historian, has compiled the comics: the complete collection published by abrahams comic arts. what do you think was the first gnificant newspaper comic strip? that would be the yellow kid who first appeared in 1895. they used it to sell newspapers in the beginning. and it worked. and the rest is history. was there a golden age of comic c rips? in my opinion, i think the 20s might have been the golden age. when there was a l l of interesting things going on in terms of story-telling in the comics. barney google, little orphan annie, moon mullins. moon mullins was my grandfather s favorite strip. my grandfather used to read this to my father when he was a little boy. he would laugh so hard tears would come out of his eyes. that s what made my father want to be a cartoonist. your dad is mort walker. the creator of? beetle bailey. he s how old now? he s 87. he still draws? he s still drawing beetle bailey. i m part of the creative team that produces both of