![]() Its focus wasn't as narrow as the title implied. ![]() ![]() Most sources give 1916 as the year it began, but there are strips in collections dated as early as Ap(a Tuesday, so that isn't the day it actually began). "Pop" Momand in Joseph Pulitzer's paper, The New York World. The McGinis family's struggle was chronicled by cartoonist Arthur R. Strip were the McGinises (husband Aloysius, wife Clarice, daughter Julie, housemaid Belladonna). (A near-miss is George Herriman's The Family Upstairs, where Krazy Kat rose to fame - they were never seen either, but were merely referred to in the title, not named.) The stars of the Jones The Joneses are perhaps the only characters in the annals of newspaper comics whose name is part of the title of a strip, but who have never actually appeared in a newspaper. Please contribute to its necessary financial support. If this site is enjoyable or useful to you, KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES Medium: Newspaper comics
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