Amy (comic strip) explained

Amy
Author:Harry Mace (1961–1964)
Current:Jack Tippit (1964–1991)
Status:Concluded daily
Altnames:Our Girl Amy
Syndicate:Register and Tribune Syndicate (1961–1986), King Features Syndicate (1986–1991)
Genre:Humor, gag cartoon
First:October 2, 1961
Last:1991

Amy (sometimes called Our Girl Amy) is an American syndicated gag cartoon centering on a young, blond girl with a pony tail. Created by Harry Mace on October 2, 1961,[1] it was originally syndicated by the Register and Tribune Syndicate. Mace was later joined on the strip by Jack Tippit,[2] but Mace left the strip in 1964.[1] Tippit continued alone on the strip until it ended in 1991.

Tippit received the National Cartoonists Society Newspaper Panel Cartoon Award for the strip for 1970.

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  1. Book: Holtz . Allan . American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide . 2012 . The University of Michigan Press . Ann Arbor . 9780472117567 . 54.
  2. https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/tippit_jack.htm Tippit entry