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



Daisybelle
Sunday: 9/9/1934-8/30/1936 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Byrnes, Gene
Notes: Bottom for Reg'lar Fellers.

Dan de Lion
Sunday: 7/28/1928-5/12/1929 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Blair, E.
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement. Irregular.

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

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.

Dark Shadows
Sunday: 3/14-9/12/1971 Daily: 3/15-9/5/1971
Artists: Format: Strip
Bruce, Ken
Notes:

Dawn O'Day in Hollywood
Sunday: 10/1/1950-8/8/1954 Daily: 9/18/1950-12/1/1951
Artists: Format: Strip
Heinz, Val
Notes:

Day Shift
Sunday: 8/18/1963 only Daily: 6/2-10/7/1963
Artists: Format: Panel
Adams, Frank
Notes: Off comics page.

Days of Real Sport, The
Sunday: Daily: 7/3/1919-6/5/1924
Artists: Format: Panel
Briggs, Clare
Notes: Part of Briggs Collection.

Deathless Deer
Sunday: Daily: 11/9/1942-3/15/1943
Artists: Format: Strip
Patterson, Alicia McMein, Meysa
Notes: Off comics page.

Dennis the Menace
Sunday: 4/26/1958-3/10/1985 Daily: 1/8/1962-
Artists: Format: Daily panel, Sunday strip
Ketcham, Hank Hamilton, Marcus (04-)
Notes: Alternated with other panels 1995-2000.

Dennis the Menace (43)
Sunday: 10/31-11/21/1943 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Link, Stanley
Notes: Bottom for Dill and Daffy.

Derby
Sunday: 2/1/1925 only Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
[NA]
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement.

Dick Tracy
Sunday: 7/4/1937-2/1/1970 Daily: 8/2/1937-2/16/1970
Artists: Format: Strip
Gould, Chester
Notes: Off comics page 8/2-18/37; 5/1/39-7/27/40

Difficult Decisions
Sunday: Daily: 3/9/1926-6/18/1928
Artists: Format: Strip
Williams, Gluyas
Notes: Part of Williams Collection.

Difficulty of Working on a Playground
Sunday: Daily: 3/13/1924 only
Artists: Format: Strip
Briggs, Clare
Notes: Part of the Briggs Collection.

Dilbert
Sunday: 7/30/1995- Daily: 9/14/1994-
Artists: Format: Strip
Adams, Scott
Notes: In Business section. Wed. only 9/14/94-1/18/95.

Dill and Daffy
Sunday: 8/4/1940-10/24/1943 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Link, Stanley
Notes: In Comic Book Magazine section.

Dinklespiels, The
Sunday: Daily: 2/1-6/7/1914
Artists: Format: Strip
Hobart, George V. Westerman, Harry J.
Notes:

Dip and Duck
Sunday: 2/28-7/20/1927 and 11/18/1928 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Brady, M.E. ('MEB')
Notes: In The Junior Times.

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:

Do You Think He Did?
Sunday: Daily: 1/4-3/25/1923
Artists: Format: Panel
Strauss, J.A.
Notes:

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

Doctor Funshine
Sunday: 2/10/1963-3/1/1964 Daily:
Artists: Format: Multipanel
Weber, Bill
Notes: Children's activity multipanel.

Dog Days
Sunday: Daily: 3/25-11/17/1929 and 7/26/1930
Artists: Format: Panel
Carlisle, D.T.
Notes: Continued by Life of Riley, The.

Dog Eat Doug
Sunday: Daily: 4/21/2008-5/19/2008
Artists: Format: Daily strip
Anderson, Brian
Notes:

Doings of the Van Loons
Sunday: Daily: 6/14/1914-12/31/1916
Artists: Format: Strip
Leipziger, F.
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.

Dolly Dimple's Picture Book
Sunday: 2/2/1913-7/8/1915 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Drayton, Grace
Notes: AKA Dolly Dimples.

Dondi
Sunday: 10/2/1955-10/17/1965 Daily: 9/29/1955-10/16/1965
Artists: Format: Strip
Edson, Gus Hasen, Irwin Oksner, Bob
Notes:

Doo Dads, The
Sunday: 12/14/1924-1/16/1927 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Dale, Arch
Notes: In The Sunday Magazine.

Doodlebugs, The
Sunday: 8/1/1926-9/18/1927 Daily:
Artists: Format: Panel
Shafer, Claude
Notes: In LA Junior Times.

Doonesbury
Sunday: 6/6-10/17/1971, 2/11/1974-1/2/1983, 9/30/1984- Daily: 5/17/1971-12/27/1982, 10/1/1984-
Artists: Format: Strip
Trudeau, Gary
Notes: Off comics page 9/85-98.

Dot and Dash
Sunday: 12/26/26 only Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Sterrett, Cliff
Notes:

Dotty
Sunday: 3/4/1956-4/3/1964 Daily: 8/2/1948-9/16/1964
Artists: Format: Strip
Tune, Buford
Notes: Continues Dotty Dripple.

Dotty Dripple
Sunday: 8/11/1946-2/27/1956 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Tune, Buford
Notes: Sunday continued by Dotty.

Doug Sneyd
Sunday: Daily: 4/1/1971 only
Artists: Format: Strip
[NA]
Notes:

Downstown
Sunday: 3/30/1980-1/26/1986 Daily: 3/24/1980-1/27/1986
Artists: Format: Strip
Downs, Tim
Notes:

Dr. Katz Professional Therapist
Sunday: 1/12/1997-12/26/1999 Daily: 1/6/1997-12/25/1999
Artists: Format: Strip
Braudis, Bill Truxaw, Dick Snyder, Tom Blazek
Notes:

Dr. Tinker Claus, the Toy Mender
Sunday: 7/19/1932 and 7/31/1932 only Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Debus, Harold McLellan, Fern
Notes: Kid's page, decorated narrative.

Drabble
Sunday: 7/1/1979- Daily: 6/18/1979-
Artists: Format: Strip
Fagan, Kevin
Notes:

Draw It Y'all
Sunday: 5/14/1933-9/2/1934 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Byrnes, Gene
Notes: Bottom for Reg'lar Fellers. Kids connect-the-dots strip. Continues Draw It Yourself.

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

Dropouts, The
Sunday: 2/16/1969-10/14/1973, 7/17-8/14/77 Daily: 10/7/1968-2/25/1975, 7/4-8/8/1977, 10/1/1978-2/2
Artists: Format: Strip
Post, Howard
Notes:

Dud Dudley
Sunday: 6/12-9/25/1955 Daily: 6/6-9/27/1955
Artists: Format: Strip
Zekley, Zeke
Notes:

Dumplings, The
Sunday: 10/5/1975-8/27/1977 Daily: 9/29/1975-6/20/1977
Artists: Format: Strip
Lucky, Fred
Notes: Daily off comics page.

Dunagin's People
Sunday: 5/17/1970-2/13/1983 Daily: 8/9/1971-1/6/1975, 12/27/1976-12/31/1979, 2/8-3/
Artists: Format: Daily panel, Sunday strip
Dunagin, Jim
Notes: Sunday panel 10/27/74 only.

Dunk Dank
Sunday: 10/24/1926-1/2/1927 Daily:
Artists: Format: Strip
Ellis, Isadore
Notes: Amateur Club Cartoonist in supplement. Irregular.