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



B.C.
Sunday: 2/2-2/16/1964, 6/13/1965-4/29/2001 Daily: 1/8/1962-4/720/01
Artists: Format: Strip
Hart, Johnny
Notes: Alternates with Wizard of Id 1995-2001

Ba-Ba
Sunday: 6/7-7/26/1908 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Wilson, W.O.
Notes:

Baby Blues
Sunday: 1/7/1990- Daily: 1/8/1990-
Artists: Format: Strip
Kirkman, Rick Scott, Jerry Sigwart, Julie
Notes:

Baby Sister
Sunday: 1/5-1/19/1941 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Knight, Tack
Notes: Top for Little Folks.

Ballard Street
Sunday: 3/24/1991-<9/17/2006 Daily: 3/4/1991-
Artists: Format: Panel
Van Amerongen, Jerry
Notes: Alternates with other panels 1995-2000

Bar-20
Sunday: 5/23/1926 only Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Greenlaw, Sanford
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement.

Baseball Slang
Sunday: 6/1941-9/28/1941 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Krehbiel, Evans
Notes: Comic Book Magazine. Continues Baseball Tips by Bush Berry.

Baseball Tips by Bush Berry
Sunday: 4/27-6/1941 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Krehbiel, Evans
Notes: In Comic Book Magazine. Bottom for Bush Berry. Continued by Baseball Slang.

Basil
Sunday: Daily: 3/18/1974-5/21/1979
Artists: Format: Strip
Lants, Gerry
Notes:

Bates strip, untitled
Sunday: 5/31/1925-11/25/1928 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Bates, Francis, Jr.
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement. Irregular.

Beasts of Tarzan, The
Sunday: Daily: 8/19-11/23/1929
Artists: Format: Strip
Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Notes: Tarzan serial chapter.

Bedtime Stories
Sunday: Daily: 3/17/1924-6/18/1928
Artists: Format: Strip
Williams, Gluyas
Notes: Part of the Williams Collection.Title varies.

Beech Nuts, The
Sunday: 9/19/1926 only Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Diehl, W.R.
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement.

Beetle Bailey
Sunday: 11/5/1989-3/9/1997 Daily: 11/6/1989 -3/8/1997
Artists: Format: Strip
Walker, Mort
Notes:

Beezie and His Chums
Sunday: 9/23/1928-4/7/1929 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Hozowe (?)
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement. Irregular. Signature illegible.

Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship
Sunday: Daily: 5/11/1933 only
Artists: Format: Panel
Webster, H.D.
Notes: Part of Webster Collection.

Below Olympus
Sunday: 2/21/1960-2/8/1966 Daily: 2/17/1960-2/13/1966
Artists: Format: Panel
Interlandi, Phil
Notes: On Editorial page. Title ends but art continues; primarily political.

Belvedere (62)
Sunday: 6/24/1962-9/27/1964 Daily: 6/18/1962-9/26/1964
Artists: Format: Panel
Greenwood, Nat
Notes: Sunday in daily panel format.

Belvedere (79)
Sunday: 10/14/1979-7/9/1984 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Crenshaw, George
Notes: Off comics page. Daily panel format.

Ben (12)
Sunday: Daily: 5/7/1912-8/24/1912
Artists: Format: Strip
Dally, Harry
Notes: DNA Mondays.

Ben (29)
Sunday: 11/10/1929 only Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Hammerly, Bob
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement.

Ben Zine
Sunday: 11/13/1927 only Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Benedict, Ed
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement.

Bent Offerings
Sunday: Daily: 4/26/1988-3/8/1997
Artists: Format: Panel
Addis, Don
Notes: Alternates with other daily panels.

Berry's World
Sunday: Multipanel 11/2/1969- 12/21/1986, panel 6/8/1975 Daily: 11/3/1969-8/20/1990
Artists: Format: Panel
Berry, Jim
Notes:

Bertie the New Yorker
Sunday: 11/6/1927 only Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Conner, Tanner
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement.

Betsy Bouncer and Her Doll
Sunday: 8/21-12/25/1904 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Tucker, Tom
Notes:

Better Half, The
Sunday: 10/18/1959-3/23/1980 Daily: 6/25/1956-7/15/1974
Artists: Format: Strip
Barnes, Bob (59-79) Vinson (79-80) Glasbergen, Randy
Notes: Sunday subtitle: Featuring Harriet and Stanley Parker, from 1/1/61.

Betty (27)
Sunday: 4/10/1927-4/20/1930 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Voight, Charles A.
Notes:

Between Friends
Sunday: 10/12/2008-11/9/2008 Daily: 10/6/2008-11/8/2008
Artists: Format: Daily Strip
Bell-Lundy, Sandra
Notes:

Big Business
Sunday: 12/26/1976-4/10/1977 Daily: 8/9/1976-2/13/1978
Artists: Format: Panel
Stinger, John
Notes: Off comics page. Sunday in daily panel format.

Big Chief Wahoo
Sunday: 1/17/1937-5/12/1940 Daily: 1/18/1937-5/5/1940
Artists: Format: Strip
Woggon, Bill Saunders, Allen Dean, Don
Notes:

Big George
Sunday: 6/19/1960-4/15/1979 Daily: 5/23/1960-12/2/74, 1/2/1978
Artists: Format: Daily panel, Sunday strip
Partch, Virgil ('VIP')
Notes: Irregular

Bill (26b)
Sunday: 11/14-11/6/1926 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Bates, Francis, Jr.
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement. Irregular.

Bill Board
Sunday: 12/18/1927-3/11/1928 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Crandall, Dwight
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement. Irregular.

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

Billy Mole
Sunday: 7/31/1927-2/12/1928 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Hauptman, James
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement. Irregular.

Bill's Diary
Sunday: Daily: 2/28-11/26/1938
Artists: Format: Panel
Dwiggins, Claire
Notes: Off comics page.

Bizarro
Sunday: 2/10-7/21/1985; 9/20-11/24/2002, 11/9/2008- Daily: 2/11-7/22/1985, 12/9/1991-present
Artists: Format: Panel
Piraro, Dan
Notes: Daily panel format; off comics page. Sunday one large panel.

Black Crow, The
Sunday: 7/8/1928 only Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
[NA]
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement.

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

Bliss
Sunday: Daily: 10/26/2005-present
Artists: Format: Daily panel
Bliss, Harry
Notes:

Blondie
Sunday: 11/5/1989- Daily: 11/6/1989-
Artists: Format: Strip
Young, Dean Drake, Stan (89-97) LeBrun, Denis (97-9/5/2005)) Marshall, John (1/8/2007-)
Notes:

Blons strip, untitled
Sunday: 3/1/1925-12/12/1926 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Blons, Nate
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement. Irregular.

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

Bob and Bill
Sunday: 7/4/1926 only Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Commaughton, Ed
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement.

Bobbie
Sunday: 6/17/1928 only Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Kaelin, Albert
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement.

Bobby Make-Believe (40)
Sunday: 8/4-12/29/1940 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
King, Frank
Notes: In Comic Book Magazine section. Possible reprint of original.

Bobo Beebee
Sunday: 9/27-11/27/1927 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Crosby, Scott
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement. Irregular.

Bolsheviki
Sunday: Daily: 3/6-4/4/1919
Artists: Format: Strip
Fisher, Bud
Notes: Frequent top for Mutt and Jeff.

Bon Bon
Sunday: 7/15-10/7/1928 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Becker, Eleanor
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement. Irregular.

Boner's Ark
Sunday: 9/1/1968-4/6/1969 Daily: 9/2-9/30/1968
Artists: Format: Strip
Walker, Mort ('Addison')
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:

Bore, The
Sunday: Daily: 3/12/1920 only
Artists: Format: Panel
Briggs, Clare
Notes: Part of Briggs Collection.

Bottom Liners
Sunday: Daily: 4/26/1993-10/10/1994
Artists: Format: Panel
Teitelbaum, Bill Teitelbaum, Eric
Notes: In Business section

Bound & Gagged
Sunday: 4/26/1992-3/14/1993 Daily: 4/20/1992- 5/13/1995
Artists: Format: Panel
Summers, Dana
Notes:

Boy Who Made Good, The
Sunday: Daily: 5/27/1931-7/13/1934
Artists: Format: Strip
Webster, H.T.
Notes: Part of Webster Collection.

Boys will be Boys
Sunday: 2/7/1909-1/23/1910 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Dart, Harry Grant
Notes:

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

Brevity
Sunday: Daily: 1/3/2005-10/22/2005
Artists: Format: Daily panel
Endore-Kaiser, Guy Perry, Rodd
Notes:

Brewster Rocket - Space Guy
Sunday: 8/22/2004-2/25/2007 Daily: 8/16/2004-present
Artists: Format: Strip
Rickard, Tim
Notes:

Brick Bodkin's Pa
Sunday: 5/12/1912-4/26/1914 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Hurd, Earl
Notes:

Bridge
Sunday: Daily: 6/12/1931 only
Artists: Format: Panel
Webster, H.T.
Notes: Part of Webster Collection.

Bridge Helps
Sunday: Daily: 11/12/1926-6/18/1928
Artists: Format: Strip
Williams, Gluyas
Notes: Part of Williams Collection.

Brier and Bramble the Bunnies
Sunday: 2/27/1910 only Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Conde, J.M.
Notes: AKA Brier and Bramble the Bold Bunnies.

Briggs Collection
Sunday: Daily: 3/3/1919-10/11/1929
Artists: Format: Panel
Briggs, Clare
Notes: Continuing panel with a number of titles, some of which repeat. Listed separately

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:

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.

Buck
Sunday: 4/29/1928 only Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Dahle, Boyd
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement.

Buck Rogers
Sunday: 9/29/1935-12/4/1960 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Calkins, Dick (35-48) Yager, Rick (44-58) [NA] (44-45, 4-8/59) Anderson, Murphy (58-59)
Notes: Title varies, e.g., in the 25th Century; in the Year 2429 A.D.

Buckets, The
Sunday: Daily: 6/10/1991-2/15/1992
Artists: Format: Strip
Stantis, Scott
Notes:

Bucks McKale
Sunday: 8/4/1940-7/4/1943 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Sullivan, E.B ('Sullie')
Notes: In Comic Book Magazine section.

Bucky and His Pals
Sunday: 7/22-10/21/1934 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Dickey, Robert L.
Notes: Companion to Buster Beans

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

Buddy and His Friends
Sunday: 6/4/1923-1/20/1924 Daily:
Artists: Format: Sunday panel
Dickey, Robert L.
Notes: In The Junior Times. Irregular after 1/20/24. Continues Just Dog.

Buddy Tucker
Sunday: 5/28-10/8/1905 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Outcault, R.F.
Notes: Spinoff of Buster Brown.

Bumgardner
Sunday: 6/24-9/23/1984 Daily: 6/25-9/24/1984
Artists: Format: Strip
Smith, Jim
Notes:

Bungle Family, The
Sunday: 7/22/1934-2/13/1938 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Tuthill, Harry J.
Notes:

Bunky (26)
Sunday: 6/27/1926-4/3/1927 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Crosby, Scott
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement. Irregular. AKA Bunkie.

Bush Berry
Sunday: 4/27-10/5/1941 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Krehbiel, Evans
Notes: In Comic Book Magazine. Continued by Speed Berry.

Business Daze
Sunday: Daily: 10/10/1955-11/4/1957
Artists: Format: Panel
Various
Notes: Off comics page.

Buster Beans
Sunday: 7/22-10/21/1934 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Dickey, Robert L.
Notes: Companion to Bucky and His Pals.

Buster Brown
Sunday: 8/21/1904-8/15/1920 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Outcault, Richard F.
Notes:

But This is How He Did It
Sunday: Daily: 2/17-10/15/22
Artists: Format: Strip
Hatlo, Jimmy
Notes: AKA Hatlo

Buttons and Fatty
Sunday: 7/23/1922-2/6/1927 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Brady, M.E. ('MEB')
Notes: In The Junior Times.

Buzzy
Sunday: 10/10-11/21/1943 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Johnson, Ferd
Notes: Bottom for Texas Slim and Dirty Dalton.

Byrds, The
Sunday: 11/26/1961-6/3/1962 Daily: 11/27/1961-6/11/1962
Artists: Format: Panel
Appalucci, Joe
Notes: Off comics page. Sunday in daily panel format.