/1942-7/4/1943 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Merkle, George
Notes: In Comic Book Section. AKA Adventures of Secret Agent Hy Score.

Hy Score
Sunday: 8/4-17/1940 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Merkle, George D.
Notes: In Comic Book Magazine. Continued by Secret Agent Hy Score.

Secret Agent Hy Score
Sunday: 8/25/1940-5/10/1942 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Merkle, George D.
Notes: In Comic Book Magazine section. Continues Hy Score. Continued by Adventures of Hy Score

Brenda Starr Reporter
Sunday: 8/4/1940-6/14/1970 Daily: 10/22/1945-6/15/1970
Artists: Format: Strip
Messick, Dale
Notes: Sunday in Comic Book Magazine section 8/40-4/43

Off-Side!
Sunday: Daily: 2/20-8/6/1937
Artists: Format: Panel
Metzer, Jo
Notes: Sports panel.

Ferd'nand
Sunday: 10/3/1948-5/21/1967 Daily: 8/2/1948-3/20/1967
Artists: Format: Strip
Mikkelsen, Henning ('Mik')
Notes: Sunday in daily format 3/6/66-3/20/77.

Tank McNamara
Sunday: 8/11-10/27/1974, 5/23/1992-6/7/1993 Daily: 8/5-9/9/1974, 11/3/1989-7/31/1995
Artists: Format: Strip
Millar, Jeff Hinds, Bill
Notes: On Sports section.

Lanky Larry
Sunday: 7/8/1928 only Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Miller, Vernon
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement.

Us and Them
Sunday: 7/30/1995-7/6/1997 Daily: 7/24/1995-7/5/1997
Artists: Format: Strip
Miller, Wiley Priggee, Milt Dewar, Susan
Notes:

Kid Komedy Kompany
Sunday: 6/14/1925 only Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Missinger (?)
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement.

Captain Storm
Sunday: 10/13/1940-3/9/1941 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Moore, Ed
Notes: In Comic Book Magazine section.

Moore strip, untitled
Sunday: 1/17/1926-9/30/1928 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Moore, Fred (?)
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement. Irregular.

Kelly
Sunday: 11/12/1972-12/8/1974 Daily: 7/10/1972-1/10/1977
Artists: Format: Strip
Moore, Jack
Notes: Continued by Kelly & Duke.

Kelly & Duke
Sunday: 12/8/1974-1/16/1977 Daily: 12/5/1977-3/5/1979
Artists: Format: Strip
Moore, Jack
Notes: Continues Kelly.

In the Bleachers
Sunday: 7/19-10/4/1987,1/14/1996- Daily: 7/20-10/10/1987,12/3/1990-
Artists: Format: Panel
Moore, Steve
Notes: In Sports section 1987 and 2006-. Sunday alternates with other panels 1996-2000.

Bud E
Sunday: 8/28/1927 only Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Morehouse, Lee
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement.

Macy
Sunday: 7/11/1926-3/4/1928 Daily: :
Artists: Format: Strip
Morehouse, Lee
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement. Irregular. AKA Macy and Hank.

Around the World with Keen and Feeble Tat
Sunday: 5/3/1925-7/26/1925 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Moreno, Manuel
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement. Irregular. Continues Keen and Feeble Tat; continued by Keen and Feeble Tat

Blots, The
Sunday: 3/6/1927-3/27/1927 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Moreno, Manuel
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement. Irregular.

Happy Days Have Come!, The
Sunday: 10/5/1924 only Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Moreno, Manuel
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement.

Juniors, The
Sunday: 9/7/1924 only Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Moreno, Manuel
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement.

Keen and Feeble Tat
Sunday: 4/12/1925-4/24/1926 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Moreno, Manuel
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement. Irregular. Continues Keen Tat; continued by Around the World with Keen and Feeble Tat.

Keen and Feeble Write to Santa Claus
Sunday: 12/13/1925 only Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Moreno, Manuel
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement.

Keen Tat
Sunday: 11/9/1924-4/5/1925 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Moreno, Manuel
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement. Irregular. Continued by Keen and Feeble Tat.

Merry Christmas
Sunday: 12/20/1925 only Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Moreno, Manuel
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement.

Moreno strip, untitled
Sunday: 10/19/1924-1/4/1925 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Moreno, Manuel
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement. Irregular.

Thinking Big Things
Sunday: 7/13/1924 only Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Moreno, Manuel
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement.

Tuttlems, The
Sunday: 7/6-11/2/1924 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Moreno, Manuel
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement. Irregular.

Mr. Reach
Sunday: Daily: 10/23/1923 and 12/2/1923 only
Artists: Format: Strip
Moreno, Michael M.
Notes:

It's Just a Game
Sunday: 10/23/1983 only Daily:
Artists: Format: Panel
Morgan, Ed, Jr.
Notes: Off comics page. Daily panel format.

Moco
Sunday: 11/1/1959-3/25/1962 Daily: 10/12/1959-2/28/1962
Artists: Format: Panel
Morgensen ('Moco') Cornelius ('Moco')
Notes: Sunday in daily panel format.

Smilin' Jack
Sunday: 9/27/1936-12/11/1938, 4/11/1948-9/14/1958 Daily: 3/16/1943-10/20/1945
Artists: Format: Strip
Mosley, Zack
Notes:

Smilin' Jack's Flyin' Facts
Sunday: 7/24/1949-12/19/1954 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Mosley, Zack
Notes: Irregular. Bottom for Smilin' Jack.

Garden Intimate, The
Sunday: 6/20/1937-6/6/1938 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Muinebrenner? Quinebrenner?
Notes: In Southland Homes and Gardens Magazine. Signature illegible.

When a Man Motors
Sunday: 11/1-12/20/1931 Daily:
Artists: Format: Panel
Myers, Fred
Notes: Sunday automotive section.

Realestating
Sunday: 3/23/1980-2/26/1989 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Myers, M.O. Al
Notes: Real Estate section. Daily panel format.

Zody
Sunday: 4/12-8/16/1970 Daily:
Artists: Format: Panel
Myers, Marv
Notes: In daily panel format.

Soft Sell Sam
Sunday: Daily: 4/3-5/28/1967
Artists: Format: Panel
Myers, Marvin
Notes:

Broom-Hilda
Sunday: 11/1/1970-1/31/1983, 11/5/1989-1/13/1991 Daily: 12/21/1970-11/28/1983, 10/28/1989-4/18/1992
Artists: Format: Strip
Myers, Russell
Notes:

Undertown
Sunday: 1/6/2008-6/28/2009 Daily:
Artists: Format: Sunday strip
Myler, Jake Pascoe, Jim
Notes: