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Hans and Fritz, but his cunning plans often backfire.
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711:Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter
681:silent cartoon shorts were produced by
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1272:The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons
1213:The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons
1081:(Egmont Serieforlaget, 2011), p. 55.
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1119:(Egmont Serieforlaget, 2011), p. 97.
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1275:. Checkmark Books. pp. 62–63.
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1165:. Hogan's Alley #15. Archived from
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1357:Overturf, Jeff (October 8, 2012).
1193:International Journal of Comic Art
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1019:Claire Suddath (May 17, 2010).
664:The Katzenjammer Kids in School
2030:Count Screwloose from Tooloose
1531:Barney Google and Snuffy Smith
1117:Knoll og Tott – 100 år i Norge
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233:and the longest-running ever.
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672:The Katzenjammer Kids in Love
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1831:Take It from the Tinkersons
1363:Inside Jeff Overturf's Head
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1303:Perlmutter, David (2018).
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2760:Fictional German people
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683:William Randolph Hearst
519:ended its run in 1979.
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186:William Randolph Hearst
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119:; 126 years ago
106:Current status/schedule
2051:Disney Christmas Story
1904:The Amazing Spider-Man
1706:Mother Goose and Grimm
1328:Eckhorst, Tim (2012).
1269:Lenburg, Jeff (1999).
1210:Lenburg, Jeff (1999).
1129:Eckhorst, Tim (2012).
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1911:And Her Name Was Maud
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1897:Alphonse and Gaston
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779:Archie's TV Funnies
730:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
691:The Shenanigan Kids
643:The title card for
572:Knerr's version of
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136:The Shenanigan Kids
2682:Cartoon portal
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2373:Polly and Her Pals
2352:The Pajama Diaries
2198:Inside Woody Allen
2002:Bringing Up Father
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1844:Todd the Dinosaur
1608:The Family Circus
1594:Dennis the Menace
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1245:"Shenanigan Kids"
1144:978-3-942074-05-6
1087:978-82-429-4437-5
983:Comics portal
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1783:Safe Havens
1762:Rae the Doe
1727:The Phantom
1636:Hi and Lois
1369:January 11,
1334:Wewelsfleth
1254:February 3,
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906:Barney Fife
585:John Silver
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375:Launch date
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2149:Half Hitch
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2016:Buz Sawyer
1960:Betty Boop
1946:Baron Bean
1868:Historical
1699:Mary Worth
1685:Mark Trail
1664:Laff-a-Day
1573:Carpe Diem
1524:Baby Blues
989:References
854:Art Clokey
818:Will Elder
532:Joe Musial
509:John Dirks
357:John Dirks
90:Joe Musial
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2394:Red Barry
2345:Ozark Ike
2240:Krazy Kat
2093:Etta Kett
2086:Edge City
2079:Dumb Dora
1587:Deflocked
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2324:The Norm
1818:Six Chix
1464:Archived
1454:Archived
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2009:Buckles
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1035:May 17,
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1925:Archie
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1601:Dustin
1580:Curtis
1503:comics
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836:Norway
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2548:Trudy
2499:Teena
2450:Scamp
2184:Henry
2177:Hejji
2163:Hazel
2044:Crock
1851:Zippy
1837:Tiger
1713:Mutts
891:band
858:Gumby
799:Heide
555:Black
450:Humor
157:Humor
2317:Norb
1858:Zits
1811:Shoe
1420:2006
1393:2017
1371:2023
1338:ISBN
1309:ISBN
1290:2020
1277:ISBN
1256:2023
1231:2020
1218:ISBN
1175:2014
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1083:ISBN
1065:2021
1037:2010
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