The Menomonee Falls Guardian
The Menomonee Falls Guardian was a tabloid published in the mid-1970s by Street Enterprises (based in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin) that reprinted humor comic strips from the USA and the UK. (The Guardian's sister publication, The Menomonee Falls Gazette, focused on reprints of adventure strips.)[1] The Guardian was edited by Mike Tiefenbacher.[2]
The Menomonee Falls Guardian is popular among comic strip collectors. Back issues are frequently put up for sale on eBay.
Publication history
The first issue appeared June 28, 1973, with new issues published weekly until February 23, 1976, when it became a monthly publication, running until August 1976.
Four issues of The Menomonee Falls Guardian Special, featuring Alley Oop, were published from 1973–1975.
The Menomonee Falls Guardian published 146 issues in total.[1]
List of comic strips
The following is a complete list of comic strips that were reprinted in The Menomonee Falls Guardian:
- Alley Oop
- B.C.
- Beetle Bailey
- Boon Dock — self-syndicated strip by George Breisacher
- The Born Loser
- Broom Hilda
- Bugs Bunny
- Captain Easy (also reprinted in The Menomonee Falls Gazette)
- Conchy
- Eek & Meek
- Feiffer
- Fiddlefoot — by R. C. Harvey
- Frank and Ernest
- Funny Business
- Gasoline Alley
- Gordo
- Gahan Wilson's Sunday Comics
- Joe Palooka
- Jornie Bignose — by editor Mike Tiefenbacher[2]
- Krazy Kat
- Mickey Finn
- Mickey Mouse
- Neil the Horse
- Pogo
- Popeye
- Rick O'Shay
- Romeo Brown
- Sally Bananas — by Charles Barsotti
- Sam's Strip
- Tarzan (also reprinted in The Menomonee Falls Gazette)
- Tumbleweeds
- Winthrop
See also
References
Notes
- 1 2 Michigan State University Libraries: Index to the Comic Art Collection
- 1 2 Tiefenbacher entry, Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999. Accessed Feb. 4, 2016.
Sources
- T. Hegeman, editor. An Index to Articles Appearing in the Menomonee Falls Gazette and the Menomonee Falls Guardian (Oneonta, N.Y. : T. Hegeman, 1979). Created for CAPA-alpha #175; also distributed in APA-I #20.