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.