Amy | |
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Author(s) | Harry Mace (1961–1964) Jack Tippit (1964–1991) |
Current status/schedule | Concluded daily |
Launch date | October 2, 1961 |
End date | 1991 |
Alternate name(s) | Our Girl Amy |
Syndicate(s) | Register and Tribune Syndicate (1961–1986), King Features Syndicate (1986–1991) |
Genre(s) | Humor, gag cartoon |
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.[2]
Tippit received the National Cartoonists Society Newspaper Panel Cartoon Award for the strip for 1970.